I had Cold Depression I was in a long-term, low-grade hidden depression 21.5 years ago. I just didn’t know it. I now realize I had Cold Depression. (not the same as regular depression). I think a lot of other ColdFusion developers and CIOs have Cold Depression too but don’t realize it. I want to change […]
CFML Open Source: Everything You Need To Know About Lucee
The long wait is over: Lucee 6.0 is here! Adobe ColdFusion’s open-source sibling is finally rolling over the clock to a new number. Let’s look at what makes Lucee such a force in the programming world, then see its newest tricks. Everything You Need To Know About Lucee In this blog post, we will learn: […]
100 CF Alive Revolution
ColdFusion Alive started as an antidote to a lot of negativity, isolation, and nay-saying within the developer community, especially among those using Adobe’s development platform. For years, I’d respond to claims that ColdFusion was deader than Jimmy Hoffa. That it was “legacy.” That it couldn’t compete with its modern, newer competitors. It was a struggle […]
Adobe ColdFusion 2021 in the Cloud (Modernized For the Next Decade)
Adobe ColdFusion 2021 is released! It was born a few days before ColdFusion Summit 2020 in November 2020. We look at all the new features for multi-cloud, microservices, llambda, performance, security and more below. And yes the name did change from CF 2020 to CF 2021. More on that later. Reasons why CFers are upgrading […]
107 ColdFusion 2021 Revealing Details on How it was Created with Rakshith Naresh
Rakshith Naresh talks about “ColdFusion 2021 Revealing Details on How it was Created” in this episode of the CF Alive Podcast, with host Michaela Light Show notes Today we talk about some of the challenges the Adobe CF team overcomed with corona virus lockdowns In India and the complexities of implementing multi-cloud and containers […]
4 Ways to Recognize a Good ColdFusion Consultant
Learn about Four Ways to Recognize a Good ColdFusion Consultant Before Hiring Them! Looking for the right consultant can be a demanding task. But done right, it could save your company money in the long term. You’re about to dive into the confounding, cut-throat world of ColdFusion consultants, looking for someone to help […]
ColdFusion Expert’s Guide to Different Skills for Getting Things Done
Your to-do list has become unmanageable. You might have trouble focusing or you have unfinished tasks, books, etc. In the long run, things pile up for even the most organized among us. Thankfully, a laundry list of different techniques and hacks helps me get through the tough stretches. Poor productivity and the lack of energy […]
105 CFML Open Source Learning with John Farrar
John Farrar talks about “CFML Open Source Learning” in this episode of the CF Alive Podcast, with host Michaela Light Show notes OLS (Open Learning Server), why another learning solution? Why coding in ColdFusion? CFML Lucee and ACF Containers let you host CF apps on any cloud ISP (Google, AWS, Azure, Digital Ocean etc) Micro-services […]
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 Adobe ColdFusion? Why it Still remains the best programming language!
A CIO’s days are filled with make-or-break decisions. The size, trajectory, and effectiveness of your employees rest on a handful of choices often made early in or tenure. And maybe a few bigger choices further down the line. This is normal. A lot of weight rests on an IT department, regardless of what industry your […]