ColdFusion Alive

"...There could have been tools to make that a little bit easier to make the scaffolding quicker. It's, but like, it's, you know, it's like when I go anywhere now with my children, right? I don't like casually go anywhere, but my kids are coming. I'm bringing snacks and bringing diaper bag and all that. And I like them being with me. But it's a process. And that's kind of how I felt about Angular....

I was a guest speaker in an episode of Chicago CFUG, with host Daniel Garcia. Show notes CF Alive Making ColdFusion Modern, Vibrant and Secure By Michaela Light Who is Michaela Overview Legacy ColdFusion Modern ColdFusion CF Tools Outreach Marketing Vibrant ColdFusion CF dying? What aspects of CF are preventing you or your company from embracing CF? 72% CF is seen as dying/legacy. - Annual State o...

"... every year, we are seeing an increase in the number of developers that are coming to the events like you would have seen and even Las Vegas event last year was bigger than the year before. And hopefully this year, the Summit East is going to be bigger than what it was the last year." - Kishore Balakrishnan Kishore Balakrishnan talks about "Adobe CF Summit East 2019 ColdFusion" in this episode...

Show notes What is CFWheels? MVC framework inspired by the Ruby on Rails (RoR) framework CFWheels is an open source CFML (ColdFusion Markup Language) framework inspired by Ruby on Rails that provides fast application development, a great organization system for your code, and is just plain fun to use. Team 4 wheels - Andy Bellenie, Adam Chapman, Tom King, David Belanger Why is it a framework for t...

Brian Cain talks about "ColdFusion vs PHP vs Java vs .Net (which is a better friend)" in this episode of the CF Alive Podcast, with host Michaela Light. Show notes Speed of development Different from other languages Not constrained to a particular framework or dev methodology (eg what Microsoft or Java) RAD "Time of thought to launch" is way faster with CF CF 10 hours .Net weeks, especially for fl...

Kishore Balakrishnan talks about "Adobe ColdFusion 2018 (All that is new)" in this episode of the CF Alive Podcast, with host Michaela Light. Here are some of the topics discussed in this podcast: Performance improvements Performance tuning Server Monitor (NEW) Flag performance issues and isolate problem areas so that you can initiate corrective action much faster. Know the average response time a...

Dee Sadler talks about "Design Thinking for CFers (10 tips for better apps)" in this episode of the CF Alive Podcast, with host Michaela Light. Show notes Design thinking Hands-on UX problem solving, human-centered, iterating loop Ideating, prototyping, development, usability testing Goes well with Agile MVP (Minimum Viable Product) vs perfect So get user feedback Design for future vision and plan...

Jorge Reyes talks about "ColdFusion High-Performance Teams (15 tips and technique)" in this episode of the CF Alive Podcast, with host Michaela Light. Show notes Why High-Performance Teams Distrust Fear conflict Lack of commitment Avoid accountability Inattention to results What do you mean by High Performance Efficient Reliable Effective Consistent Predictable - Product expected results The Proje...

Mike Brunt talks about "ColdFusion and the Blockchain Revolution" in this episode of the CF Alive Podcast, with host Michaela Light. Episode Highlights What is the Blockchain? DLT = Distributed Ledger Technology Transactions and identities 2009 Bitcoin launch - decentralized value exchange, peer to peer Etherium - BLT plus code (DAPs) Easier to use Coins based on ETH Ethereum Solidity (like Javasc...

Kirk Deis talks about "Better Bug Squashing (New Issue Tracking Tool)" in this episode of ColdFusion Alive Podcast, with host Michaela Light. Show notes What is the problem with how you find bug issues now? User emails User phone calls Text messages Lack of complete info to reproduce the bug PM tools can track bugs Asana, Basecamp etc Bug and Issue trackers can help you prioritize issues JIRA, Bug...

Ed Bartam talks about "Assert Control Over Your Legacy Applications (TestBox Quick Start)" in this episode of ColdFusion Alive Podcast, with host Michaela Light. Show notes Why unit test? A unit is a method, function or small group of same Why do it? Refactoring is safer improving quality and reliability of their application Faster finding bugs when you change code Better deployment during your bu...

Christine Ballisty talks about "Help Your ColdFusion Team Find Flow (7 keys to PM success)" in this episode of ColdFusion Alive podcast with host Michaela Light.  Show notes The role of a digital project manager today beyond managing tasks, schedules and budgets Her background in UI and web designer Hats I wear Account Manager Positive biz relationship Check-in calls Planning ahead for enhancement...

Sumit Verma talks about "Slatwall ColdFusion eCommerce Unleashed (Beyond Shopping Carts)" in this episode of ColdFusion Alive podcast with host Michaela Light.  Episode highlighs What is Slatwall Enterprise level eCommerce platform More than just a shopping cart A flexible way to build eCommerce websites that integrates easily with other software for payments, marketing, sales, shipping etc Easy t...

John Farrar talks about "Agile ColdFusion API Development (Amazing Postman, ColdBox and Agile secrets)" in this episode of ColdFusion Alive podcast with host Michaela Light.  Show notes Why build APIs in ColdFusion? Built in Works reliably Why APIs Link to other apps Separate data connector from biz logic Microservices Vue, Angular, React Why Build in APIs using ColdBox and Postman Why ColdBox for...

Uma Ghotikar talks about "Fundamentals of Unit Testing, BDD and Mocking (using TestBox and MockBox)" in this episode of ColdFusion Alive podcast with host Michaela Light.  Show notes What is unit testing? Test small piece of functionality Low level, small scope, a method, a function, a clause Why do unit testing To validate every part of the app whether the UI is ready or not Easier to know where...

Igor Ilyinsky talks about "Breaking out of your ColdFusion comfort zone (How to make CF mainstream)" in this episode of ColdFusion Alive podcast with host Michaela Light. Episode highlights CF from a biz perspective When CF makes sense or not makes sense for a biz When works, not work Dev cost Maintenance costs How hard to hire good CF devs When pick CF How big the project is How much fits our exi...

Mark Drew talks about "Planning for CFML ISP disaster (Commandbox and Docker to the rescue)" in this episode of ColdFusion Alive podcast with host Michaela Light. Challenge, a current client was planning for Disaster Recovery environments but disaster nearly struck due to the requirement of the ISP to move the servers! Show notes Funtimes in deploying real projects "Your mission, Mark, should you...

Raymond Camden talks about "Progressive Web Apps (A Gentle Intro for CFers who are scared of PWAs)" in this episode of ColdFusion Alive podcast with host Michaela Light. By our nature web developers are prone to anxiety. Show notes What is a Progressive Web App (PWA) from a high level The next level from Web 2.0 "Progressive Web Apps are user experiences that have the reach of the web, and are: Re...

Jeffrey Kunkel talks about "Oh my GAD (General Anxiety Disorder)" in this episode of ColdFusion Alive podcast with host Michaela Light. By our nature web developers are prone to anxiety. Web development takes a monumental dedication to continuing education, networking, and being an expert source for many of your coworkers. Learning to manage stress early can be one of the most indispensable skills...

Gavin Pickin talks about "ContentBox in the Cloud (Docker Magic)" in this episode of ColdFusion Alive podcast with host Michaela Light. He is one of the speakers at  Into The Box 2018 conference . Show notes What is ContentBox and why would you want to use it with Docker? ContentBox is a great Modular CMS built on top of ColdBox Using CommandBox and Forgebox you can install modules and extend your...

Brad Wood talks about "CommandBox 4 Deep Dive (new version revealed)" in this episode of ColdFusion Alive podcast with host Michaela Light. He is one of the speakers at Into The Box 2018 conference ,  a system architect for Ortus Solution and lead developer of the  CommandBox CLI . Show notes What is CommandBox Command line utility (CLI) Windows, Mac, Linux Manage CF apps and servers from command...

Nolan Erck talks about "Font Awesome and ColdFusion (never build icons again)" in this episode of the CF Alive Podcast, with host Michaela Light. Tired of having to make "delete", "edit", "new", "save", "confirm", and "purchase" icons for your clients? In 3 different sizes (desktop, tablet, mobile)? And new versions for each color scheme you use? Enter Font Awesome!  Font Awesome gives you scalabl...

Logan Mayville talks about "Marketing Dark Arts for ColdFusion developers (FB Advanced Audience Creation and Tracking)" in this episode of the CF Alive Podcast, with host Michaela Light.  Show notes Marketing best practices How marketing strategy is different from Google AdWords (push vs pull) Ungated value for free (paid FB: Give - give - ask/offer Google: ask Replace "sell" with "give" Multi-tou...

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...

Bret Fisher talks about "The Docker Revolution for Faster ColdFusion Development (and Easier DevOps)" in this episode of the CF Alive Podcast, with host Michaela Light. Show notes Docker containers have revolutionized much of how we build, ship, and run the software. Bret will highlight the far-reaching effects of this pivotal technology and how it's blazing a trail for the future of app developme...