Back in 1998, I was on the long end of a 12-year stint in hardwood casket manufacturing. I had become proficient in crafting America’s finest mahogany caskets, having participated in shaping cases for cardinals, presidents, rappers and others. However, income generated from this wasn’t enough to adequately provide for my family of four. To that time I had never touched a computer. Possibly, I had not even seen one. I was certain the act of turning one on was for a class of people far above me. But difficulty has a way of pressing one into certain paths. At the time, my mother said on several occasions, “why don’t you go to school for computers?” And so I did. I was pleasantly surprised that booting up a computer was as simple as depressing the front round button. And waiting. Fast forward a few years. Working 50-hour weeks in the factory and carrying a full evening course load earned me a degree. My first job was a $24,000 lateral opportunity. Entering the office my first day was exhilarating. Tie. Brief Case. Nerves. Red haired “Bob” met me at the door and thrust a 2 ½ thick blue book towards me saying “learn this”. It was Ben Forta’s ColdFusion 4.5 if I recall correctly. ColdFusion? My nerve factory pumped out a few extra widgets. Fortunately, the team I was joining took me under their wing. But it was all “learn as you go”. I’m 63 years old now and dreaming of retirement. Someone much higher than me knew my character, strengths, weaknesses and abilities and put “Bob” at the right place and time. I thoroughly enjoy programming ( well, when things work ). I am very thankful for the brilliant people who crafted ColdFusion. Now that I’m on the long end of my second career I look up and say, “Thank You”. Oh, and I don’t carry a brief case anymore.

People still use this? Yikes

Back in 1998. I had painfully built a perl dynamic website for a car pooling project a year before. Then stumbled on a cd with coldfusion on it and loved the simplicity of it. I built a restaurant ranking website with user comments. Web 2.0 before it's glory. I learnt so much with this tool. It was just brilliant.

A custom shopping cart app back in 1998 was my introduction. Used almost every version since except CF 6.

1996-1997 ColdFusion 2

1997… and still use CF

2001

Adobe ColdFusion May I ask if the code samples used in any of the sessions be made available to the public please?