Into The Box 2020 First Impressions The Into The Box ColdFusion virtual conference this year was epic! Your creativity is out of this world – you might say it was out of the box. JaJaJa! And congrats on getting the videos published so fast and releasing the new CFCasts ColdFusion training site too. Looking forward […]
Into The Box 2020 Conference – Welcome to the Virtual
This year brings new kind of “normal” and Into The Box conference is no different. Covid 19 world pandemic has forced us to distance ourselves from all sorts of things. Conferences were canceled and so many businesses (and lives) changed. ITB adapted. It tends to show that they can successfully do a virtual conference. On […]
ColdFusion DevOps Explained (Faster and Easier Development)
In this article, we’ll explore: Why CIOs should adopt the ColdFusion DevOps model. How to customize ColdFusion DevOps to fit your team. The tools you must use for ColdFusion DevOps. Let’s talk about it! Does your IT department work in unison? Or isolation? In my work as a ColdFusion consultant, I’ve seen CIOs start the […]
State of the CF Union 2019 Survey (Final Results)
The final results for the 2019 State of the CF Union survey are out. Thanks to all the CFers who filled it out this year. Discover what most developers use for tools, languages, database and development methods. 1. What version of CFML Engine do you use? (Check all that apply) Others 2. What type of […]
Comprehensive list of ColdFusion Conferences 2018
2018 was awesome! That’s the only thing I can say. I am blown away by the amount of energy and enthusiasm I have seen both from Adobe people and from CFers. In the last days of 2018 I am happily saying that ColdFusion is now more alive than ever. I will summarize sooo many great […]
State-of-the-Art Tools That Keep ColdFusion Alive
Am I the only one who gets excited when sitting down to hash out some new CFML code? You know. one of the best parts about using ColdFusion (or Lucee for that matter) is the ease of use. CFML is a language that is capable of many things, but it’s simple to use. Ever stop […]
Local Dev to Production with CommandBox, CFConfig & Docker
What if you were to find out that there were things out there that could make your CF coding life easier? There’s no need to create CFML projects without the use of some pretty useful tools by your side. One of the leading companies developing these tools is Ortus Solutions. Brad Wood of Ortus will […]
075 Planning for CFML ISP disaster (Commandbox and Docker to the rescue) with Mark Drew
Mark Drew talks about “Planning for CFML ISP disaster (Commandbox and Docker to the rescue)” in this episode of ColdFusion Alive podcast with host Michaela Light. Challenge, a current client was planning for Disaster Recovery environments but disaster nearly struck due to the requirement of the ISP to move the servers! Episode Highlights Funtimes in deploying […]
072 ContentBox in the Cloud (Docker Magic) with Gavin Pickin
Gavin Pickin talks about “ContentBox in the Cloud (Docker Magic)” in this episode of ColdFusion Alive podcast with host Michaela Light. He is one of the speakers at Into The Box 2018 conference. Episode Highlights What is ContentBox and why would you want to use it with Docker? ContentBox is a great Modular CMS built on top […]
067 The Docker Revolution for Faster ColdFusion Development (and Easier DevOps) with Bret Fisher
Bret Fisher talks about “The Docker Revolution for Faster ColdFusion Development (and Easier DevOps)” in this episode of the CF Alive Podcast, with host Michaela Light. Episode highlights Docker containers have revolutionized much of how we build, ship, and run the software. Bret will highlight the far-reaching effects of this pivotal technology and how it’s blazing […]