I remember consulting for a company — let’s call them Waldo’s Widgets. We’d been working on modernizing WW’s ColdFusion infrastructure. Easy enough, for almost every measure. The CIO called me to check our progress. I told him things were going great. “My team should be able to do this themselves,” he said, sounding annoyed. […]
Secure ColdFusion (17 Tools + Best Practices)
ContentsOverview of CF SecurityAdobe ColdFusion Security ToolsAuto LockdownWhat is Server Auto-Lockdown?How does Auto-Lockdown work?How to get the most out of Server Auto-LockdownOfficial Lockdown GuidesAdobe Security Code AnalyzerCoding for SecurityMaintain Consistent Server ArchitectureClean up unused deadwood codeUse CF Security ToolsHackMyCFFuseGuardFixinatorWhat is Fixinator?Security Continuous Integration (CI)Adobe Security Priority and Severity RatingsPriority ScaleSeverity ScaleTeraTech ColdFusion Security 8 Best […]
Google Down – An Unprecedented Event (Save Your Data Fast!)
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 […]
4 Ways to Recognize a Good ColdFusion Consultant
ContentsLearn about Four Ways to Recognize a Good ColdFusion Consultant Before Hiring Them!Learn how to hire the right consultant, and save!How to find the best ColdFusion consultant There are several ways to find out if a consultant’s experience and quality stack up to your company’s needs:Favor companies with teams rather than solo developersBe sure they […]
11 Best Practices for a new Adobe ColdFusion Project
Spring is here! Spring signifies the start of new beginnings. Why not a new Adobe ColdFusion Project? The powerful and hopeful feeling you get when starting a new CFML project is like the early days of spring. Just like spring, however, your project can quickly turn to rain showers if you don’t follow some basic […]
Secrets to the good ColdFusion project planning and it’s methods
Poor Planning Have you ever started a project when you felt that it’s not planned carefully and you were just waiting for something to go wrong? Key analyst gets sick, lead ColdFusion developer has to work on another project, everyone needs to wait one week for the server to get set up. Or maybe the […]
4 Best strategies to avoid mistakes in your CFML projects
When you start every software project hopes are high. You would meet all deadlines and exceed go beyond expectations. Users would get involved and be excited about the project, executives would be on board and see it fit into the company strategic plan. Communication would go smoothly and it would be clear what the real needs […]
4 Best strategies to avoid mistakes in your ColdFusion projects pt. 2
Welcome! This is the second part of 4 Best strategies to avoid mistakes in your ColdFusion projects In case you missed the first part, you can read it here. Project champion- your second most valuable advocate The IT department is often perceived by other departments as not being on the same side, not “one of […]
3 keys to Avoiding Scope Creep
Have you been on a project with scope creep recently? The scope increases, that leads to late delivery of the project, budget overruns, stress, late nights spent coding when you’d rather be doing other things. Plus all those endless changes have made to the code base decline in quality from all the work done under […]
Halt Software Scope Creep (3 secrets to project success)
Have you been on a project with scope creep recently? The scope increases, that leads to late delivery of the project, budget overruns, stress, late nights spent coding when you’d rather be doing other things. Plus all those endless changes have made to the code base decline in quality from all the work done under […]
