In the web development realm, where the quest for efficiency and power unfolds like an epic journey through Middle-earth, a new champion has emerged. Lucee 6, the first major update to the platform since 2016, is akin to the light of Eärendil guiding developers through the darkness and promises to lead CFML developers to victory, […]
Modernize ColdFusion
Easily Moving from ColdFusion Legacy Code Hell to Modern CFML Heaven
We’ve all seen the hell of old legacy code in our ColdFusion applications. Non-framework code, spaghetti code, duplicate code, or unused code (Deadwood)… it’s all the same. Maintenance efficiency is a thing of the past and code usefulness is gone. How do you move from that legacy hell to a heaven of modern CFML with […]
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 […]
ColdFusion Community Guidelines
ColdFusion is alive. That’s obvious to anyone. A huge component of what keeps ColdFusion alive is what happens inside the CF developers and CF experts circle, in what we call the ColdFusion community. Year 2019 seems like a turning point to me. Conferences are becoming bigger and bigger Adobe announced Coldfusion 2020 Adobe announced CF […]
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 […]
102 ColdFusion in Biz (the Latest Trends in CF consulting) with Joby John
Joby John talks about “ColdFusion in Biz (the Latest Trends in CF consulting)” in this episode of the CF Alive Podcast, with host Michaela Light. ContentsShow notesBiz side of CFHiring CF developersTraining new people on CF – out of college or from other languages Versions used by their customersWhy not the newest version?Why upgrade then?Scaling teamNew […]
3 Steps to Establish a Reliable Recovery Plan for Your Next ColdFusion Project
You, me and everyone else hated seeing this thing! By Original uploader was Praseodymium at en.wikipedia – Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons by Reader781 using CommonsHelper., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4335321 Want to instill fear into any tech nerd or guru? Mention the Blue Screen of Death. During Windows’s heyday, having your screen turn the color of […]
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 […]
Upgrade Your ColdFusion (Security, Performance & Cost)
ContentsThink upgrading ColdFusion is a waste of money?What problems arise with using outdated CF?The costs of using outdated CFBut what about the other, ancillary costs?What are the main benefits when modernizing your software?Related: Adobe ColdFusion 2018 What, besides costs, is stopping you from upgrading? Think upgrading ColdFusion is a waste of money? That’s what one of […]
096 Adobe ColdFusion 2020 Roadmap (Multi-cloud, micro-services and more), with Ashish Garg
Ashish Garg talks about “Adobe ColdFusion 2020 Roadmap (Multi-cloud, micro-services and more), with Ashish Garg” in this episode of the CF Alive Podcast, with host Michaela Light. ContentsShow notesColdFusion FutureWhat will make CF take off moreCF 2020 Roadmap – modernized ColdFusion for the next decadeCloudCF makes multi-cloud easyCF cloud licensing MonitoringLoggingContainer supportInstallationLanguageCloud Skills ServicesConfigurationServerlessConclusionMentioned in this episodeListen […]