Charlie Arehart talks about “More you missed from Adobe ColdFusion 10, 11, And 2016” in this episode of the CF Alive Podcast, with host Michaela Light. Are you moving up to CF2016, or maybe 11? In doing so, are you skipping over 11, or perhaps even 10, in that move? Shops often drag their feet upgrading from one version of CF to another and may well skip multiple releases in the process, so that they may not have paid attention […]
Performance issues are one of the biggest challenges to expect when designing and implementing web applications. Performance problems can disrupt your business, which can result in short and long term loss of revenue. The ColdFusion support team at Adobe, has dealt with several performance related issues with ColdFusion and a couple of them, around JDK 1.8 as well. Based on our experience with customers, the major performance issues could be categorized as – CPU hikes, Website crashes, Processing of slow […]
Have you wondered just when “support” (available updates) for a given CF or CF Builder version will (or did) end? This post tells you, for the past several CF releases, and all CF Builder releases, with some additional related information (like, “what’s ‘core support’ vs ‘extended support’?”)
Since ColdFusion 10, the CF Administrator has a feature for applying updates to their installed ColdFusion version. This process is generally very easy, but sometimes people face challenges, and there are several resources that can help you find the updates as well as better understand the update process and resolve problems with it, as I discuss here.
Think you have a good handle on the many things that were new in ColdFusion 2016, or do you think there were only a couple of new features? In this post, I point you to a couple dozen resources which highlight both its major and minor features, as well as its updates since the initial release, and still more resources on the new release. Though CF2016 has been out since Feb 2016, there are many folks who may have only […]
More Modern features in ColdFuison, what are these features? Here are some and examples for each: CFScript QueryExecute Member Functions Elvis Operator Colusures Map Reduce Filter Each First Class Functions Safe Navigator CFScript: Seems like first CFScript was implemented in CF 4.0 Tags seemed ok back then because pre CFC’s (CF Components) Used UDF’s and Custom Tags to reuse and separate code CF MX (6.0) brought about CFC’s so separation of code CFCs – you create methods, which are ColdFusion […]
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When you download and install ColdFusion, you are offered various options. They may be a bit confusing if you’re not familiar with the choices. Also, some folks are not aware of all the options and may not realize there’s an option that may better suit their needs. As you contemplate proceeding with installing ColdFusion, should you be choosing the Trial or Developer Edition? What if you plan to license Standard or Enterprise? What’s the difference between all these? And when […]
Functional programming has gained popularity in the recent past. Using functional programming techniques, you can write code that is relatively bug-free, easier to debug and test, and easier to refactor. One of the reasons why functional programming has become popular is its ability to manipulate data structures easily and efficiently when compared to traditional methods. In this blog, we shall take a close look at the pillars of functional programming, map, reduce, and filter, and how you can use these […]
ContentBox is an open source modular content management engine powered by ColdFusion. With ContentBox you minimize development time since it allows you to easily build websites, blogs, wikis, complex web applications and even power mobile or cloud applications. Built with a secure and flexible modular core, designed to scale, and combined with world-class support, ContentBox will get your projects out the door in no time. ContentBox is built with a solid professional open source framework foundation; The ColdBox Platform, which […]
The Adobe® ColdFusion® community offers a plethora of technologies that are built on top of or complement ColdFusion applications and solutions. Following is a list of third-party technologies ranging from content management systems to add-ons for ColdFusion applications. Prosis : Enterprise Resource Planning System Prosis ™ helps you manage all your information, build business processes and automate your operations across budget, program and project planning, human resources, supply chain, stock control, asset control, sales, work-order services and financials. No matter […]
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