Many developers wonder if ColdFusion is dead. However, developers worldwide are actively deploying the language and development platform. They are creating modern, powerful applications that are as impressive as wizards. Adobe, too, continues to update the platform with Adobe ColdFusion 2025. This latest magical tool in the developer’s arsenal offers unparalleled power, speed, and security, […]
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CFML Open Source: Everything You Need To Know About Lucee
Lucee, a free and open-source CFML engine, serves as a lighter option compared to Adobe ColdFusion. It delivers similar CFML support, improved performance, and easier cloud deployment without licensing costs. Both platforms rely on the Java JVM with tags and CFScript for dynamic web applications, yet Lucee gains flexibility through community-driven updates. By contrast, Adobe […]
What are CFers learning?
Every year, ColdFusion developers (“CFers”) continue to invest in learning new tools, frameworks, and technologies that keep the CFML ecosystem modern and relevant. The community never stands still — and this year is no exception. Below are the top ColdFusion tools and concepts CFers are focusing on today, based on community discussions, polls, and the […]
Adobe ColdFusion 2020 Becomes CF 2021
Note that this article was written when Adobe ColdFusion 2020 was announced. Currently, this has changed and there is now Adobe ColdFusion 2021. It is the game-changing release for the next decade. To learn more about CF 2021 listen to the CF Alive podcast episode with Rakshith Naresh. Adobe ColdFusion 2021 Yes, you’ve heard it […]
106 Adobe CF Summit 2020 (What to Expect) with Kishore Balakrishnan
Kishore Balakrishnan talks about “Adobe CF Summit 2020 (What to Expect)” in this episode of the CF Alive Podcast, with host Michaela Light “This situation is not right for having physical events this year. So we are going to make it online. And we are very excited to that this is going to be one […]
Adobe ColdFusion 2020 Release Date Prediction (Analysis of 14 years of CF data)
Note that this article was written when Adobe ColdFusion 2020 was announced. Currently, this has changed and there is now Adobe ColdFusion 2021. It is the game-changing release for the next decade. To learn more about CF 2021 listen to the CF Alive podcast episode with Rakshith Naresh. Adobe ColdFusion 2020 release date is close. It […]
104 CFer Mental Helpers (Stay Sane during Crises) with Jeff Kunkel – Transcript
Read the show notes and download the episode here Michaela Light 0:01 Welcome back to the show. I’m here with Jeff Kunkel and we are going to talk about cold fusion mental helpers, or how to stay sane during crises, which, when we’re recording this, there’s a major lockdown crona economic depression, wacko crisis going […]
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 […]
101 CF Summit India 2019 Revealed with Adobe’s Kishore Balakrishnan – Transcript
Read the show notes and download the episode here Michaela Light: 00:01 Welcome back to the show. I’m here with Kishore Bally Krishna from Adobe and we’re going to be talking about CF summit, India 2019 and all the new details on that, some revealing some information that hasn’t been out there publicly yet about […]
100 CF Alive (Revolution Retrospective) with Nolan Erck and Michaela Light – Transcript
Read the show notes and download the podcast here. Michaela Light: 00:00:03 Welcome back to the show here we have a special episode of the hundredth episode of BC apply podcast. I have a very special guest with us today, Nolan, who is the person who’s appeared on the show the most, I think you’ve […]
