One thing I neglected to do was give link to examples in my presentation at ColdFusion Summit 2016. Below are links to some examples and the mobile documentation. Tournament Scorecard Pro app: http://www.tournamentscorecard.com Sample application built by me: http://blogs.coldfusion.com/post.cfm/cfinventory-mobile-application Blog series ...

Just a quick note about the new API Manager now available for ColdFusion 2016. At the end of the installer you are presented with some information and links to get things going. However, that information is not written to a log file anywhere and is very difficult to find. Below is the output from the end of the install. This was taken from an ...

Holy cow! I haven't blogged about anything in a very long time. I intend to do something about that starting with this post. A little while back a colleague asked me to look at some code. He was curious if I thought there was a better way to write it. The only thing I knew about the code was that it worked. Before you ask. I can't share an...

I don't think I have ever used my blog for personal stuff. So if you will indulge me just this once. Yesterday my son, Bryce, tested and received his 1st Degree Blackbelt in Taekwondo. He started just before he turned 4 and is now 8. Some might say it is a little young but if you knew the dedication and training he has done you would know diffe...

The CFSummit is just a round the corner. Well, a long slow bending corner maybe. The speakers are hard at working trying to bring the best possible content they can to the conference. The conference organizers have been doing a tremendous job putting everything together. The Trillo board has been used to organize the sessions and session info...

Updater 11 for ColdFusion 10 has been released today. This updater fixes a number of issues. You can read all about the fixes here, ColdFusion 10 Update 11. Most importantly, is the fix that will prevent websockets from invoking non-remote methods in components. There is also a hotfix release for ColdFusion 9 to correct a security issue. http...

Help decide on what the content for the Official Adobe ColdFusion Summit this year October 24, 25 in Las Vegas. You can get all the details and how you can help here... http://cfmumbojumbo.com/cf/index.cfm/coding/help-choose-the-content-fo r-the-coldfusion-summit/. On a side note.. the site pretty slick use of trello.com Till next time, --Dav...

In case you missed the announcement at cf.Objective(), there is a new ColdFusion conference coming later this year. This one is being put on by Adobe and will be held in Las Vegas, NV on October 23-24 2013. Event registration is now open and you can register here. The coolest part of the registration is that it includes a license for ColdFusion ...

Slides from my 2 cf.Objective() presentations can be found here... https://www.dropbox.com/sh/r8tsdygdd0km9ly/BZB4jvIfmx. You will not only find my sides but slides from other presenters there as well. The file names for my slides start with "dferguson_". The slides from the presentation I did for Ray Camden will be posted by him (if he posts t...

I have a process that processes an xml document. For each node in the xml a stored proc is called to update data. What I wanted to do was combine all the results into a single query return. I did some digging and found an old blog post http://www.bennadel.com/blog/114-ColdFusion-QueryAppend-qOne-qTwo-.htm - Ben Nadel that showed how to do it. ...

I have been wanting to build an actual app for such a long time. But, I wanted to build something that was not out there yet. Everything I thought of there was at least 2 of in every app store. I just needed to find that one thing that didn't exist yet. Then I finally figured it out. My family is very active in Taekwondo. My son will be a bla...

I honored once again to be speaking at cf.Objective(). This year I am privileged enough to have two proposals selected. The ones selected are... My SQL Skills Killed the Server .. This session is all about writing better SQL. Fuse All the Greatness - Combining Charts, Websockets, and Scheduled Tasks to Present Realtime Data .. Long title that ...

Take a quick moment out of your day and fill out this survey. Let Adobe know what production platforms you are running ColdFusion on. https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/HMQG62Y Till next time... --Dave

In the event that you missed the changes in ColdFusion 10, I will recap one of them. The scheduled task engine was replaced with the Quartz Job Scheduler. This fancy new scheduler comes with more features then you will probably ever use. There are now handlers for when tasks start, finish, and error. Tasks can now call other tasks when they fin...

A couple months ago, at the time of writing this, I noticed there was a need for a mobile app. The app was very targeted to a group of people and an organization. After talking with a few people about my idea I decide that the need for this target group was large enough that I should go ahead with building the app. The app in question is for spe...

A new source for getting your ColdFusion learning on has been launched. Learn CF in a Week will guild you through all the major aspects of the ColdFusion language and get you writing your own application in a week. I think one of the best parts about this is how it was done. This course was not created in a vacuum buy a bunch of marketing people...