In this blog post, we will learn: What is open source? What makes open-source different? What is Lucee? What makes Lucee different from ColdFusion? Is it up-to-date? Are you a CIO who instinctively looks at price tags? It’s OK to admit you are. We’d all be a little better off minding where our money is […]
Is Lucee CFML now better than Adobe ColdFusion?
Software innovation, like almost every other kind of innovation, requires the ability to collaborate and share ideas with other people, and to sit down and talk with customers and get their feedback and understand their needs. -Bill Gates Is Lucee CFML now better than Adobe ColdFusion? Adobe ColdFusion has been a driving force in […]
105 CFML Open Source Learning with John Farrar
John Farrar talks about “CFML Open Source Learning” in this episode of the CF Alive Podcast, with host Michaela Light Show notes OLS (Open Learning Server), why another learning solution? Why coding in ColdFusion? CFML Lucee and ACF Containers let you host CF apps on any cloud ISP (Google, AWS, Azure, Digital Ocean etc) Micro-services […]
Comprehensive ColdFusion Learning and Training List (Learn CFML Fast)
How to learn ColdFusion? Lately, I have been reading comments asking about CF training and certification. A lot of CF developers want to improve their skills. Another question asked a lot is: “I want to learn ColdFusion programming which websites or books can you recommend for me?” Is there any good Adobe ColdFusion tutorial? The […]
103 Cool Lucee CFML (GigaBytes file parsing and more) with Gert Franz
Gert Franz talks about “Cool Lucee CFML (GigaBytes file parsing and more)” in this episode of the CF Alive Podcast, with host Michaela Light. Show notes Why are you using Lucee at DistroKid Fast, Secure, Scalable with cloud Node → Lucee Bitbucket pipelines CommandBox TDD AWS autoscaling Tell us something about DistroKid CF performance tuning […]
Introducing Swansea Jack (Lucee CFML 6 announced)
During the 2018 CFCamp in Munich, a bombshell was dropped. That bombshell, of course, is the announcement of Lucee 6. I know this will come as surprise to some, but most Lucee users probably have been excited for the past few weeks. Lucee 6 in true Lucee fashion is being named after another famous dog […]
Lucee 5.3 Pulls Ahead of ACF 2016, CF Security Good News and Vue.js > Angular
(Interesting initial CF Survey 2020 results) I am happy to share interesting State of CF survey 2020 partial results (full details in that link) Lucee 5.3+ is the most popular version this year with CF 2016 in second, just ahead of CF 2018. ColdBox was just beaten out by “Homegrown” as the most popular general […]
CFML is better than other languages (7 detailed reasons)
Time to “pop the hood” on ColdFusion! I’ve given you the simple, superficial reasons as to why ColdFusion rocks: speed, security, modernization. Now, let’s see the nuts and bolts that make ColdFusion shine! Here are seven key reasons CFML is better than other languages our there. ColdFusion is: RAD! Easy to learn. Powerful. Scalable. Rich […]
CF Camp 2019 Full Report (Slides, Interviews, Everything CFML and Lucee)
What is CF Camp CF Camp is in it’s 8th year now, and it shows that it’s bigger than ever. It is famous because it is the only CFML conference in Europe. In its first year CF Camp had 9 sessions and little over 100 attendees. In 2019, that number had almost doubled: over 30 […]
097 State of the CF Union 2019 Survey, with Brad Wood (in-depth analysis)
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. Before we begin with the results, we’d like to thank everyone who participated and responded to this year’s […]
