Print subsystem not working on CF2021 and Ubuntu 20.04

CF2021 instance on Ubuntu 20.04 gives problems with the printing subsystem

Don’t forget the built in web server

I was reading Mark’s CLI Installation blog post and remembered when I was testing ColdFusion 2021.  I was doing it on my desktop and I did not have a webserver on my machine.  Now I could’ve tested using CommandBox but I wanted to mirror how I would be installing on production so went with the Adobe developer edition and installing and configuring everything that way.  My goal was to catch any ColdFusion issues that might pop up in my code.  […]

Sometimes its ok to have trust issues

If you didn’t write it, then its ok and best not to trust it.

Join us, Online CF Meetup, June 23: “How to find/install/implement 3rd party libraries in CFML”, with Gavin Pickin

Come join us at the Online ColdFusion Meetup session on Thursday, Jun 23 2022, at 12p US Eastern time (UTC -5). The presentation will be: “How to find/install/implement 3rd party libraries in CFML”, with Gavin Pickin https://www.meetup.com/coldfusionmeetup/events/286569044/ The meeting will be recorded, as have been all 290+ previous Online CFMeetup sessions, available at recordings.coldfusionmeetup.com, as well as via our Youtube playlist. Finally, if you may wish to present at the meetup yourself, we’d love to have you. For more on that, please see speak.coldfusionmeeetup.com.

Adding an Emergency Shutoff Switch to Your Applications

Sometimes you just need to take your application offline for some length of time and having an emergency shutoff is a quick and easy way to do that. Show your users a friendly message while you work behind the scenes on something that means your application has to be unavailable.

Modernize or Die® – CFML News Podcast for June 7th, 2022 – Episode 151

Gavin and Dan host this week’s CFML News Podcast. To listen or subscribe to the podcast visit our site or watch on Youtube. They discussed all of the great Into the Box news and updates… including a new Live Stream for Ortus Patreons calling “Koding with the Kiwi + Friends” where Gavin live codes pair programming style with some community members. They discussed Adobe CF Summit Dates and the new Certification Program. They discussed ColdBox BE and CB FileSystem ready […]

CLI Installation of ColdFusion for lower memory use

One of the key feature updates of CF2021 was the addition of modularity to the server. No longer were you limited to just installing the “whole kit and caboodle”, now you could pick and choose your connectors and packages, allowing you a leaner installation. You could, of course, use the GUI installer to get everything in place, then remove the things you didn’t need. But the other way to get things in place is to use the Command Line Interface(CLI) […]

Join us, Online CF Meetup, June 9: “When Should I Use 3rd Party Libraries vs Roll My Own?”, with Gavin Pickin

Come join us at the Online ColdFusion Meetup session on Thursday, Jun 9 2022, at 12p US Eastern time (UTC -5). The presentation will be: “When Should I Use 3rd Party Libraries vs Roll My Own?“, with Gavin Pickin www.meetup.com/coldfusionmeetup/events/286262739/ The meeting will be recorded, as have been all 290+ previous Online CFMeetup sessions, available at recordings.coldfusionmeetup.com, as well as via our Youtube playlist. Finally, if you may wish to present at the meetup yourself, we’d love to have you. For more on […]

Letting your non development colleagues update text on your site with a simple JSON file

A JSON file can sometimes be the answer to letting non-developers help you fill in standardized sections of a website and help you get an application out the door quickly.

Use variables for more than just the where clause in your queries

We all use variables in our queries from time to time in our where clauses, parameterized of course, but that’s not the only place to use variables to get more out of your queries.