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Take advantage of an opportunity while the ColdFusion landscape is hot

Take advantage of an opportunity while the ColdFusion landscape is hotarticle rootIs ColdFusion in your future?Are you using ColdFusion now? Do you plan on using it in the future? What are the drawbacks with CF? What are the benefits?costsI used coldfusion while working for a company in 2000 and liked...

Tags: Allaire ColdFusion, coldfusion, application development, kotek, Mark W. Kaelin, programming, Microsoft .NET

Discussion threads 2006-06-13

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ColdFusion 8: A technical exploration of real-world use

Brian Kotek looks at how NaturalInsight uses ColdFusion 8 to solve business problems. He also explores what ColdFusion 8 does and doesn't do well. by Brian Kotek

Tags: Allaire ColdFusion, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Brian Kotek, Server, NaturalInsight NaturalInsight, Paul, Report Builder

Blog posts 2008-10-28

How FoodSHIELD's developers put ColdFusion 8 to good use

FoodSHIELD's development team likes ColdFusion 8's rapid development nature and its easy creation and consumption of Web services. Find out more details in this technical case study. by Brian Kotek

Tags: Developer, Allaire ColdFusion, FoodSHIELD, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Brian Kotek, ColdFusion 8, Eric Hoffman

Blog posts 2008-11-01

Real-world use of ColdFusion 8: Two technical case studies

Brian Kotek looks at how two growing organizations -- NaturalInsight and FoodSHIELD -- are using ColdFusion 8 to solve business problems. He also drills down into what developers think ColdFusion 8 does well and what it does not do so well. You can also read the...

Tags: Allaire ColdFusion, Brian Kotek, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development

Download resources 2008-11-01

Implement the State pattern with ColdFusion Components

The introduction of ColdFusion Components CFCs in ColdFusion MX opened the door to more object-oriented programming OOP in CF. When application developers start thinking about OOP, the idea of design patterns almost always comes up. In that context, Brian Kotek discusses the State pattern: its purpose, the problems it can...

Tags: Object-oriented Programming, Allaire ColdFusion, Brian Kotek, Ooa/Ood/Oop, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development

Download resources 2007-03-15

Manage dependency injection for ColdFusion with the ColdSpring framework

Adobe ColdFusion has been gaining in popularity among the development community. This boom is caused by a sort of feedback loop: more powerful tools and frameworks drive application developers to become better, while better developers create more powerful tools and frameworks. One of the central elements in this ongoing success...

Tags: Allaire ColdFusion, Framework, Brian Kotek, Adobe ColdFusion, Productivity, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development

Download resources 2006-11-02

Better coding with the Model-Glue:Unity ColdFusion application framework

ColdFusiondevelopers have been evolving quickly over the last few years. Best practicesand design patterns have come to the forefront, with several differentframeworks emerging to help the community. Model-Glue is aModel-View-Controller MVC framework that was released in 2005. It has rapidlygained popularity in the ColdFusion CF community due to its ease...

Tags: Brian Kotek, ColdSpring, MG:U, Model-Glue, Model-Glue:Unity ColdFusion, Reactor

Technical articles 2006-09-28

Learn to handle sparse data with ColdFusion

When I say "sparse data," I mean outputting tables of data that have holes in them. As you can see in Table A, some cells are empty. Often when you need to output tabular data, the data comes in a fully-populated query. You just loop over the query, outputting each...

Tags: Brian Kotek, Allaire ColdFusion

Technical articles 2003-09-15

Why developers should check out ColdFusion 8

Adobe ColdFusion 8 (CF 8) is a force to be reckoned with in the application server space. I've been using ColdFusion for 10 years, and I haven't seen the community this excited about a new release in a long time. The recent release is by far the most compelling version...

Tags: Developer, Adobe Systems Inc., Allaire ColdFusion, Server, CF 8, Development Tools, AJAX, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Internet, Web Development, Web 2.0, Brian Kotek

Blog posts 2007-10-26

Use arrays and structures in ColdFusion

Complex variables help you get more out of ColdFusion, and they're easier to use than you might think. Brian Kotek explains how arrays and structures put problem-solving power in your development toolbox.ColdFusion Markup Language CFML lets you create variables to store data. Variables in CFML fall into two categories: simple...

Tags: Development tools, Brian Kotek, Allaire ColdFusion

Technical articles 2002-09-04

Tap into Fusebox to manage program flow

The complexity of Internet applications continues to grow. The Fusebox methodology aims to reduce this complexity and make the developer's job easier. Here's how to manage large systems by harnessing Fusebox.By Brian KotekModern Web-based applications can be as complex and powerful as any "traditional" application. They are constantly changing, evolving,...

Tags: Development tools, Scripting languages, Guest Contributor, Fusebox, Fusebox 3

Technical articles 2002-03-27