Simple CRUD w/ CF & DynamoDB

I’ve been playing with building out a Connect pod (blog entry & webinar coming soon ™) but in the meantime thought I’d share a little code for writing to and reading from a DynamoDB. (Just as a reminder, you can find info about getting a DynamoDB object up and running here: https://helpx.adobe.com/coldfusion/using/integrate-coldfusion-dynamodb.html) So first a few assumptions. I will assume you have created a DynamoDB object connected to DynamoDB in AWS with a table named “DemoTable”. I will further assume […]

Learning about CFML: Resources & Ideas

I’ve been a CFML developer for a long time, as have a lot of you. But everyone can always learn something new. There’s also a new generation of devs hungry for resources to learn about CMFL, figure out how to move over their existing knowledge, or just get certified as they search for their first ColdFusion position. I get a lot of questions about where to go for CFML knowledge, so I thought I might compile a few things here, […]

An introduction to the ColdFusion CLI

You might have heard that ColdFusion has a command line interface (well… actually we have a couple!), but what can it do? Turns out, quite a lot! Let’s get you introduced to the CF CLI!

Videos now posted from Adobe CF Developer Week 2021

Great news: all the session recordings are now posted for CF Dev Week 2021. This includes the 20 sessions (from community members and Adobe engineers) as well as the Adobe keynote. The sessions are posted at the videos page here on the CF Portal, which also has most or all recordings from various (but now all) previous Devweeks and CF Summits. It also offers various Adobe webinar series, like the recent one on the API Manager. The recordings play in […]

Adobe ColdFusion Developers Week 2021

Coders, mark your calendars for Adobe ColdFusion Developer Week 2021!

The next version of CF (after CF2021) is to be code-named Project Fortuna (not Athena)

This a correction and expansion to news I shared here yesterday: first, the next release of CF will be code-named Project Fortuna, not Athena. I will explain that in a moment. Second and more useful, I can also share more here about what’s planned for the new release. Read on for more.

Modernize or Die® – CFML News for September 8th, 2020 – Episode 69

For audio version – visit the website: https://cfmlnews.modernizeordie.io/episodes/modernize-or-die-cfml-news-for-september-8th-2020-episode-69  Watch the video version on YouTube athttps://youtu.be/fVAFIqlmQs4 Summary:  Eric and Gavin host this weeks episode. They discuss Fusion Reactor 8.5 has been released, as well as a new release to Lucee Spreadsheet lib 2.11.0. They announce the date and time on the next Ortus Webinar, presented by Gavin on Modern ColdFusion – no more copy and paste. They give you an update on CFCasts Content Updates. They discuss the next 2 Into the […]

Modernize or Die® – CFML News for September 1st, 2020 – Episode 68

Listen to the Audion Version on Podcast Website: https://cfmlnews.modernizeordie.io/episodes/modernize-or-die-cfml-news-for-september-1st-2020-episode-68 Watch the video version on YouTube athttps://youtu.be/Eik0NCrg_vk Summary: Brad and Gavin host this weeks episode. They announce cbElasticSearch 2.0.0 being released. They remind you about the last Online CF Meetup with Dan Wilson and how to get the recording. They announce the date and time on the next Ortus Webinar, presented by Gavin on Modern ColdFusion – no more copy and paste. They give you an update on CFCasts Content Updates. They […]

Modernize or Die® Podcast – CFML News for August 25th, 2020 – Episode 67

For show notes and audio version – visit website: https://cfmlnews.modernizeordie.io/episodes/modernize-or-die-cfml-news-for-august-25th-2020-episode-67 Watch the video version on YouTube at: https://youtu.be/dJ8ok2IEA-E Summary: Brad and Eric host this weeks episode. ColdBox 6 was actually finally released. Adobe ColdFusion 2020 Beta is now public, and is available on ForgeBox to start with CommandBox. They discussed ContentBox CMS is free and will always be, and this Mura discussion has sparked a big jump in interest in ContentBox, and we have started a big dev push on ContentBox […]

Modernize or Die® Podcast – CFML News for August 18th, 2020 – Episode 66

For the show notes and audio version – visit the website https://cfmlnews.modernizeordie.io/episodes/modernize-or-die-cfml-news-for-august-18th-2020-episode-66 Watch the video version on YouTube at https://youtu.be/PYT85e0cVdQ Summary Gavin and Eric host this weeks episode. Adobe is releasing ColdFusion Next Project Stratus as a Public Beta. Rakshith will be presenting on the Online CF Meetup this Thursday about the Public Beta. They announce the August Ortus Webinar, Javier Quintero will be presenting Friday August 21st on BDD Tests with TestBox. They also discuss the non announcement about […]

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, 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 […]