My application has me frustrated. Here’s why that’s a good thing.

Being frustrated about building an application or working with a team of developers has a silver lining.

Installing the ColdFusion 2020 Public Beta Through the Eyes of Someone New

This article is intended to provide some answers to simple mistakes that I made when trying to install the beta release of ColdFusion 2020 so that others don’t fall into the same traps that I did.

Quick Tip: Returning a query as an array of structures in ColdFusion 2018 using reduce() and the fat arrow operator

You can use the reduce() function with a fat arrow operator in ColdFusion 2018 to return a query object as an array of structures.

The Organic Nature of Software Development

Don’t let your custom software wither and die. Continue to feed it with new thoughts and new ideas.

ColdFusion 101 – Introduction to ColdFusion for Beginner Developers, Decision Makers, and CEO’s.

Every developer starts somewhere. This shows how I became a ColdFusion developer and teaches the very very basics of ColdFusion.

ColdFusion Needs to Die

It’s time for bold action in order to make ColdFusion grow… and it starts by killing the reputation that ColdFusion is anchored with.

Best Practices for Secure Password Storage in ColdFusion

The biggest mistake that a developer can make is to store passwords in the clear.

Part 2 – Creating a Development Environment/Workflow for solo or small team development using ColdFusion, MS SQL Server, and Docker Compose

How I set up a basic development environment suitable for a single developer, but expandable to multiple developers using Docker, Adobe ColdFusion, Git, Docker, and BitBucket. Part 1 – Applying settings to ColdFusion

Can’t find ColdFusion talent? It’s time to re-evaluate allowing remote work.

It’s time to re-evaluate remote work for ColdFusion Developers.  Employers would be able to tap into a much larger pool of talent, and more developers would be able to find jobs that fit their needs.  All of this could go a step further towards resolving a major issue with the ColdFusion community that has haunted us for years.

Articles not being approved?

I have a couple of articles that have been pending approval for months now.  Can you tell me if/when they will be published? https://coldfusion.adobe.com/preview/6924/ Since January 10 https://coldfusion.adobe.com/preview/6520/ Since November 2

Creating a Development Environment/Workflow for solo or small team development using ColdFusion, MS SQL Server, and Docker Compose – Part 1

How I set up a basic development environment suitable for a single developer, but expandable to multiple developers using Docker, Adobe ColdFusion, Git, Docker, and BitBucket. Part 1 – Software and file structure

Quick Tip: After 20 years developing with ColdFusion, I finally realized numberFormat() can round.

I’ve been developing ColdFusion applications for about 20 years and sometimes I feel like I’m still learning.  On occasion it takes stumbling across a feature to realize how something works. Consider the following code: <cfoutput> #NumberFormat(1.5)# </cfoutput> Now… some people might look at that and think, “of course it’s going to display 2.” Honestly, I had no idea. numberFormat() without a mask will round numbers. That seems strange to me, frankly, but live and learn. Try it for yourself. Anyone […]