Breakfast with Adobe ColdFusion Team July 26-Aug 4

Please join the ColdFusion team for breakfast and hear about what's new in ColdFusion 2016 and the new API Management solution.

All events will be held at the following locations and dates, and will include breakfast.

 

Adobe ColdFusion Summit 2016 – Security Workshop Sold Out!

We had to close registrations for the Preconference full day Security Workshop happening on October 9th.  Hopefully you have already signed up if you wanted to join that hands-on lab.

We still have a few seats left in the API Workshop.  As a reminder, below is the topic description.  Please register today if you would like to attend, as this workshop will likely sell out soon as well.

Developing and Managing APIs with Adobe ColdFusion API Manager

This full day preconference lab will cover API development with a focus on REST based APIs. It will include an overview of Adobe ColdFusion API Manager and walk through configuration of the environment, and various features available to create and manage APIs.

Register today here: https://cfsummit.adobeevents.com/register/

 

Adobe ColdFusion Summit 2016 Preconference Workshops almost Sold Out!

There are only a handful of seats available for our preconference workshops on API and Security topics, so we will be closing registration very soon due to capacity limitations.  Please register today if you haven't yet!

As a reminder, these workshops are full day hands-on labs so it's a great learning opportunity for your teams.  Below is a summary of the workshop descriptions:

Topic 1
Developing and Managing APIs with Adobe ColdFusion API Manager

This full day preconference lab will cover API development with a focus on REST based APIs. It will include an overview of Adobe ColdFusion API Manager and walk through configuration of the environment, and various features available to create and manage APIs.

Topic 2
Security

This full day hands-on training session will focus entirely on the topic of security as it relates to web developers, reviewing examples of how vulnerabilities are exploited and how to mitigate these vulnerabilities within your code.

Both of these full day preconference labs will have prerequisites and will require students to bring their own laptops for use. Further details on what will be covered and prerequisite information will be provided soon.

 

Register today here: https://cfsummit.adobeevents.com/register/

Reminder: $199 Super Early Bird Rate ends May 31st!

Remember that the $199 Super Early Bird Rate for ColdFusion Summit 2016 ends on May 31st so there are only a few days left to get that discount.  

The preconference sessions are also filling up quickly, and have very limited capacity so if you were considering attending please sign up soon.

You can register here: https://cfsummit.adobeevents.com/register/

 

Don’t forget that call for speakers ends tomorrow as well, so please submit any topic you would like to speak about by tomorrow here: http://cfsummit.speakerform.com

ColdFusion Summit 2016 will be held at Mandalay Bay Resort in Las Vegas, NV on October 10th and 11th.  

The preconference workshops on Security and API Development & Management will be on October 9th.

 

See you there!

Adobe ColdFusion Developer Week Recordings Now Available!

Thank you all for joining us last week at Adobe ColdFusion Developer Week!  We hope you were able to gain additional knowledge in the remote sessions.

We would also like to thank our speakers for their time and committment to sharing knowledge with our amazing community in the below sessions.  

 

  • Security Enhancements in ColdFusion 2016: Dave Epler
  • Mobile Applications Made Easy with ColdFusion: Dave Ferguson
  • MVC With and Without a Framework: Nolan Erck
  • Realtime with WebSockets: Giancarlo Gomez
  • ColdFusion Performance Tuning and Caching: Brian Klaas
  • CFML Features for More Modern Coding: Dan Fredericks
  • ColdFusion 2016 Overview: Rakshith Naresh
  • Exploring PDF Capabilities in ColdFusion: Elishia Dvorak
  • Protecting APIs using CF 2016 API Manager: S V Pavankumar
  • Extending PDF Capabilities using DDX: Mayur Jain
The recordings are now available for any of you that missed any sessions or would like to review the content again.  Apologies up front for this, but you will be required to register for access to each session separately.  We’ll try to see if that can be resolved for the next online event.

 

Adobe ColdFusion Summit 2016 Call for Speakers is now open!

Call for speakers is now open for Adobe ColdFusion Summit 2016!

From now until May 20th, feel free to submit any topics you would like us to consider.  We're always looking for new speakers, with a focus on practical application of ColdFusion in solving real world business solutions.  So if you're a developer who has leveraged ColdFusion to build a great application or you have an interesting use case we would love you to present that at this year's Summit!  

We're also looking for speakers that have knowledge of ColdFusion in specific functionality areas or integrated solutions that can share this through practical examples that would benefit the developer community.

Please submit your proposals here: http://cfsummit.speakerform.com

Remember to submit by May 20th in order to be considered.

For all confirmed speakers, conference pass and hotel will be covered for the conference dates. 

Adobe ColdFusion Developer Week 2016: April 24-29

We’re excited to bring you ColdFusion Developer Week this year with some great topics for all levels of developers.  All of these sessions will be held remotely and we will release links to the recordings after the event in case you miss any. Please try to attend the live sessions for a more engaging experience as you’ll be able to ask questions and interact.  We will have 5 days of sessions and 2 sessions per day, with a total of 10 sessions on the following topics:

 

What:    Adobe ColdFusion Developer Week

When:   April 24th through 29th

Times:  9:00 AM and 12:00 PM Pacific Time, Monday through Friday

Schedule and Topics:

 

Monday, April 25, 2016

9:00 – 10:00 am

ColdFusion 2016 Overview

12:00 – 1:00 pm

Security Enhancements in ColdFusion 2016

Tuesday, April 26, 2016

9:00 – 10:00 am

Mobile Applications Made Easy with ColdFusion

12:00 – 1:00 pm

Exploring PDF Capabilities in ColdFusion

Wednesday, April 27, 2016

9:00 – 10:00 am

Protecting APIs using CF 2016 API Manager

12:00 – 1:00 pm

MVC With and Without a Framework

Thursday, April 28, 2016

9:00 – 10:00 am

Realtime with WebSockets

12:00 – 1:00 pm

ColdFusion Performance Tuning and Caching

Friday, April 29, 2016

9:00 – 10:00 am

Extending PDF capabilities using DDX

12:00 – 1:00 pm

CFML Features for More Modern Coding

 

New ColdFusion Training Videos Available!

We’re pleased to announce the first set of ColdFusion training videos are now available!

Getting Started with ColdFusion 2016

Altogether, 9 hours of training content is now available. 

Chapter 1:   Introduction
Chapter 2:   Configuring your work environment
Chapter 3:   Variables and data types
Chapter 4:   Publishing database content
Chapter 5:   Creating a drill down interface
Chapter 6:   Inserting new data in the database
Chapter 7:   Updating data
Chapter 8:   Reusing Code
Chapter 9:   The application framework
Chapter 10: Session management
Chapter 11: More security
Chapter 12: Building the site administration

You can find all of the videos here on Adobe KnowHow:
https://www.adobeknowhow.com/courselanding/getting-started-coldfusion-2016

Adobe ColdFusion Summit 2016 October 10th & 11th – Registration is Open!

Registration is now open for Adobe ColdFusion Summit 2016!

https://cfsummit.adobeevents.com/

 

This year we’ll be at Mandalay Bay Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada

 

When:

October 10th and 11th, 2016

** Preconference hands on labs October 9th **

 

Where:

Mandalay Bay Resort, Las Vegas, NV

 

Cost:

Super Early Bird Rate: $289 for conference and preconference workshop, $!99 for conference pass

Other passes available: https://cfsummit.adobeevents.com/register/

 

Call for speakers will be open very soon as well, so please think about submitting a topic. 

 

Adobe ColdFusion Backward Licensing

With the recent ColdFusion 2016 release we’ve had a few inquiries as to our backward licensing policies.  We can license one version back for certain types of volume licenses.  Below are the relevant links and contact information to help you navigate the licensing for ColdFusion 11 if needed.

 

FAQ for ColdFusion:

https://helpx.adobe.com/coldfusion/standard/faq.html

 

Backward License Policy:

http://wwwimages.adobe.com/content/dam/Adobe/en/volume-licensing/pdfs/pv_esd_customer_faq.pdf

 

We will update our sales contact information on the web site and update this blog, but for now feel free to contact Kishore@adobe.com if you want to be directed to a ColdFusion sales resource to assist with further information.

Adobe ColdFusion 2016 eSeminar Thursday, March 3rd 9am PST

Join us tomorrow for a feature discussion on the newly released Adobe ColdFusion 2016 version!

As you may know, February 16th we released ColdFusion 2016.  Please join ColdFusion’s Product Manager, Rakshith Naresh, in a one hour online seminar to review all of the new and improved features of this release.

ColdFusion 2016 includes an all new API Management Platform, CLI, PDF, security improvements, and much more.

 

Thursday, March 3rd @ 9AM PST

Register Here: https://cfinternal03032016.meetus.adobeevents.com/?sdid=9RQM49ZW&mv=other

 

Further information on the ColdFusion 2016 version:

What’s New in ColdFusion 2016 Developer Network Article:

http://www.adobe.com/devnet/coldfusion/articles/whats-new-cf-2016.html

 

ColdFusion 2016 Documentation:

https://helpx.adobe.com/coldfusion/home.html

Adobe ColdFusion Government Summit Washington, D.C. March 9th

We’re excited to bring you Adobe ColdFusion Government Summit, a one-day conference happening in Washington, D.C. on March 9th.

The conference is FREE to attend, just register at the link provided below.  I need to warn that space is very limited at 50 attendees, so please register now and pass the information along to anyone in the D.C. area.

We will have the product team available, including executive leadership, to bring you information on Adobe ColdFusion 2016 – the newest version which will be released in the first half of this year.  We’ll also have a few sessions from experts in the community on security and development topics.

 

Register Here:  http://events.carahsoft.com/event-detail/4658/adobe/register/

 

Details

Date: Wednesday, March 9, 2016

Registration: Begins at 8:00am

Event Time: 8:30am – 4:00pm

Location: Washington Hilton
                  1919 Connecticut Ave. NW
                   Washington, DC 20009

Cost:
 Complimentary

*Breakfast and lunch will be provided.

Agenda

 

8:30am – 9:00am

 

Breakfast

 

9:00am – 9:50am

 

Adobe ColdFusion Welcome Keynote

 

10:00am – 10:50am

 

New Features in ColdFusion 2016

 

11:00am – 11:50am

 

Security Enhancements in ColdFusion 2016

 

12:00pm – 1:00pm

 

Lunch

 

1:00pm – 1:50pm

 

ColdFusion PDF Capabilities

 

2:00pm – 2:50pm

 

Caching and Performance Enhancements

 

3:00pm – 3:50pm

 

ColdFusion Features for Modern Coding

 

3:50pm – 4:00pm 

 

Closing Remarks