Ben Forta's Blog - ColdFusion Builder

ColdFusion 10 Book Is Shipping

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 10:05:00 -0400

Adobe ColdFusion Web Application Construction Kit: ColdFusion 10 Enhancements and Improvements is now shipping. As noted a while back, this book is intended to be used as a 4th volume in the CFWACK series.This new volume contains 19 brand new chapters on HTML5 and web enhancements, new security and administration options, and more. And all this goodness is brought to you by noted ColdFusion experts and team members: Chandan Kumar, Charlie Arehart, Hemant Khandelwal, Ken Fricklas, Raymond Camden, and Rob Brooks-Bilson. More details are on the book page.

Pre-Release For Next ColdFusion

Wed, 20 Mar 2013 11:42:00 -0400

We are working on the next major versions of ColdFusion (code-named "Splendor") and ColdFusion Builder (code-named "Thunder"). If you'd like access to the pre-release (when it's available) then fill in this survey.

ColdFusion 10 Developer Week 2012

Wed, 30 May 2012 11:32:00 -0400

Five days, nineteen sessions on ColdFusion 10. Registration for ColdFusion 10 Developer Week 2012 is now open.

ColdFusion Code Coverage With Rancho

Fri, 25 May 2012 10:29:00 -0400

Code coverage is an essential part of testing, and is used to reflect the completeness of performed testing. Code coverage is instrumental in providing information about how much of the total code is actually tested by a test suite. Rancho is an experimental tool used to get code coverage for any ColdFusion application. Rancho can be used as a ColdFusion Builder extension or as an application.

Where Is CFWACK10?

Thu, 24 May 2012 23:32:00 -0400

ColdFusion 10 has been released, and users have been asking about the update to our ColdFusion Web Application Construction Kit (aka CFWACK) books. So, here's the scoop ... ColdFusion 10 is a very important release, one which builds on the success of ColdFusion 9 by adding invaluable new features and functionality. And that is key, ColdFusion 10 does not change much about the previous release, it adds features and functionality. This means that ColdFusion 9 code and apps should just run as is in ColdFusion 10, and any books and tutorials on ColdFusion 9 apply to ColdFusion 10 as well. And this presented me with a dilemma. CFWACK started off as a single volume, and then grew to two volumes, and have been three volumes since ColdFusion 8. With a cover price of close to $60 per volume, I could not in good conscience justify updating all the books and charging readers that much money when most of the content in the existing books remains current and applicable. Plus, in order to cover the new features in ColdFusion 10, I'd have had to remove chapters from the existing books, and as the ColdFusion's breadth and scope has increased, that has proven to be a very difficult task. After lengthy discussions with the publisher, the ColdFusion product team, and my co-authors, we opted not to update the three CFWACK volumes for ColdFusion 10. Instead, we'd create a fourth volume, a "What's New In ColdFusion 10?" volume, intended to be an addition to the current series. This would be much fairer to ColdFusion users, and would also allow for the greatest possible content coverage. So where is this new volume? Unfortunately (well, I guess it is actually fortunately) there was another recent major Adobe product release, CS6 and the Creative Cloud. The publisher had so many titles to create and update for these releases, that our title got stuck in the queue, and was thus very late leaving the gate. So, on behalf of my co-authors, I apologize for the title not being ready with the product release. We will release this new volume, and I'll keep you updated on progress.

ColdFusion 10 Docs

Tue, 15 May 2012 08:42:00 -0400

Here are all of the links you'll need to access ColdFusion 10 documenattion and help:

ColdFusion Help and Support Page
ColdFusion
ColdFusion Builder
- Installation
- Using

ColdFusion Builder 2 Hot Fix Available

Mon, 18 Jul 2011 13:41:00 -0400

ColdFusion Builder 2 Hot Fix 1 has been released to fix three reported bugs.

ColdFusion Unconference Initial Speaker List

Mon, 04 Jul 2011 08:05:00 -0400

Fellow Adobe evangelist (hey, it's fun to type that) Ray Camden has posted an Initial list of speakers and sessions for the ColdFusion Unconference at Adobe MAX 2011.

ColdFusion Builder 2 Docs And Links

Tue, 10 May 2011 17:22:00 -0400

Check out this list of ColdFusion Builder 2 documentation and related resources.

More On ColdFusion Builder Express

Mon, 09 May 2011 23:19:00 -0400

I mentioned ColdFusion Builder Express last week, here are some more details courtesy of the engineering team.

ColdFusion Builder 2 Express Edition

Wed, 27 Apr 2011 22:44:00 -0400

When we release ColdFusion Builder 2, we'll also be releasing a free lightweight version of the tool called ColdFusion Express. Here is the description as per the the engineering manager: When you start ColdFusion Builder, you are prompted to enter the product serial number. When you enter a valid product serial number, activation happens in the background the first time the software detects an Internet connection. If you do not enter the product serial number when you start ColdFusion Builder, you can use the trial version of the full-featured ColdFusion Builder 2.0 for 60 days. After the trial expires, you need to purchase a license to continue using all the features. If not, ColdFusion Builder switches to a feature-limited Express Edition. With the Express Edition, you can continue to use ColdFusion Builder with basic features such as editor, code assist, and syntax highlighting. But the key features such as code assist for extensions, code insight, extension callbacks, connection to remote server, quick fix, debugging remote projects, refactoring, ColdFusion search, code formatting, FTP support, log viewer, local file browser, code hyperlinks, and hover help are not available in the Express Edition of ColdFusion Builder. You can convert the Express Edition to a full-featured version by purchasing the license and specifying the product serial number.

Check Out Airgile

Thu, 14 Apr 2011 15:00:00 -0400

Airgile is a simple online project management system with a very clean and professional Flex based front-end. Airgile is inexpensive, actually it's free for a single project with up to 4 users, and paid plans start at just €6. And a connector for Eclipse / Flash Builder / ColdFusion Builder (using Mylyn) is in the works, too.

eWeek: 10 Hottest Adobe Labs Projects

Mon, 14 Mar 2011 22:34:00 -0400

eWeek has listed their Top 10 Hottest Projects on Adobe Labs. I'm particularly proud of the top 3. #1 is Adobe AIR Launchpad (created by our own evangelist team), #2 is Packager for iPhone (yep, some people apparently really want to build apps for iOS), and #3 is ColdFusion Builder 2.

ColdFusion Builder 2 Links And Documents

Thu, 03 Mar 2011 08:41:00 -0400

With ColdFusion Builder 2 now in public beta, here are some documents and links that you may find useful:

ColdFusion Builder 2 Public Beta Released

Thu, 03 Mar 2011 08:37:00 -0400

Back when we first announced ColdFusion Builder, we explained that we planned to revise the tool more frequently than we do ColdFusion itself. And now the public beta of ColdFusion Builder 2 is on Adobe Labs. ColdFusion engineering team member Ramchandra Kulkarni has posted an ADC article entitled What's new in ColdFusion Builder 2.