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Welcome to ColdFusion Alive, the only podcast dedicated to helping CFers thrive in their jobs and growing the CF programmer community. Discover practices, tools, techniques, tips, trends and what is new in the world of ColdFusion today. Interviews with 60+ top CF experts such as Charlie Arehart, Nolan Erck, Luis Majano, Kishore Balakrishnan and other top Adobe and Lucee executives who are setting the future direction of CFML.

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CF Alive Podcast Behind the Scenes

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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 […]

084 Design Thinking for CFers (10 tips for better apps) with Dee Sadler

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Dee Sadler talks about “Design Thinking for CFers (10 tips for better apps)” in this episode of the CF Alive Podcast, with host Michaela Light. Episode highlights Design thinking Hands-on UX problem solving, human-centered, iterating loop Ideating, prototyping, development, usability testing Goes well with Agile MVP (Minimum Viable Product) vs perfect So get user feedback Design […]

083 ColdFusion High-Performance Teams (15 tips and technique) with Jorge Reyes

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Jorge Reyes talks about “ColdFusion High-Performance Teams (15 tips and technique)” in this episode of the CF Alive Podcast, with host Michaela Light. Episode Highlights Why High-Performance Teams Distrust Fear conflict Lack of commitment Avoid accountability Inattention to results What do you mean by High Performance Efficient Reliable Effective Consistent Predictable – Product expected results […]

082 ColdFusion and the Blockchain Revolution with Mike Brunt

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Mike Brunt talks about “ColdFusion and the Blockchain Revolution” in this episode of the CF Alive Podcast, with host Michaela Light. Episode Highlights What is the Blockchain? DLT = Distributed Ledger Technology Transactions and identities 2009 Bitcoin launch – decentralized value exchange, peer to peer Etherium – BLT plus code (DAPs) Easier to use Coins […]

081 Better Bug Squashing (New Issue Tracking Tool) with Kirk Deis

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Kirk Deis talks about “Better Bug Squashing (New Issue Tracking Tool)” in this episode of ColdFusion Alive Podcast, with host Michaela Light. Episode Highlights What is the problem with how you find bug issues now? User emails User phone calls Text messages Lack of complete info to reproduce the bug PM tools can track bugs […]

080 Assert Control Over Your Legacy Applications (TestBox Quick Start) with Ed Bartram

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“Unit tests are typically testing the logic within a particular method or group of methods and not anything else that those methods are and that includes external dependencies such as a database. So what we do is we write integration tests which are structured much like unit test to test those external dependencies to make sure that […]

079 Help Your ColdFusion Team Find Flow (7 keys to PM success) with Christine Ballisty

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Christine Ballisty talks about “Help Your ColdFusion Team Find Flow (7 keys to PM success)” in this episode of ColdFusion Alive podcast with host Michaela Light. Episode Highlights The role of a digital project manager today beyond managing tasks, schedules and budgets Her background in UI and web designer Hats I wear Account Manager Positive biz […]

078 Agile ColdFusion API Development (Amazing Postman, ColdBox and Agile secrets) with John Farrar

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John Farrar talks about “Agile ColdFusion API Development (Amazing Postman, ColdBox and Agile secrets)” in this episode of ColdFusion Alive podcast with host Michaela Light. Episode Highlights Why build APIs in ColdFusion? Built in Works reliably Why APIs Link to other apps Separate data connector from biz logic Microservices Vue, Angular, React Why Build in APIs […]

077 Fundamentals of Unit Testing, BDD and Mocking (using TestBox and MockBox) with Uma Ghotikar

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Uma Ghotikar talks about “Fundamentals of Unit Testing, BDD and Mocking (using TestBox and MockBox)” in this episode of ColdFusion Alive podcast with host Michaela Light. Show notes What is unit testing? Test small piece of functionality Low level, small scope, a method, a function, a clause Why do unit testing To validate every part of […]

076 Slatwall ColdFusion eCommerce Unleashed (Beyond Shopping Carts) with Sumit Verma

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Sumit Verma talks about “Slatwall ColdFusion eCommerce Unleashed (Beyond Shopping Carts)” in this episode of ColdFusion Alive podcast with host Michaela Light. Episode highlighs What is Slatwall Enterprise level eCommerce platform More than just a shopping cart A flexible way to build eCommerce websites that integrates easily with other software for payments, marketing, sales, shipping […]