Converting one company to CFML using an OSS CFML engine
There have been some lively discussions on Twitter today centered around the adoption of open source CFML engines in various types of businesses. I can’t speak to any kind of trends anywhere, but I...
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Merry Christmas from the Skaggs family
Here’s hoping you all have a very Merry Christmas and a super New Year!
View ArticleObservations of a CES newbie – Day 1
My wife and I experienced the International Consumer Electronics Show today for the first time. The first word that comes to mind is just WOW! We saw maybe 1/4 of the entire exhibit space today and...
View ArticleObservations of a CES newbie – Day 2
Day two of our first trip to CES went much like day one. We walked and walked and walked! Yesterday we spent most of our day in the South Hall exhibit areas. Today we went through the smaller Central...
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Adding ModelGlue’s event API to ColdFusion Builder’s code insight
For the last year or so, all of my ColdFusion development projects have been built using the Model-Glue MVC framework. Over time, you get to where you know the most commonly used methods that are used...
View ArticleAutomatically encrypting and decrypting data with ColdFusion ORM and annotations
I’m writing an application that uses ColdFusion’s ORM features heavily. Various fields in my database deal with Personally Identifiable Information (PII) and need to be encrypted to meet regulatory...
View ArticleI turned 40 yesterday…Here’s to the 2nd half
For those of you that normally come here for technical information, this post is completely non-technical and I’ll understand if you decide to spend your valuable time somewhere else. As the title of...
View ArticleHow I got started in ColdFusion
After separating from active duty with the US Air Force in early 1998, I took a job working at a telecommunications company located in Brentwood, TN as a desktop and server support IT guy. About 6...
View ArticleCan you be too object-oriented for your client’s good?
Unless you’ve been coding under a rock since ColdFusion 4.5, you’ve likely noticed the massive momentum behind object-oriented design and development in the ColdFusion sphere over the last 2 to 3...
View ArticleReason for the silence
Wowzers! It’s been 10 months since I created a post on my blog! There is a good reason for that, I promise. I’m obviously not a prolific blogger like Ray Camden or some of the other folks that seem to...
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