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 Everyone is excited about ColdFusion 8; the blogs have been buzzing, feedback has been superb, lots of attendees expressed relief and gratitude at seeing such a compelling ColdFusion built in this new Adobe era - no complaints, no negative feedback, just real enthusiasm and excitement....Jun. 13, 2007 06:00 PM EDT Reads: 30,020 Replies: 1 |
The next major version of ColdFusion, code-named 'Blackstone,' is getting ready to ship, and by gauging customer and partner reactions thus far, we have a winner on our hands. Feb. 11, 2005 12:00 AM EST Reads: 18,017 |
MAX 2004 easily ranked as one of our best conferences ever. Between product announcements, the sessions, increased attendance, and the New Orleans scene, it set a new standard for us to beat next year. Dec. 14, 2004 12:00 AM EST Reads: 17,404 |
This column started life as a series of e-mail threads that then morphed into blog postings at www.forta.com/blog. As these points are important and need to be articulated frequently, I morphed them yet again into a column. Enjoy. Sep. 15, 2004 12:00 AM EDT Reads: 29,373 Replies: 1 |
In my last column we looked at using ColdFusion Components to abstract database access, essentially divorcing presentation code from anything database specific. As you will recall, the benefit of this was that when a database change occurred (a column being renamed, for example), prese... Jul. 14, 2004 12:00 AM EDT Reads: 19,597 |
I've been discussing ColdFusion Components on and off since we first introduced them - which was in ColdFusion MX - and even dedicated my entire keynote time slot at our 2002 conference to CFCs, as well as covering them extensively in prior CFDJ columns. But, apparently, many users hav... Jun. 22, 2004 12:00 AM EDT Reads: 19,347 |
Macromedia Flex is a brand new server product, one that is poised to forever change the way we coders think about building rich and engaging user interfaces. Yes, I did say 'server.' No, Flex does not compete with ColdFusion. Yes, Flex and ColdFusion are designed to work together. May. 11, 2004 12:00 AM EDT Reads: 19,076 Replies: 3 |
Way back in the early Allaire days, registered ColdFusion users were given access to 'fuel packs', product add-ons (in the form of custom tags) that may or may not have become part of the core product later. In fact, tags like , , and all started life as fuel packs, and later became p... Apr. 13, 2004 12:00 AM EDT Reads: 17,855 Replies: 2 |
Conventional wisdom dictates that code, all code, be written with portability in mind. After all, you wouldn't want to have to revisit and rewrite code when moving between platforms or environments, would you? And while I do believe that coding for portability is a good thing in genera... Feb. 25, 2004 12:00 AM EST Reads: 15,627 |
Uttering the dreaded 'D' word in front of a room of hard-core ColdFusion developers is a brave act indeed. Hating Dreamweaver and berating its deficiencies has become a popular pastime among ColdFusion purists, so what I'm about to say may get me in all sorts of trouble. Jan. 13, 2004 12:00 AM EST Reads: 22,821 Replies: 8 |
It's been about seven years since I first inscribed my '10 Commandments of ColdFusion Development' for my first ColdFusion book, and four years since they were last revised (yes, my Ten Commandments are not as omnipresent as their more famous namesake). ColdFusion has changed much over... Nov. 11, 2003 10:57 AM EST Reads: 16,819 |
ColdFusion developers rely on session state management and the SESSION scope extensively. But as applications grow in complexity, so do the number of SESSION variables, and the risk of overwriting or misusing them. Oct. 15, 2003 04:35 PM EDT Reads: 18,617 |
One of the most used tags in CFML is . It is definitely the most used of all the Internet protocol tags, and as one of the original CFML tags (it was actually one of the DBML tags and originally named ), it has also been slowly enhanced and updated with each new release of ColdFusi... Sep. 11, 2003 12:00 AM EDT Reads: 25,678 Replies: 4 |
It's been over a year since Macromedia released the most important and ambitious ColdFusion ever, ColdFusion MX. Considering the scope of the undertaking, ColdFusion MX has been an incredible success. Aug. 12, 2003 01:56 PM EDT Reads: 14,530 Replies: 2 |
By now, every ColdFusion developer knows, or should know, that ColdFusion MX sits on top of underlying Java architecture. Some ColdFusion developers have even been brave enough to attempt ColdFusion/Java integration, creating applications that leverage Java code where appropriate. Jul. 11, 2003 12:00 AM EDT Reads: 16,085 Replies: 1 |
Most Web-based applications operate in real time. Add an article to a database and it shows up immediately on content pages. Update a user address and the new contact information is available immediately. Add or remove an employee and the phone directory is correct when next viewed. Re... Jun. 16, 2003 12:00 AM EDT Reads: 16,077 Replies: 5 |
I receive lots of e-mail from lots of ColdFusion developers, and make every effort to respond to each and every one of them. Knowing the problems that ColdFusion developers are attempting to solve helps me know what topics to write and speak about. Indeed, the inspiration for most of m... May. 1, 2003 12:00 AM EDT Reads: 13,885 Replies: 2 |
Several months ago I wrote a column entitled 'Undocumented ColdFusion MX - 1,' (CFDJ, Vol. 4, issue 9). I appended a '1' to the title in anticipation of there being a '2' at some later date. Well, that time has come. That column (which apparently was highly controversial and upset quit... Apr. 3, 2003 12:00 AM EST Reads: 16,492 Replies: 3 |
ColdFusion MX is fast approaching its first birthday, and what a first year this has been. A completely brand new ColdFusion, incredible new features and technologies, and even versions that run on J2EE servers on all sorts of platforms (including the oft requested Mac OSX). Which make... Feb. 28, 2003 12:00 AM EST Reads: 15,076 Replies: 6 |
Which is faster, or ? Which is faster, CFML or ? Which is faster... ? If you're a ColdFusion developer, chances are that you've asked (or have been asked) these questions and others like them. Jan. 31, 2003 12:00 AM EST Reads: 18,598 Replies: 2 |
There is a phenomenon that appears to be unique to our industry - something I call buzzword du jour. On a regular basis a new buzzword (usually accompanied by a series of acronyms) appears on the front pages of the trade rags proclaiming to be 'the future' - the message being 'jump on ... Jan. 7, 2003 12:00 AM EST Reads: 20,543 Replies: 3 |
There was once a time, not that long ago, when I seemed to be spending a significant portion of my life explaining why ColdFusion was indeed worthy of consideration even though other products were free. Then I stopped hearing that objection for the most part, and life was good (well, b... Nov. 19, 2002 12:00 AM EST Reads: 18,507 Replies: 23 |
HTML-based data entry is a pain, both for developers and for end users. There's no way to sugarcoat it, HTML forms as used today are pathetic. Sure, there are new form specifications on the way, but they are not yet in use, browsers don't support them, and they are still unproven entit... Oct. 22, 2002 12:00 AM EDT Reads: 16,340 Replies: 4 |
I have been writing and talking about ColdFusion components since before ColdFusion MX shipped. After I explained them in detail in two recent columns (CFDJ, Vol. 4, issues 6, 7), quite a few of you asked for practical examples of when and where they should be used. So, once again, let... Oct. 4, 2002 12:00 AM EDT Reads: 12,305 Replies: 1 |
 Discovering undocumented features in your favorite application is always something of a thrill. This is especially true when those features expose little nuggets of functionality that you can leverage in your own code. And so, as promised in my last column, I'm going to introduce you t...Aug. 23, 2002 12:00 AM EDT Reads: 16,909 |
The introduction of user-defined functions (UDFs for short) was the most requested and anticipated event in the ColdFusion 5 era - developers desperately wanted to be able to extend CFML, using not just tags, but functions as well. I first introduced UDFs a year or so ago (CFDJ, Vol. 3... Jul. 31, 2002 12:00 AM EDT Reads: 16,923 |
Last month I introduced you to ColdFusion Components - CFCs for short. Following a brief introduction to the world of objects, we looked at CFCs and their syntax, and simple calling conventions using . This month we'll continue this topic. Jun. 28, 2002 12:00 AM EDT Reads: 17,690 Replies: 1 |
In the May issue of CFDJ (Vol. 4, issue 5) I introduced you to ColdFusion MX - the just-released ColdFusion upgrade that is nothing short of revolutionary. As I explained in that article, CFMX features lots of incredible new technologies and features. But the one I think is most import... May. 30, 2002 12:00 AM EDT Reads: 13,669 Replies: 3 |
Have you ever seen a ColdFusion error page - the bordered box on a white background that basically says someone (or something) messed up? I'm sure you have, as I'm sure your users have too. Errors, and error messages, are an unfortunate fact of development life. But while you may have ... Mar. 11, 2002 12:00 AM EST Reads: 14,999 Replies: 1 |
 Databases and database access are fundamental elements of just about every ColdFusion application ever created. Database access makes applications real and live and dynamic and valuable, but it's also a major source of performance problems and a primary potential security target. In th...Feb. 5, 2002 12:00 AM EST Reads: 20,792 Replies: 7 |
Barely a week goes by without someone asking me about ColdFusion and search engine-friendly URLs. This is one of those topics that ColdFusion developers have been discussing for a long time - I first started a thread on this subject on the Allaire Developer's Forum close to five years ... Jan. 9, 2002 12:00 AM EST Reads: 19,019 Replies: 6 |
With all the talk and buzz surrounding Neo, it's important to keep in mind that ColdFusion 5 is still a relatively new product, one that many users have yet to take full advantage of. We're proud of ColdFusion 5, and rightfully so. It's the most reliable, most scalable, and most powerf... Dec. 3, 2001 12:00 AM EST Reads: 12,443 |
At last month's Developers' Conference in Orlando I was fortunate to be one of the first to demonstrate Neo, the next major version of ColdFusion. Macromedia (and earlier, Allaire) had been dropping little Neo-related tidbits for quite a while now - whetting our appetites with glimpses... Nov. 1, 2001 12:00 AM EST Reads: 10,390 |
ColdFusion 5 is a great product, so much so that I've dedicated six of my last seven columns to introducing and analyzing its new features and technologies. ColdFusion 5 is mature, fast, reliable, and robust, and with its release Macromedia has demonstrated a definite commitment to CF ... Oct. 4, 2001 12:00 AM EDT Reads: 10,450 |
For ColdFusion to work properly lots of bits and pieces have to be in place and functioning correctly. Web servers need to be up and running, database servers need to be accessible, any external components need to be reachable, and, of course, ColdFusion must be functioning properly. ... Aug. 31, 2001 12:00 AM EDT Reads: 12,680 Replies: 2 |
I hope that all of you are enjoying your summer and getting in plenty of R&R.; If you aren't, I hope you have at least upgraded to the new CF Server 5.0. Aug. 8, 2001 12:00 AM EDT Reads: 10,625 |
At last year's Developer's Confer-ence I presented a session on creating n-tier (or multitier) applications in ColdFusion, explaining how tiered applications were more manageable and reusable. So why bring this up almost a year later? Well, a project I was working on recently forced me... Aug. 8, 2001 12:00 AM EDT Reads: 10,555 Replies: 1 |
More ColdFusion applications are running on intranets and extranets than just about anywhere else. This is not surprising - as ColdFusion makes data access and reporting so simple it is a natural fit for applications in these environments. And, as such, data reporting is one area that ... Jul. 11, 2001 12:00 AM EDT Reads: 14,494 Replies: 3 |
This month I'd like to continue exploring ColdFusion 5 - this time concentrating on a radical new feature known as Query of Queries - a feature that lets you treat query results as if they were database tables. Intrigued? Read on. Jun. 7, 2001 12:00 AM EDT Reads: 14,534 Replies: 5 |
Support for user-defined functions is easily the most requested and anticipated enhancement to the ColdFusion Markup Language (and the announcement of this feature at last year's Developer Conference was met with an applause that can only be called thunderous). Apr. 27, 2001 12:00 AM EDT Reads: 11,602 Replies: 3 |
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