ColdFusion at 30: Powering Innovation with Simplicity

In 1995, when the internet was still finding its footing and building dynamic websites required complex programming gymnastics, a revolutionary platform emerged with a simple yet powerful promise: “Making hard things easy.” Three decades later, Adobe ColdFusion continues to deliver on that vision, having evolved from a pioneering web development tool into a trusted enterprise-grade platform that powers applications for Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, and startups worldwide. From humble beginnings to global impact ColdFusion’s journey began with CFML (ColdFusion […]

Language Enhancements in ColdFusion 2025 Release (Part 1)

This Blog contains details about the Language Enhancements done in ColdFusion 2025 release.

Optimizing ColdFusion Scalability using Redis and Cloudflare

The Challenge At xByte Cloud, we work with large ecommerce customers who have millions of shoppers visiting their storefront each month. A performant solution like Load-Balancing is often deployed to help accommodate their growing customer base. But it’s important not to sacrifice user experience for additional performance, and that is one challenge most engineers face. Relying on built-in ColdFusion session management in a load balanced environment can lead to session loss, especially during reboots, server failures, or load balancing transitions.  […]

ColdFusion 2023 – Google Cloud Platform – FireStore

Cloud Firestore is a flexible, scalable NoSQL cloud database to store and sync data for client- and server-side development. It offers seamless integration with other Firebase and Google Cloud products. Here are some use cases where Firestore can be effectively applied: Real-Time Applications: Firestore allows real-time listeners to be attached to data, enabling the development of applications that require real-time updates like collaborative tools, real-time analytics, dashboards, or gaming leaderboards. Offline Synchronization: Firestore supports automatic offline data persistence. This is […]

Authentication Bypass Vulnerability in Mura CMS and Masa CMS – Preliminary Security Advisory

Multiple versions of Mura CMS and Masa CMS contain an authentication bypass vulnerability that can allow an  unauthenticated attacker to login as any Site Member or System User.

Understanding Simple Queue Service Usage through CFML- 1

Hi CFNext users,  I will be covering AWS SQS integration with ColdFusion. This post mostly revolves around below items:  AWS SQS usecase  Setting AWS credentials   Create Queue   Setting Queue Attributes   Send, Receive and Delete messages   Purge and Delete Queue. Prerequisite: CFNext, AWS account with an access key ID and a secret access key. SQS described as per Amazon AWS: “Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS) is a fully managed message queuing service that enables you to decouple and scale microservices, distributed systems, and […]

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Hidden Gems in ColdFusion 2018, Part 1: Series Overview

In every release of Adobe ColdFusion, there are the few major features which receive a lot of attention from Adobe and from CF users, but there are often dozens of lesser-known features that may help you, whether regarding coding or such things as security, administration, installation, configuration, tuning, monitoring, and so on. And of course, there can be important compatibility/migrations to be aware of, and still more.

State-of-the-Art Tools That Keep ColdFusion Alive

Am I the only one who gets excited when sitting down to hash out some new CFML code? You know. one of the best parts about using ColdFusion (or Lucee for that matter) is the ease of use. CFML is a language that is capable of many things, but it’s simple to use. Ever stop and wonder why? It’s because of a state-of-the-art tool and third-party support integration. Whether it’s containerization, source control, IDEs, or monitoring solutions, there are many […]