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110 CommandBox Workflow Magic (modules to speed up CF development), with Brad Wood

January 31, 2022 By Michaela Light Leave a Comment

110 CommandBox Workflow Magic (modules to speed up CF development), with Brad Wood

Brad Wood talks about “CommandBox Workflow magic (modules to speed up CF development)” in this episode of the CF Alive Podcast, with host Michaela Light. Show notes Why use Workflows in your CF coding? You probably already do use workflows if you don’t call them that Eg  source control steps Bitbucket Pipelines Local dev → […]

Filed Under: CF Alive Podcast, ColdFusion Development, CommandBox

Stress shouldn’t rule a ColdFusion developer’s life

January 6, 2022 By Michaela Light Leave a Comment

Stress shouldn’t rule a ColdFusion developer’s life

I asked the ColdFusion Programmers Facebook group,  “Which health issues do programmers deal with the most?” The 384 reponses surprised me. Most of the ailments listed were self-inflicted through  Carelessness or  Misaligned priorities.  Some self-care and mindfulness could prevent — or even solve — many of the issues. How much self-harm do we forgive as […]

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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

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

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 […]

Filed Under: Adobe ColdFusion 2018, CF Alive, CFML, ColdFusion Consulting, ColdFusion Developer, ColdFusion Development, ColdFusion Maintenance, ColdFusion Performance Tuning, ColdFusion Security, Modernize ColdFusion Tagged With: Adobe ColdFusion, Adobe ColdFusion 2018, ColdFusion, Coldfusion 2020, ColdFusion Consulting

ColdFusion Expert’s Guide to Different Skills for Getting Things Done

October 9, 2020 By Michaela Light Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Adobe ColdFusion 2018, CF Alive, CFML, CFML Open- Source, ColdFusion Community, ColdFusion Development, Learn ColdFusion

How to Hire a ColdFusion Software Development Company without Freaking Out (9 best practices)

June 29, 2018 By Michaela Light Leave a Comment

What do you do if there are internal processes you want automated with software, but don’t have spare time on your development team? Do you have a ColdFusion application that needs to be developed, but you’ve had bad experiences with projects in the past? Scope creep, incompetent developers, poor planning, and poor testing are just […]

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7 More Powerful Traits an Ideal ColdFusion Developer Must Have

April 6, 2018 By Michaela Light Leave a Comment

Recently, we talked about the topic of the ideal ColdFusion developer in my article, “7 powerful traits (must have in ideal ColdFusion developers),” but I thought of revisiting and revealing some more traits. To summarize, the ideal characteristics we already discussed were: Humble -Egoless programming; developer will ask for help it stuck Curious – Constantly […]

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8 Important Components for a Leader of a ColdFusion Development Project

February 16, 2018 By Michaela Light Leave a Comment

Although each company or development team will have their specific requirements and duties, there are several universal concepts you should know when you are the leader of a ColdFusion development project. Being a project leader has its challenges, but some important components can help you be more productive, meet your deadlines, and develop a superior […]

Filed Under: ColdFusion Developer, ColdFusion Development Tagged With: CFML, ColdFusion, Project Development

How to Configure ColdFusion Development Environments

June 5, 2017 By Michaela Light 1 Comment

In this entry, we will see how to configure the development environment for both ColdFusion and Lucee, specifically on Mac, but the process is relatively the same, the difference lies in the version that is downloaded. Web Hosting ColdFusion The ColdFusion Express Express distribution is the fastest way to install and run a ColdFusion server […]

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