ColdFusion Developer's Journal

Writing shell scripts to automate the build and deploy process for ColdFusion applications is not very much fun. The Jakarta Ant project is an open-source, cross-platform alternative that makes it easy to automate the build and deploy process. But My Build and Deploy Process is ... (more)

Article describing why ColdFusion is a good fit for rich internet applications. ... (more)

After months of build-up, Adobe MAX 2008 (North America) managed to live up to its expectations! Its not unusual for conference organizers to over-promise — after all they want more and more folks to sign-up. However, this year’s MAX was hyped not only by its organizers but the g... (more)

If you are working on an AIR app, and will be attending MAX 2008 this week, make sure to stop by the booth to show us your app. We have a station setup called “Developer Spotlight” where you can come and show your app to AIR Team members and evangelists (as well as ask any questi... (more)

Leaving for MAX 2008 in a day. Had to sign the Speaker's agreement. This is not unusual, but this time it was a 5(!) page agreement. Lawyers run America. How do you like this clause: "Speaker shall take all necessary precautions to prevent injury to to any persons (including emp... (more)

PaperThin, Inc., the leading provider of ColdFusion Web content management solutions, today announced that its 2008 Q2 and Q3 revenues shattered all company records, having grown an average of more than 50% year over year. Furthermore, the company’s average deal size increased by... (more)

SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 11/12/08 -- What: Universal Mind, a leading solution provider of Rich Internet Applications, today announced two of its team members will lead teaching seminars and one will participate in a panel discussion at the Adobe MAX Conference North... (more)

There is much debate raging over whether cloud computing and grid computing are one and the same. In fact, there are many similarities and one key difference separating these burgeoning fields. Both cloud and grid propose an architecture that masks the complexity of managing thou... (more)

Two problems with configuring ColdFusion 8.01 on Mac OS X for startup on system boot when using the the utility {cf_root}/bin/cf-init.sh. The first issue is that cf-init.sh cannot be used again to configure CF for startup on boot after the cf-init.sh script is used to unconfigure... (more)

Alert Logic, an award-winning provider of on-demand IT compliance and security solutions, today announced that it has signed a partnership agreement with managed hosting provider HostMySite.com. The partnership will provide HostMySite.com’s customers with Alert Logic’s Log Manage... (more)

BOSTON, Oct. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Web and application hosting company Media3 announced on Wednesday the launch of a new line of Enterprise Class VPS Hosting plans based on Microsoft Windows 2008 and Dell's latest line of 64-bit servers. According to Media3, these new accounts offe... (more)

SYS-CON Events announced today that the leading global rich Internet technology provider Adobe Systems was named "Bronze Sponsor" of SYS-CON's upcoming AJAX World Conference & Expo 2008 West, which will take place October 20-22, 2008, at the Fairmont Hotel in the heart of Silicon... (more)

SYS-CON Events opened "keynote & expo registrations" for next week's 6th International AJAX World RIA Conference & Expo. Click here to register to attend keynotes and visit the expo floor on October 20-22, 2008, at the Fairmont Hotel, in San Jose, California. Advanced registrati... (more)

The Eclipse Open Source IDE coupled with the CFML plugin, CFEclipse, has been embraced by the ColdFusion community for years. All of my sites were built with HomeSite and Dreamweaver. I was waiting for a good excuse to start a site from scratch in Eclipse. Three weeks later, I am... (more)

Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced a partial line-up of presenters at Adobe MAX 2008, which will be held Nov. 16-19, at Moscone West in San Francisco. Adobe MAX is the premier forum for developers, designers and business decision-makers who create and delive... (more)

BOSTON, Sept. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Web and application hosting company Media3 announced on Tuesday the immediate opening of their new Datacenter facilities in Rockland, MA. The addition of this Enterprise Class infrastructure preempts Media3's soon-to-be-released line of Windows 2... (more)

Introduction This is a call to action to everyone building clients, servers and frameworks for rich internet applications (RIAs) to improve the life of RIA developers by improving the debugging of backend services RIAs depend on. Motivation The relationship of an RIA to its back... (more)

I have been working on a little AJAX application using jQuery and ColdFusion using JSON to communicate with the page through components. One of the first things I needed to do was to maximize scroll position of a DIV element each time it was updated. Digging around I finally foun... (more)

I'm glad to announce that I'll be part of the FlexCamp London next week (28th August) as a speaker. The agenda of the event looks damned cool and the speakers are a  a warrantee of quality: Andrew Shorten, Mike Jones, Peter Elst and many others. Peter and I will have a speech talki... (more)

The San Diego Department of Child Support Services took its ColdFusion skills forward into the world of Web 2.0 when it created a new RIA view for a child services agency calendaring system. ... (more)