One day a company much like yours -let’s call them “The Company”- called us to get our help with a serious problem. Someone had hacked into to their ColdFusion server and encrypted all of their important data files. Subsequently, The Company received an email asking for $100,000 to decrypt these files. The Company had been […]
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ColdFusion Alive Revolution
If you want ColdFusion to be more alive, then *you* have to commit to taking some small personal action today. Waiting for megacorps, the IT press, or the “programming fashion” to change toward CFML doesn’t cut it in 2020. Here are 7 small steps that we, as improving CFer developers, could do today. Some only […]
What Is ColdFusion? Why ColdFusion Remains the Best Programming Language
Developers and CIOs must choose from a list of programming languages and platforms, tossing ColdFusion in with the rest. But what is ColdFusion, and why does it stand above the competition? The future of many companies lies in the hands of Chief Information Officers. Their pick of programming languages is of utmost importance in the […]
ColdFusion Community Guidelines
ColdFusion is alive. That’s obvious to anyone. A huge component of what keeps ColdFusion alive is what happens inside the CF developers and CF experts circle, in what we call the ColdFusion community. Year 2019 seems like a turning point to me. Conferences are becoming bigger and bigger Adobe announced Coldfusion 2020 Adobe announced CF […]
Introducing Swansea Jack (Lucee CFML 6 announced)
During the 2018 CFCamp in Munich, a bombshell was dropped. That bombshell, of course, is the announcement of Lucee 6. I know this will come as surprise to some, but most Lucee users probably have been excited for the past few weeks. Lucee 6 in true Lucee fashion is being named after another famous dog […]
SQL vs NoSQL (Top 4 Key Differences Explained)
When developing a new application, you’ll face one key decision: what kind of database will your company’s app use? There are two main flavors: SQL and NoSQL. You must choose wisely! I’ve seen enough botched database decisions as a ColdFusion consultant to know the long-term ramifications of choosing incorrectly between SQL or NoSQL. Your choice […]
Adobe ColdFusion Developer Week 2020 (Why You Must Attend)
Since Adobe ColdFusion Summit East 2020 was canceled due to Covid 19 pandemia, all is not lost. CF Developer week webinar by Adobe was held on May 18, 2020 to May 22, 2020. But, from it all, something new came up, such as more webinars and the option of more people attending Vs. “old-school” conference […]
Switch to Adobe ColdFusion (CIO’s Guide on Risks and Reward)
You want to switch to a newer, more modern version of ColdFusion. But you’re having some doubts. Memories of install wizards turning evil and sabotaging your updates give you nightmares. Don’t back out! Switching to the 2018 update of ColdFusion is painless. Use the outline in this guide and a few clicks to go from […]
ColdFusion for the Next Decade – All about the Buzzworthy ColdFusion 2020 (Webinar by Adobe)
Adobe ColdFusion 2020 release date is close. Rakshith Naresh from Adobe team gave us a sneak and peak into the next decade version at the webinar which we are happy to promote and support. Of course, thanks to the Adobe ColdFusion team for giving us permission to do that. Here it is ColdFusion for the […]
Lucee 5.3 Pulls Ahead of ACF 2016, CF Security Good News and Vue.js > Angular
(Interesting initial CF Survey 2020 results) I am happy to share interesting State of CF survey 2020 partial results (full details in that link) Lucee 5.3+ is the most popular version this year with CF 2016 in second, just ahead of CF 2018. ColdBox was just beaten out by “Homegrown” as the most popular general […]
