For the show notes and audio version of the podcast – visit the website – https://cfmlnews.modernizeordie.io/episodes/modernize-or-die-cfml-news-for-march-24th-2020 For the video version – watch on YouTube – https://youtu.be/8Cu8Eax1sv0 Summary: Gavin and Brad host this weeks episode.They discuss the ITB Conference going Virtual as an Online Conference, and the discount deals for ITB 2018 and 2019 videos. They discuss a lot of CF Webinars coming up in the next few weeks from Adobe, Fusion Reactor and Ortus. They discuss the latest releast of the CommandBox Docker Images. […]
For the show notes and audio version of the podcast – visit the website –https://cfmlnews.modernizeordie.io/episodes/modernize-or-die-cfml-news-for-march-17th-2020 For the video version – watch on YouTube – https://youtu.be/-dGwCug5yxY Summary: Gavin and Brad host this weeks episode.They discuss the Adobe updates. They discuss the big news, Corvid-19 and its affect on upcoming ColdFusion Conferences. They discuss a lot of CF Webinars coming up in the next few weeks. qb v7.5.0 is released and the ContentBox Docker Image. They remind you to take the ColdFusion state of the Union […]
The least you need to know to deal with any of 3 common problems that could affect your web sites after applying the March 2020 CF updates.
I cannot get my ColdFusion Builder 2018 to connect to a MySQL database. For that matter, I cannot get it to connect to a SQL database. I can go under ColdFusion Administrator, login, and then select data sources. I choose my datasource name, choose MySql(DataDirect), fill in the information with Database – sakila (the example one that comes with MySQL Community edition), server is localhost (i have even tried 127.0.0.1), port is 3306, username is root and the my password. […]
Without good marketing, a product can die. There are some out there who say that Adobe ColdFusion is dying. However, ColdFusion experts and developers agree that it is very much alive. And technically it is excellent. Perhaps the problem is not CF itself, but with its marketing. So what steps can we take as CFers to make sure ColdFusion doesn’t fade away? How can we promote CFML? These are some tricky questions as there is no clear-cut answer. Both producers and consumers […]
How to quickly resolve samesite cookie issues, at least until a CF update helps handle it more automatically.
For the show notes and audio version of the podcast – visit the website – https://cfmlnews.modernizeordie.io/episodes/modernize-or-die-cfml-news-for-march-10th-2020 For the video version – watch on YouTube – https://youtu.be/SneDj9bEtjw Summary: Gavin and Eric host this weeks episode.They discuss the big news, Corvid-19 and its affect on upcoming ColdFusion Conferences. They discuss the CommandBox 5.0.0 release and a new automated deployment for Lucee engines to ForgeBox, so the bleeding edge is updated daily. They discussed the upcoming webinars, from Adobe, FusionReactor and Ortus Solutions. They remind you to […]
We are pleased to announce that we have released the updates for the following ColdFusion versions: ColdFusion (2018 release) Update 8 ColdFusion (2016 release) Update 14 The following are links to the tech notes for each update: ColdFusion (2018 release) Update 8 ColdFusion (2016 release) Update 14 These updates fix security vulnerabilities that are mentioned in the security bulletin, APSB20-16. The Docker images for these updates are also available. Please update your ColdFusion versions today. Let us know if you face […]
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
Hello, I am trying to resolve an issue I’m currently having in CF2016. The issue seems to be connecting to an Informix database using a certificate which is larger (4096). Previously, using the same basic connection parameters to an older system, we had had no issues, but the cert was only 1024 in length. In moving to a different host (in a different data center), I am no longer able to connect to this data source. Same CF insatnce, same […]
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.

