Many developers wonder, “Is ColdFusion dead?” Dead?! Developers around the world are using the language and development platform right now. They’re developing modern, powerful apps like wizards. Adobe, too, keeps updating the platform. So gather ‘round, fellow CF wizards and skeptics alike, as we finally end the debate: Is ColdFusion genuinely dead? Or is CF […]
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How To Find Your Next Job As a ColdFusion Developer
ContentsJob Hunting Tips for CFersIn this article, you will learn:How to find job if you’re a CFerNetworkJob Hiring Platforms Upwork: a headhunting site which posts available projects and rates and tries to match them with available freelancers.TopTal: a curated list of available talent.Specialized sites like GetCFMLJobs.com and cf411.com and jobrack.euMarket Yourself WellBe a PRO CFerAlways Stay […]
ColdFusion Security: Guarding Your Precious (Data) Against Digital Orcs
ColdFusion is a powerful and secure development platform that offers built-in protection to help developers create secure, high-performing web applications with confidence. Imagine, if you will, walking into your office only to find it transformed into a scene straight out of Office Mordor—phones ringing, colleagues huddled like nervous hobbits before a battle, the air […]
CFML Open Source: Everything You Need To Know About Lucee
The long wait is over. Lucee 6.0 is here! Finally! Let’s see what makes Lucee such a force in the programming world, then see its newest tricks. ContentsEverything You Need To Know About LuceeWhat is CFML open source/Lucee?What is Lucee used for?Lucee and ColdFusion: siblings, not twinsLucee ≠ ColdFusionWhat makes Lucee different from CF?Is Lucee […]
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 […]
Adobe ColdFusion Markup Language Guide (Powerful, More Modernized)
ColdFusion language has become cool (again). It used to be reserved for the top 1% of the crowd and for the government. Not anymore. As the CIO of a top company, you have a responsibility to use the top-notch resources available out there. That’s Adobe ColdFusion, without a doubt. ContentsWhy Adobe ColdFusion is Vital for […]
ColdFusion Development: Less Coding for Faster Turnaround
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 […]
ColdFusion Server Crashing – First 3 Steps to Fix it Fast
Has your site or app ever crashed, sending the IT department into a collective meltdown? Perhaps you’re running an e-commerce site whose customers can’t log in. Or a networking platform that’s suddenly off everyone’s network. Downtime and site maintenance can be costly resource hogs that draw your IT team’s attention away from other vital work. […]
What are CFers learning in 2022?
I ran a poll on Facebook last week about this topic. It seems to me that the community (ColdFusion community) is interested in investing in learning even more now. Various topics have emerged, and interesting results have come about. Some results were expected, but some others have been surprising, and that’s what I like most […]
