Join us for two sessions of the Online CF Meetup, on Aug 13

Come join us at the Online ColdFusion Meetup sessions on Thursday Aug 13, 2020. We will have two different sessions: 12p US Eastern time (UTC -4): “Migrating or comparing CF Admin settings”, with Charlie Arehart 6p US Eastern time (UTC -4): “PWA’s How Did We Get Here?”, with Simon MacDonald (Simon had scheduled the 6p slot, and I figured I’d hop into the 12p slot rather than leave it empty.) For more on the presentations, the speakers, how to join the group […]

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.

Modernize or Die® – CFML News for August 4th, 2020 – Episode 64

For the show notes – visit the website https://cfmlnews.modernizeordie.io/episodes/modernize-or-die-cfml-news-for-august-4th-2020-episode-64 Watch the video version on YouTube at https://youtu.be/12koq9xss1s Summary Gavin and Eric host this weeks episode. ColdBox 6 is being released, Fusion Reactor has a 25% discount for Adobe ColdFusion to celebrate 25 years. They remind you about the Ortus Webinar and Adobe webinar you might have missed, and announce this weeks Online CF Meetup with Brian Klaas on speaking about “I Didn’t Know S3 Could Do That!”. They give you […]

Join us for Online CF Meetup, Aug 6: “I Didn’t Know S3 Could Do That!”, with Brian Klaas

Come join us at the Online ColdFusion Meetup session on Thursday Aug 6, 2020 at 12p US Eastern time (UTC -4). The presentation will be: “I Didn’t Know S3 Could Do That!”, with Brian Klaas For more on the presentation, the speaker, how to join the group join (free), as well as the URL for the online meeting and more, please see the meetup event page: https://www.meetup.com/coldfusionmeetup/events/272261010/ The meeting will be recorded, as have been all 260+ previous Online CFMeetup sessions, […]

Adobe ColdFusion Summit :: Call for Speakers is Open Now!!

This year Adobe ColdFusion Summit is going Online. If you have some special topic which you have always wanted to present, now is the chance to do so from the comfort of your home and at a time convenient for you. The Summit is from Nov 17th – 19th. Please fill in the Call for Speakers form at https://cfsummit.adobeevents.com/speaker-application/. The content committee would review the submissions as and when submitted so its better to submit it soon. The last date for […]

ColdFusion Certification is online now!!!

Can’t step outside? Still want to polish up your skills? We heard you and we made it happen! Now you can master the major features from Adobe ColdFusion’s latest release from right where you are, because Adobe Certified Professional: Adobe ColdFusion is now online! This industry-led certification program from Adobe comes with 50+ online videos and is specially designed to fit every coder, with both basic and advanced level proficiency in any computer language. Upon completing the program, you will […]

Join us for Online CF Meetup, July 23 at 6p ET: “Intro to NativeScript”, with Alex Ziskind

Come join us at the Online ColdFusion Meetup session on Thursday July 23, 2020 at 6p US Eastern time (UTC -4). (There is an Adobe webinar at 12p ET that day.) The presentation will be: “Intro to NativeScript”, with Alex Ziskind For more on the presentation, the speaker, how to join the group join (free), as well as the URL for the online meeting and more, please see the meetup event page: https://www.meetup.com/coldfusionmeetup/events/271844332/ The meeting will be recorded, as have been […]

Adobe ColdFusion Security Best Practices (Server Auto-Lockdown)

In this article, you will learn:
What is Server Auto-Lockdown?
How does Server Auto-Lockdown keep your app secure?
How to get the most out of Server Auto-Lockdown.

Let’s talk about it!

CF Summit Fall 2020 will be online, free

If you’ve not noticed, the portal here has been showing a new “event” link for the Fall 2020 CF Summit, indicating that it will be online (and free) this year, to be held in November. You can see more and signup at https://cfsummit.adobeevents.com/ There is a FAQ at the bottom of the page that indicates that it will be free, though the page currently offers no specific date. And while it has menus at the top for speakers and sponsors, […]

25 Years of Adobe ColdFusion

25 years ago, Adobe ColdFusion was brought to life by a shared passion for coding and a vision to make hard things easy for coders around the world. In tireless pursuit of that vision, we’ve fought harder every year to change the norms of application development and tackle every challenge that’s come our way. In 1995, ColdFusion paved the way to create a unique web application software for Windows NT and 95 servers to help coders build the next generation […]

More on today’s CF update, and the importance of securing CAR files

If you saw the news today (July 14, 2020) about the new updates for CF2018 and 2016, you may have read seen the new admonition (a “strong recommendation”) from Adobe that one should be careful to “delete CAR files once they are used”. What’s that about? And why is it a concern? (And is it ever NOT a concern?) Indeed why is it a new admonition? (To be clear: the recommendation should be heeded even by those using CF versions […]

ColdFusion (2018 release) Update 10 and ColdFusion (2016 release) Update 16 released

We are pleased to announce that we have released the updates for the following ColdFusion versions: ColdFusion (2018 release) Update 10 ColdFusion (2016 release) Update 16 In this update, we’ve fixed a few security bugs and some other bugs, which are mentioned in the tech notes. For more information, see the tech notes below: ColdFusion (2018 release) Update 10 ColdFusion (2016 release) Update 16 These updates fix security vulnerabilities that are mentioned in the security bulletin,  APSB20-43. Please update your ColdFusion […]