ColdFusion Mumbo Jumbo

Help choose the content for the ColdFusion Summit

Fri, 07 Jun 2013 10:30:00 -0400

What kind of content would you like to see at the ColdFusion Summit this year October 24, 25 in Las Vegas? Vote and make suggestions now. http://cfml.us/baQ

cf.Objective() 2013 Day 0 & 1

Fri, 17 May 2013 09:00:00 -0400

So this year cf.Objective() is pretty special to me. My first ever ColdFusion conference was the final cfUnited in 2010. I had been a community "lurker" for about 10 years prior to that. After that first ColdFusion conference it re-energized me and I have been actively involved as much as possible. This year at cf.Objective() 2013 I was invited by Jared Rypka-Hauer to be on the Steering Committee and the Content Advisory Board (CAB.) It was a daunting challenge, Bob Silverberg had that job the years prior and always did an excellent job. But with guidance from my fellow CAB members, Dan Wilson, Emily Christensen, Simon "The Face" Free and particularly Jason Dean we managed to line up what we felt was very compelling content. But you know what they say about "the best laid plans" "they Gang aft a-gley An' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain" Whatever that means. So how was day 1?

Wrapping my head around CF 10 Web Sockets

Mon, 03 Dec 2012 09:30:00 -0400

When ColdFusion 10 was in early beta, I was really interested in playing with web sockets. Unfortunately I was only *playing* with them, I didn't have a real world need. So when Ray Camden wrote several demos that showed how web sockets would work, I ran the code, saw that it worked and then moved on to test something else. Long story short, I understood the principles of web sockets, without really know how to write one: till now.

Convert your Git log to JSON

Fri, 17 Aug 2012 15:30:00 -0400

Some code snippets to convert your git log into a changeLog.

How I deploy websites using git.

Fri, 17 Aug 2012 09:30:00 -0400

Here is how I deploy my changes to our DEV, Staging & Production webservers using a combination of GIT, batch files, ColdFusion on Windows machines.

Bolt Talk: Russell Spivey's ColdFusion port of backbone.js

Thu, 16 Aug 2012 11:30:00 -0400

Russell Spivey talks about his ColdFusion ports of backbone.js & underscore.js on Bolt Talks! Short, fast & to the point.

MVC: The beginning of all learning, starts with saying "I don't know"

Tue, 24 Jul 2012 16:30:00 -0400

ColdBox Developers Week July 23rd-27th

I presented the very first presentation of the very first ever ColdBox Developers Week! My topic is basic. Understanding MVC. But is it basic after all?

cf.Objective(2012) Review

Sat, 26 May 2012 11:55:00 -0400

cf.Objective(2012) is in the history books! Here are some highlights.

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?