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May 15, 2012
ColdFusion 10 EULA Changes
ColdFusion 10 EULA Changes

The Devil is in the details isn't it? Did you notice the price increase of ColdFusion 10?  That is not the biggest change you should be concerned about, read the fine print in the EULA that defines what a CPU is to truly understand how much more ColdFusion 10 is going to cost you.

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May 14, 2012
Fishbowl Panel at cf.Objective 2012
Fishbowl Panel at cf.Objective(2012)

Following the success of the fishbowl panel at Adobe Max 2011, I will once again host an open community discussion starting Friday May 18 at 8:00 PM at the cf.Objective Hyatt Regency.

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April 16, 2012
Bolt Talk: Why cf.Objective(2012) will rock your world with Matt Quackenbush
Bolt Talk: Why cf.Objective(2012) will rock your world with Matt Quackenbush

Matt Quackenbush of the cf.Objective(2012) steering committee joins me to talk about this premiere ColdFusion conference. This year there is great focus on js.Objective(2012) an entire track devoted Java Script, also there is still time (barely) to get in your Lightning Talk submissions. Matt explains what Lightning Talks are and why you should submit one.

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Tags: cfobjective
March 9, 2012
Create your own custom git command!
Create your own custom git command!
February 1, 2012
Bolt Talk: Open CF Summit with Kurt Wiersma
Bolt Talk: Open CF Summit with Kurt Wiersma

Kurt Wiersma joins me on Bolt Talks to explain the mission and purpose of the Open CF Summit.  All users of ColdFusion regardless if they use Adobe ColdFusion, Railo or OpenBD CFML engines can benefit from attending the Open CF Summit.  He also explains the "open space unconference" style of the conference as well as the HackFest that will take place.

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Tags: ColdFusion, Conference, Open Source, Kurt Wiersma, Open CF Summmit
January 27, 2012
Bolt Talk: Mike Henke - Cloudy with a chance of tests.
Bolt Talk: Mike Henke - Cloudy with a chance of tests.

Mike Henke talks about trying to introduce continuous integration and unit testing into his legacy code. Taking a "baby steps" approach he tells how he sets up a continuous integration environment, to test code changes even without unit testing.

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Tags: CI, Unit testing, Jenkins, ColdFusion, Henke, legacy code, continuous integration, source control, GIT
January 13, 2012
Bolt Talk: Luis Majano - ContentBox an Enterprise level content management system.
Bolt Talk: Luis Majano - ContentBox an Enterprise level content management system.

 Luis Majano is the founder of Ortus Solutions an Open Source Software company that is responisble for the ColdBox Framework, Wirebox, Forgebox & all things "Box." Their latest offering is an Enterprise level content management system, not surprisingly named: "ContentBox."  Luis joins me on BoltTalks to chat with me about ContentBox. 

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Tags: CMS, ColdFusion, Open Source, ColdBox
January 6, 2012
Bolt Talk:The Future of BlogCFC with Scott Stroz
Bolt Talk:The Future of BlogCFC with Scott Stroz

 BlogCFC is the most widely know opensource blogging software written to run on ColdFusion.  The brain child of Ray "ColdFusion Jedi" Camden, BlogCFC has had some recent news regarding it's future.  Scott Stroz aka Boyzoid joins me on Bolt Talks to talk to me about these exciting changes.

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Tags: Blog, CMS, Open Source, ColdFusion
December 8, 2011
Bolt Talk:Getting Involved in the Community, Why? with Michael Seid
Bolt Talk:Getting Involved in the Community, Why? with Michael Seid
Tags: Community
December 7, 2011
How to use showerror with cfabort in CFScript
How to use showerror with cfabort in CFScript

With CFabort you display a custom error message when the page aborts this way: <cfabort showerror="My Fail Whale message"> But how do you do it in cfscript?

 

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