Speaking at CF Summit East 2023!
Conference season is here again! And I'll be kicking it off by speaking at Adobe ColdFusion Summit East 2023 in Washington DC!
From: South of Shasta: Software Development, Web Design, Training
3/18/23, 1:41 AM
CFML Developer Wanted
We're looking for a CFML Developer to help with a new project. It should be pretty steady work for at least the next 3 months, possibly longer if all goes well.
From: South of Shasta: Software Development, Web Design, Training
1/6/23, 7:00 PM
Sample Code for the ColdBox Master Class
Are you taking the ColdBox Master Class on CFCasts? Some folks were asking where to find the Vandelay Forum app that I used in the video training.
From: South of Shasta: Software Development, Web Design, Training
11/29/22, 12:57 AM
Free ColdBox Training For The Rest Of 2022
CFML developers that still say "I don't know how to use ColdBox", your excuses are now officially invalid. ;) The ColdBox Master Class video training series that I produced for Ortus Solutions is FREE for the rest of the year!
From: South of Shasta: Software Development, Web Design, Training
11/4/22, 5:10 PM
Adobe CF Summit 2022 Recap
The Adobe CF Summit 2022 is done! I'm down in the hotel lobby waiting for my ride to the airport which means it's officially time to work on my conference recap! Honestly I can't think of any reason that this conference wasn't a huge success for everyone involved. I saw no clunker sessions, no tech issues, overall a very smoothly run event!
From: South of Shasta: Software Development, Web Design, Training
10/8/22, 2:29 AM
CF Summit 2022 Notes
Sometimes I take notes during the conference sessions. And to my surprise people are actually reading them. :) Here's everything I jotted down during the Adobe CF Summit 2022 presentations. Enjoy.
From: South of Shasta: Software Development, Web Design, Training
10/5/22, 9:01 PM
Speaking at CF Summit on Monday
FYI for anyone attending the Adobe CF Summit this week, there's been a small schedule change. I'll be giving my talk "Web Components and CFML" on Monday at 2:45. Some of the material says Ray Camden (or somebody else that Ray was pinch-hitting for, I don't who) was going to speak in this time slot; that's now out of date.
From: South of Shasta: Software Development, Web Design, Training
10/3/22, 6:23 AM
My CF Summit 2022 Schedule
Hotel confirmation is in hand, plane ticket has been booked, it’s official…I’m going to the Adobe ColdFusion Summit in Las Vegas! Much like Into The Box earlier this month, the CF Summit is a must-attend event for anyone looking to stay up on CFML development practices. And the agenda includes enough content for non-CFML developers, that I’d also encourage Engineering Managers and other techies to attend. (Really, this is true of most tech content — a lot of it is easily applicable to different environments.) Not registered yet? You can sign up at this link.
From: South of Shasta: Software Development, Web Design, Training
9/23/22, 10:33 PM
Into The Box 2022 Recap
Into The Box 2022 is a wrap! My first in-person conference since this pandemic madness began two years ago. While the attendance level was a bit smaller (but expected) I think the event was a big success overall. (Before we get into the recap…a brief reminder: this is not a ColdBox-specific conference! While yes there are many sessions related to ColdBox, I count at least 10 sessions, some of the workshops, and most of the pre-conference virtual sessions that have nothing to do with ColdBox. Seriously, if you’re a CFML developer of any kind, this conference will add value to your development experience.)
From: South of Shasta: Software Development, Web Design, Training
9/10/22, 3:08 AM
Web Components in Your CFML Application
Web Components provide a modular way to build a consistent design system and user experience across your entire application. Instead of copy/pasting the same chunks of coded into various places, you can have a JavaScript/HTML expert focus on getting the UX correct, without them needing to worry about what's happening in the CFML layer at all.
From: South of Shasta: Software Development, Web Design, Training
9/1/22, 10:23 PM
Speaking at Into The Box 2022
(In my best comedian voice) so, the pandemic…am I right?! Next week I’m flying out to Texas for my first in-person conference in WAY too long! I’ll be giving 2 talks at one of my favorite events: Into The Box in Houston Texas!
From: South of Shasta: Software Development, Web Design, Training
9/1/22, 9:00 AM
Speaking At Adobe ColdFusion Developer Week 2022
Slides are done, code is written, demos are working. It's official: I'm speaking at Adobe ColdFusion Developer Week 2022! This is a FREE week-long virtual conference, featuring a bunch of amazing presenters covering not just ColdFusion specific talks but also things like Alpine.js, CI/CD pipelines, Amazon S3 and much more!
From: South of Shasta: Software Development, Web Design, Training
7/17/22, 9:00 AM
Part-time CFML developer wanted
South of Shasta is looking for a part-time mid to senior level developer that can assist with some projects for our clients over the next few months, possibly longer. Requirements are like so:
From: South of Shasta: Software Development, Web Design, Training
6/17/22, 1:45 AM
Everything You Wanted to Know About Custom Tags But Were Afraid To Ask
CFML Custom Tags have been in the language for decades, and can be a great building block for many facets of application development. They look like CFIncludes but are much safer and behave more closely to traditional constructs such as functions. Custom Tags can be combined, nested, collected into reusable libraries that can be shared across projects ensuring a consistent and modular user interface. They can even be built with CFCs, giving you object oriented power as well!
From: South of Shasta: Software Development, Web Design, Training
4/25/22, 8:25 AM
Using Hazelcast With CFML
Recently I’ve been experimenting with Hazelcast, trying to wrap my head around various uses cases and how I might take advantage of the technology in some of our projects. If you’re unfamiliar, Hazelcast provides a very high speed in-memory storage and processing system that can be connected to many different types of systems. It’s commonly used in things like fraud detection for credit card transactions, when a lot of data and calculations have to be processed as quickly as possible.
From: South of Shasta: Software Development, Web Design, Training
4/1/22, 2:31 AM
Why Do Some CFML Jobs Require Degrees?
Earlier today in the ColdFusion Programmers forum on Facebook somebody asked (I’m paraphrasing a little) why do some ColdFusion jobs require a Computer Science degree when they don’t teach CFML in college? I have 2 answers...
From: South of Shasta: Software Development, Web Design, Training
3/4/22, 9:00 AM
ColdFusion Summit 2021 Notes: Tackling ColdFusion Security, Pete Freitag
We’re all impacted by security hacks. Even the smartest devs will have security vulnerabilities in their code. Sometimes as devs we try to chase the idea that we can have things that are perfect but there will always be bugs in code. Not likely that your code will never have security issues but you can’t ignore it. Probably a good time to take action on it if you’ve been ignoring it.
From: South of Shasta: Software Development, Web Design, Training
2/2/22, 9:00 AM
ColdFusion Summit 2021 Recap
Last month was the ColdFusion Summit 2021 Conference. Like many events lately this one was virtual (as opposed to the usual meetup in Vegas) but I'd say this was still worth attending for anyone near the CFML space.
From: South of Shasta: Software Development, Web Design, Training
1/17/22, 9:00 AM
Speaking at ColdFusion Summit 2021
It's official -- I'm speaking at the Adobe ColdFusion Summit 2021! It's been way too long, I'm looking forward to seeing all of your smiling faces, even if it's just virtually. :) The CF Summit this year is virtual (stupid Covid) but looks to be a great event with some excellent speakers lined up!
From: South of Shasta: Software Development, Web Design, Training
10/13/21, 6:22 AM
CFCamp Notes: Lucee 5 and 6
Gert and Micha kicked off day 1 of CFCamp with several demos of new things planned for Lucee. We saw code, we heard plans. There were demos, there were jokes, and there was lots of entertainment watching people try to use a German keyboard. :)
From: South of Shasta: Software Development, Web Design, Training
10/21/19, 9:46 AM
Connecting Vue.js and CFML
Vue.js is quickly becoming one of the more popular JavaScript frameworks. It provides a lot of the same benefits of Angular and React, but with a less intense learning curve, and more flexibility. We’ll start at the very beginning, showing how to install and begin using Vue and some of the basic features it provides. Then comes the server part. How do we send data from the Vue.js app to a server in the cloud? That’s where our CFML code comes into play. In this session we’ll discuss how to get started with Vue.js and how to start building a simple JSON API using CFML. Then we’ll connect the 2 pieces together building a fully working application with Vue.js + CFML.
From: South of Shasta: Software Development, Web Design, Training
5/1/18, 6:58 PM