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Check out ColdFusion on Wheels

Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:35:00-0400

With all the talk both good and bad about Ruby on Rails, I am surprised few folks know about ColdFusion on Wheels within the CF community. Well folks, you should really take a look at this cool framework. I'm not sure the exact date that CF Wheels 1.0 came out. Regardless it is out now, and I encourage everyone to check out this release. In addition there is a post on the CF Wheels blog that talks about how their growth is comparing to the other CF frameworks.

Google Using ColdFusion

Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:25:00-0400

Good to see Google seeing the benefits of ColdFusion. I saw this post on Ben's blog. Ben got an email from Ali Daniali about this. Check it out here! Hope to see more of this from Google, I'm sure that we will. Smart people use smart technologies!

Go and Try ColdFusion Builder Beta 3

Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:21:00-0400

We are getting closer and closer to ColdFusion Builder being released. Long anticipated by the community, you can get your hands on it today. Go GET IT NOW!

Got Digitally Signed Emails?

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:34:00-0400

Well if you have the new Adobe ColdFusion 9 you do now! If you go to Server Settings > Mail, you will see new options for setting up your keys to use this option. Just saw this brought up on Ben's blog and thought it would be good info for everyone to know.

Mark Driver from Gartner gives major kudos to ColdFusion 9

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:44:00-0400

One of the analysts at the respected Gartner research group has made a post about his thoughts on CF 9 You can read it here For a more in depth look from Gartner, check out this PDF Adobe ColdFusion - Past Present and Future Its very good to see these types of articles that are long overdue.

ColdFusion 9 - Now on Adobe.com

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:33:00-0400

Make sure to check out the new page on Adobe.com about ColdFusion 9 and all of its new features. Hear from developers in the community about this new release. For another good summary make sure to check out the SitePoint review of What's new in ColdFusion 9

A New Site and Blog Entries Coming Soon

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:23:00-0400

Well the blog has been dead for a while. Things have been crazy with the amount of work going on. Thankfully this week I get a week to relax. Adobe has a shutdown this week so we are all off. I'm going to be turning allot of focus to the blog, as well as finishing the website. New articles, I have a set of new articles that will be coming out on the Adobe Developer Connection. The articles are all about Adobe ColdFusion 9, and some of the really cool features packed into this version.

Get CF9 and ColdFusion Builder on Labs!

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 19:36:00-0400

There are many great new features in Adobe ColdFusion 9, and now you can try them out for yourself in the public beta. I know I'm a little late posting this so forgive me for that. Adobe has done an amazing job with ColdFusion 9, looking at the features and effort put into this amazing version, proves the commitment from Adobe to the product. So what are you waiting for, go to Adobe Labs and check out the new beta's.

ORM with ColdFusion Video

Tue, 05 May 2009 18:33:00-0400

I know some people are unaware of the Adobe.tv site. There are many great videos across all product lines. Here is a great video by Jason Delmore the Senior Product Manager for ColdFusion. In this video he shows how in the next release of ColdFusion you will be able to leverage the baked in hibernate technology. In short, see how you don't have to write any CFQUERY tags, or SQL. In addition he will show you a preview of how Bolt (new cf ide coming soon) allows you to auto generate the required CFC's and Hibernate files to get you up and running with the quickness! Enjoy: Centaur ORM on Adobe TV

Great Post By A New ColdFusion Developer

Tue, 05 May 2009 18:15:00-0400

A developer new to ColdFusion made a post in the Adobe forums. After reading this though the developer made some really great points. When talking about researching CF, the reader had some of the following points. "So I thought well I am using Adobe anyway let's see this ColdFusion rather than go back to MS or turn to PHP/ROR. You have to understand having been in front ends and graphics I have some basics of them all anyway. I nearly did not as the web is not full of praise at all on the surface for CF. ROR is hyped but I did not like it's feel (framework is good bit CF does it too if you want to). The PHP community was too fragmented into a multitude of Open Source Projects - most of which I would never use. ASP had changed too much for me and I did not own a windows license anymore. I am using OSX and Linux distros of the day. So I looked up the CF community. I noticed unlike the PHP/ASP/ROR etc you had kinda like father figures here (who help newbies!)." -Scot2009 And this quote as well: "You can learn for free. What is all this CF costs money rubbish I was told before I started. I have found very good shared hosts with great prices and even some using open source CF really cheap. If you need a dedicated machine and can't afford CF then you can't afford a dedicated machine. So that is all rubbish that is spread by other web application server language users. Adobe needs to make new coders know this is rubbish." -Scot2009 So in short, this new developer found that most of the anti-CF stuff on the web is rubbish. For those of us who use the technology every day, we know most of this is rubbish and don't pay attention to unfounded rants by others. From what this user said, he was almost turned away from CF by the fragmented rants of other communities. I hope Adobe pays attention to this users post, Adobe (IMHO) needs to make better efforts to kill these myths from a marketing prospective.

Hostway gets increase in Adobe ColdFusion Enterprise Hosting

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 15:16:00-0400

With Adobe at the wheel, ColdFusion demand is increasing as reported by Hostway. This is great news for Adobe and the ColdFusion product team. Personally, I think that when CF9 comes out is when you will really see adoption jump. Adobe gets it with this product, and with Adobe DNA being integrated more and more into the product, is going to make for some amazing features in the products future. Check it out here

Adobe ColdFusion 8 Educational Courses Now Online

Wed, 18 Mar 2009 17:00:00-0400

Now on Adobe.com there is a great educational resource for learning Adobe ColdFusion 8. The curriculum is geared toward web developers with some experience how to create dynamic web applications using ColdFusion. There are two courses available for download, "Introduction to ColdFusion 8" and "Advanced ColdFusion 8 Development". Adobe.com ColdFusion 8 project-based curriculum

ColdFusion 8 a Solid Investment

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 13:03:00-0400

ColdFusion 8 has always been a great investment in productivity for your organization. A friend, colleague and fellow Adobe Developer Connection author Steve Rittler made a great blog post a while back about investing in ColdFusion. I recently showed a new client some examples of how easy it was to create dynamic PDF's and charts in ColdFusion, they were amazed at how simple it was. This feature alone along with all the others, made ColdFusion 8 an obvious choice. Steve's Blog Post: Investing in ColdFusion

Creating Dynamic Presentations with ColdFusion

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 02:17:00-0400

Great presentation on creating dynamic presentations with ColdFusion. Using simple tags you can create great looking presentations very quickly. Watch it here

Adobe ColdFusion 8 Wins 2008 Codie Award!

Sun, 01 Jun 2008 16:11:00-0400

Proving Adobe ColdFusion 8 is as strong as ever, the 2008 Codie Awards name Adobe ColdFusion 8 "Best Web Services Solution"!

Pretty good for a "dying technology" don't ya think, Computer World!