ColdFusion Builder – Dark Mode

In Coldfusion Builder (my version is 3.2), there is a built-in option for a “Dark” theme. I happen to prefer “Dark-Mode” themes, especially on my laptop and phones for battery savings and I find it easier on my eyes. The dark theme can be applied using the following eight-step sequence: 1. Window (from-File-menu) – Choose 2. Preferences (option-at-the-bottom) -Choose 3. General (tree-item) –  Choose 4. Appearance ( sub-tree-item) – Choose 5. Enable theme (option) – Enable 6. Theme: (option) – Select “Dark” 7.  Apply, or Apply-And-Close (Button) – Press 8. […]

ColdFusion Summit 2019 Recap (Vegas Edition)

Thoughts on the 2019 ColdFusion Summit in Las Vegas

Modernize or Die® Podcast – CFML News Edition – Recorded October 22nd, 2019

Did you catch this weeks live Modernize or Die Podcast – CFML News Edition?
Brad returns from CF Camp in Germany to help Gavin hosts this weeks episode. We discuss a security release for CF Wheels V2.0.2. We discuss the relaunch of the Online ColdFusion Meetup and the next presenter is Pete Freitag.
And much much more…

ColdFusion now supports Java 12, which is already EOL. Should you use it? Java 13? 11?

Even though Adobe just added support for Java 12 to CF2018 and CF2016, I will propose you should not use that, but instead should use the latest version of Java 11. Read on for more.

ColdFusion (2018 release) and ColdFusion (2016 release) mandatory updates

Why must I have the Update 4 of ColdFusion (2018 release) or Update 11 of ColdFusion (2016 release) installed before updating to Update 5 or Update 12 respectively? These are mandatory updates because the latest updates are now signed using a new code signing certificate and the code changes to check for the new signature were included in Update 4 (ColdFusion 2018) and Update 11 (ColdFusion 2016). If you are not on the specified updates and try to apply the […]

Online ColdFusion Meetup 10/24/19

Reminder for upcoming ColdFusion Meetup

CF2018 new install, (64bit windows) Error: ODBC service not running or has not been installed

New install CF2018 Developer Edition, adding DSN for MS Access gives error: “The ColdFusion ODBC Server service is not running or has not been installed…”

Note to Self: IIS 10 Pre-Requisites for ColdFusion 2018

These are the minimum requirements that need to be installed in IIS for a CF install.

Array with number vs Typed Array where the type is number

I have the following code <cfscript> data = [‘2342bas’, ‘asqwerewq’, ‘12314’, 12421, 1.1]; newdata = arrayNew[‘Numeric’](1); for (item in data) { newdata.append(val(item)); } writedump(newdata); newdata = []; for (item in data) { newdata.append(val(item)); } writedump(newdata); </cfscript> This result in Not sure this is wrong, but it is interesting

Seattle ColdFusion User Group Meeting Coming Up 10/16/19

Notice of upcoming ColdFusion User Group meeting, October 16, 2019

ColdFusion Summit 2019 – Presentation Files

The seventh edition of ColdFusion Summit happened in Vegas from Oct 1st – 2nd. There were more than 500 attendees from 320+ accounts being represented. We had four tracks with 40 sessions. Thank you to everyone that attended Adobe ColdFusion Summit 2019 and to the Presenters for the awesome sessions! Thanks to all the Presenters for sharing their slide decks. Please find below the content from the sessions: ColdFusion and Vue – building CFML-powered reactive applications – Matt Gifford ::  […]