Daniel Garcia, Leon O’Daniel and Nolan Erck talk about “How to start and run a CFUG (experts panel)” in this episode of the CF Alive Podcast, with host Michaela Light. ContentsShow notesWhat is a CFUG?Why is a CFUG important?How do you start a CFUG?Why are you proud to use CF?WWIT to make CF more alive […]
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091 Vue.JS FusionReactor and Therapy, with Raymond Camden
Raymond Camden talks about “Vue.JS FusionReactor and Therapy” in this episode of the CF Alive Podcast, with host Michaela Light. “…There could have been tools to make that a little bit easier to make the scaffolding quicker. It’s, but like, it’s, you know, it’s like when I go anywhere now with my children, right? I […]
090 CF Alive at Chicago CFUG with Michaela Light
I was a guest speaker in an episode of Chicago CFUG, with host Daniel Garcia. ContentsShow notesCF Alive Making ColdFusion Modern, Vibrant and Secure By Michaela LightAnnual State of CF Union survey, 2018Mentioned in this episodeListen to the AudioBioLinksInterview transcript Show notes CF Alive Making ColdFusion Modern, Vibrant and Secure By Michaela Light Who […]
089 All about the Adobe CF Summit East 2019 ColdFusion with Kishore Balakrishnan
Kishore Balakrishnan talks about “Adobe CF Summit East 2019 ColdFusion” in this episode of the CF Alive Podcast, with host Michaela Light. “… every year, we are seeing an increase in the number of developers that are coming to the events like you would have seen, and even Las Vegas event last year was bigger […]
088 CFWheels (A ColdFusion Framework for the REST of us) with Tom King and David Belanger
CFWheels is an open source CFML (ColdFusion Markup Language) MVC framework inspired by Ruby on Rails that simplifies application development through convention over configuration. With over 15 years of continuous development since its first release in 2006, CFWheels provides developers with fast application development, organized code architecture, and built-in features like RESTful routing, ORM capabilities, […]
Top 10 CF Alive Podcasts of 2018 (Editor’s Choice)
Whoo. What a year! 2018 has been huge for ColdFusion. From the amazing conferences to the major advancements in CFML to the release of ColdFusion 2018, this past year has been incredible. And it’s been an incredible year for the CF Alive podcast as well. I’ve been lucky to have had the ability to interview […]
087 ColdFusion vs PHP vs Java vs .Net (which is a better friend) with Brian Cain
In this CF Alive Podcast episode, Brian Cain joins host Michaela Light to compare ColdFusion vs PHP vs Java vs .NET—four of the most popular web-development languages. They explore which platform delivers faster development, simpler maintenance, and a friendlier developer experience. If you’re choosing a stack for enterprise or rapid-application development (RAD), this episode will […]
086 Adobe ColdFusion 2018 (All that is new) with Kishore Balakrishnan
Kishore Balakrishnan talks about “Adobe ColdFusion 2018 (All that is new)” in this episode of the CF Alive Podcast, with host Michaela Light. ContentsShow notesPerformance improvementsPerformance tuningServer Monitor (NEW)Code profiler (NEW)Database Monitor (NEW)External Services Monitor (NEW)Automatic connector tuning [NEW]Distributed cache (NEW)Security tools and improvementsAuto lockdown (NEW)New Language features:Asynchronous programming (NEW)Modern admin UI (NEW)External storage for […]
085 ColdFusion and Angular (Modern Development Strategies) with Nolan Erck
Nolan Erck talks about “ColdFusion and Angular (Modern Development Strategies)” in this episode of the CF Alive Podcast, with host Michaela Light. ContentsShow notesWhat is AngularWhy use itAngular 1 (aka AngularJS) vs Angular 2 (currently versions 5/6/7)Node.js on laptop to build Angular 2 appsCommandBoxBackend APIsWhy CF and AngularAngular and CF SecurityDesign patterns for AngularDependency InjectionThe […]
CF Alive Podcast Behind the Scenes
How did I get into programming in general? I was born in Berkshire, England in 1964. At a young age I realized I had a talent for mathematics and software development. I pursued my gifts and graduated from Cambridge University with a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Mathematics. I had lots of side project experience […]











