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ColdFusion Development: Less Coding for Faster Turnaround

February 28, 2021 By Michaela Light Leave a Comment

As any ColdFusion expert and consultant will tell you, we constantly run into companies using only select parts of ColdFusion and not its full potential. It’s like a chef with a huge spice rack who only uses paprika.  Creating apps, like cooking, needs diverse tools and ingredients to truly shine. That means incorporating everything ColdFusion […]

Filed Under: ColdFusion Development, Adobe ColdFusion 2018, CFML, ColdFusion Developer, ColdFusion Maintenance, ColdFusion Training

4 Reasons Why Your ColdFusion Web Apps Are Suffering (And How To Avoid It)

December 27, 2020 By Michaela Light Leave a Comment

4 Reasons Why Your ColdFusion Web Apps Are Suffering (And How To Avoid It)

CIOs and their teams go to great lengths — and expenses — to put together the perfect, pristine web app. Yet things can go awry. Some web apps don’t live up to their potential. Happens in ColdFusion, like any other language. I see it all the time doing my ColdFusion consulting work. These problems become […]

Filed Under: ColdFusion Maintenance, ColdFusion Security, Learn ColdFusion, Server Software

Google Down – An Unprecedented Event (Save Your Data Fast!)

December 21, 2020 By Michaela Light Leave a Comment

How many times did you hit “refresh” on Monday? The #GoogleDown, a massive outage among the search giant’s many services, affected many IT systems and websites. Was your company able to navigate the outage easily? Or did you all freak out? Google Down… What Exactly Happened? There’s a way to cover your ass, so to […]

Filed Under: CFML, CFML Open- Source, ColdFusion Community, ColdFusion Consulting, ColdFusion Development, ColdFusion Maintenance, ColdFusion Security, Server Software

Slow ColdFusion Applications May Ruin Your Business (3 Steps to Prevent It)

November 27, 2020 By Michaela Light Leave a Comment

  Oh, the horror! Oh my, the agony! Of what? Of waiting!  Waiting for your device to make progress as it tries to load an app or site. Delays are the death knell of life in the tech world and cause major havoc to your company’s bottom line. Does this sound familiar for all the […]

Filed Under: CFML, ColdFusion Maintenance, Learn ColdFusion, Legacy Code

4 Ways to Recognize a Good ColdFusion Consultant

November 6, 2020 By Michaela Light Leave a Comment

State of the CF Union 2020

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 […]

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Four Steps to Optimize Your ColdFusion Server and Application

September 18, 2020 By Michaela Light Leave a Comment

A CIO’s work involves maintaining two “machines” — the ragtag bunch of humans that make up the IT department, and the silicon and metal devices they use to ply their trade. The two machines collide at servers and applications. This often becomes a mirror of the marriage between man and devices at your company. Often, […]

Filed Under: ColdFusion Hosting, Adobe ColdFusion 2018, CFML, ColdFusion Developer, ColdFusion Maintenance

SQL vs NoSQL (Top 4 Key Differences Explained)

May 25, 2020 By Michaela Light Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: SQL, Adobe ColdFusion 2018, CFML, ColdFusion Maintenance, ColdFusion Training

Adobe ColdFusion Site is Down For Maintenance

March 27, 2020 By Michaela Light Leave a Comment

  Site maintenance can be a costly resource hog. It can cause downtime — lots of it, if not done properly. Downtime for site maintenance is a life-draining experience…   It draws your team’s attention away from other vital work.  It also cuts off vital revenue streams. It eliminates any efficiencies created by your app or […]

Filed Under: ColdFusion Maintenance, Adobe ColdFusion 2018, CFML

A powerful strategy to help avoid delays in your ColdFusion project

February 10, 2017 By Michaela Light Leave a Comment

Dependency tracking- Why it’s important Similarly to tracking resources, keeping track of dependencies between tasks helps avoid delays. Thanks to that, you know which prior task or tasks need to be completed before the next task can be finished. Tools In a multi-man-year projects you can use a GANTT chart to track dependencies.What’s more, you can also […]

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Does your ColdFusion Code Smell Bad? (16 certified checks)

October 5, 2016 By Michaela Light Leave a Comment

I am not talking about literal bad smell from your computer! I mean is there something “off” about it. Not a bug, but poor design or architecture weakness that will make maintenance a bear? Defn: Code smell is any symptom in your source code that may indicate a deeper problem in your system. Just like […]

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