ColdFusion Mumbo Jumbo

ColdFusion 10 EULA Changes

Tue, 15 May 2012 12:28:00 -0400

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.

Fishbowl Panel at cf.Objective(2012)

Mon, 14 May 2012 11:15:00 -0400

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.

Fishbowl Panel at cf.Objective 2012

Mon, 14 May 2012 11:15:00 -0400

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.

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

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 09:00:00 -0400

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.

Create your own custom git command!

Fri, 09 Mar 2012 17:00:00 -0400

Bolt Talk: Open CF Summit with Kurt Wiersma

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:00:00 -0400

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.

Bolt Talk: Mike Henke - Cloudy with a chance of tests.

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:15:00 -0400

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.

Bolt Talk: Luis Majano - ContentBox an Enterprise level content management system.

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 15:00:00 -0400

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.

Coping with SQL Server Deadlocks - PART 1

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:00:00 -0400

Nothing is more frustrating than trying to hunt down the underlying cause of a MS SQL Server deadlock. The problem is there are so many possible causes to a deadlock. It could bad queries, recursive triggers, cursor usage, missing indexes, duplicate indexes, unnecessary indexes, disk I/O. Where do you start looking? This article will document some of the many tricks I have used over the years to help narrow down where to look.

Bolt Talk:The Future of BlogCFC with Scott Stroz

Fri, 06 Jan 2012 16:09:00 -0400

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.

Bolt Talk:Getting Involved in the Community, Why? with Michael Seid

Thu, 08 Dec 2011 12:02:00 -0400

How to use showerror with cfabort in CFScript

Wed, 07 Dec 2011 09:40:00 -0400

With CFabort you display a custom error message when the page aborts this way: But how do you do it in cfscript?

BoltTalks LIVE!: 1 hour long Fishbowl panel at Adobe Max

Thu, 10 Nov 2011 17:05:00 -0400

Recording of the incredibly fun and enlightening Bolt Talk Live: Fishbowl edition. It was held at the Adobe Max ColdFusion Unconference. Ben Forta was kind enough to join us. A fishbowl is an open discussion format that encouraged the audience to be on the panel. Topic: Best Practices of a Modern ColdFusion Developer.

Bolt Talk: ColdFusion Koans with Ryan Anklam

Wed, 09 Nov 2011 17:40:00 -0400

The ColdFusion Koans walk you along the path to enlightenment in order to learn ColdFusion. The goal is to learn the ColdFusion language, syntax, and structure. It will also teach you culture. Testing is not just something to pay lip service to, but something to live. It is essential in your quest to learn and do great things in the language.

Why you should drink the Github Kool-Aid

Wed, 12 Oct 2011 14:00:00 -0400

At Adobe Max 2011, Scott Stroz & Dave Ferguson asked to have me on their show CFHour, to speak about GitHub. Scott said that while he loves Git specifically, he hasn't drank the Kool-Aid on why GitHub is the best thing since a Vulcan Jedi Ninja. I am not sure why they asked me to be the person to speak on the topic. I don’t proclaim to be a Git or GitHub expert. I am a vocal advocate about the two, so maybe that is enough.

Below I list the reasons why I think GitHub is the mutt’s nuts. What would you add? What would change?

AngularJS (What HTML would have been if it were written for Web Apps)

Wed, 28 Sep 2011 08:00:00 -0400

HTML was designed for documents. Text Documents. HTML was not designed for web applications like we write today. AngularJS is an attempt to greatly simply the apps we write. Part Framework, part HTML Compiler, part JS Library. 100% Awesome. This was my presentation on AngularJS on the campus of NCState.

NCDevCon 2011

Sat, 17 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0400

The Triangle Area ColdFusion User's Group (TACFUG), associates, and sponsors are organizing the NCDevCon 2011 Conference (NCDevCon) to be held September 17-18, 2011 on the Centennial Campus of NC State University in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Embedding a SWF in a PDF with ColdFusion and iText

Thu, 15 Sep 2011 11:00:00 -0400

At a recent presentation that I did on "Working with PDFs made easy with ColdFusion" for Adobe ColdFusion Developer week an attendee asked me if it was possible to embed a SWF into a page on a PDF with ColdFusion. I had never tried, so I told him I would find out. Turns out you can!

Adobe ColdFusion Developer Week

Tue, 13 Sep 2011 16:00:00 -0400

Thanks to Adam Lehman (www.adrocknaphobia.com) for pulling some strings and Simon Free (www.simonfree.com) for collecting the speakers, ColdFusion got it's own Adobe Developer Week. This article has links to every presentation avialable. Also I have links to my source code, slides and connect recording.

cf.Objective() 2012 Dates Announced!

Tue, 13 Sep 2011 13:01:00 -0400