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Open CFML Foundation Launches!

coldfusionservers.com — Wed, 16 May 2012 23:15:20 GMT

In the words of Yoda.. “Try Not, Do!” The pathway to the open side of CF Arises! Nice job guys. http://www.opencfmlfoundation.org/

CF10 is here! I have whippplash.

coldfusionservers.com — Wed, 16 May 2012 23:15:19 GMT

So a few days went by after I finally got my company to invest in CF9 Whiplash affected me greatly lol First off.. go here to: Charlie’s ultimate list of 200+ new Coldfusion 10 Features Adobe’s feature page: http://www.adobe.com/content/dotcom/en/products/coldfusion-enterprise/features._sl_id-contentfilter_sl_featuredisplaytypes_sl_new.html

Uninstalling ColdFusion 10 problem with multiple instances

Andrew's Personal Blog — Wed, 16 May 2012 23:15:02 GMT

This is just a quick note to developers as I am sure this would not be the scenario for production systems, I mean who would be uninstalling on production with more than one instance anyway? Well unless you are moving servers that is, this is something to take into consideration either way.

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Get Your ColdFusion Downloads While They Last

cf_gems — Wed, 16 May 2012 21:06:46 GMT

Due to the Verity license expiring Adobe will quit offering some of the older versions of ColdFusion after May 31st, 2012. This Adobe ColdFusion Blog post covers the details including a new 9.0.2 version without Verity. Download what you think you'll need (or all of the versions) while you can.

Need ColdFusion 9 with Verity? Go Get it NOW!

Ramblings of an Internet MoFo — Wed, 16 May 2012 21:00:55 GMT

Rakshith, the dashingly handsome newlywed ColdFusion Product Manager just posted this on the ColdFusion Blog:

"Our contract with Verity will soon end and we will no longer be able to allow downloads that have Verity in it (CF9/CF8 installers have Verity) post 31st of May."

This means, and I can't stress it enough, that if you rely on Verity you need to go grab the 9.0.1 installer right now. The ColdFusion Team will be releasing ColdFusion 9.0.2 on June 1 and purging all pages of 9.0.1 downloads. 9.0.2 will not contain the Verity engine, and only Solr will be an option for searching.

Availability of ColdFusion 9

ColdFusion Server Team Blog — Wed, 16 May 2012 20:15:17 GMT

Our contract with Verity will soon end and we will no longer be able to allow downloads that have Verity in it (CF9/CF8 installers have Verity) post 31st of May. For this reason, we are coming out with a CF 9.0.2 without Verity. Post 31st May, anyone who wants to get hold of CF9 bits will be given access to CF9.0.2 as we can no longer provide the CF9 bits. CF9.0.2 will be made available on the website as well post 31st May.

But if anyone needs the CF9 bits with Verity, they need to download now (before 31st of May) from the website here: http://www.adobe.com/support/coldfusion/downloads.html

The same rationale applies to CF8. Anyone who needs CF8 bits can reach out to Adobe support and get access to the CF8 installer before 31st of May.

Speaking May 21-25 in 5-day European #ColdFusion Road Tour, Scotch on the Road

Charlie Arehart's Blog — Wed, 16 May 2012 19:30:22 GMT

Cool news! I'll see some old friends and make new ones next week in Europe, where I will be repeating my two talks from cf.objective() as part of a 5-day European Road Tour, the 2012 Scotch on the Road event. Along with a few other speakers, we'll present sessions in Munich (May 21), Zurich (May 22), Paris (May 23), Brussels (May 24), and Amsterdam (May 25). See the tour dates page for details on the locations and agenda for each city. Pretty sweet! :-) I always love going to Europe, and this will be my first time in Paris and Brussels. I'm certainly grateful to have been invited. I'll leave cf.objective on Saturday afternoon to fly right to Munich. Sadly, my wife couldn't join me (for reasons that I'll explain in a moment.) Some may know the Scotch on the Rocks event has traditionally taken place in Edinburgh (where I had the pleasure to speak previously). And the "Scotch on the road" moniker has been used before when it's happened in another city or cities.

Hitting the road in a tour bus!

This year, the event is different in that I and the other speakers (and the organizer, Claude Englebert of Adobe, EMEA) will be traveling in a tour bus: meaning a motor home essentially, much like the other "road tours" that have happened for other Adobe products in the past. This is not an official "CF10 Road Tour", but with the release of CF10 yesterday it makes it a de facto one. :-) Anyway, it's because we'll be about 6 guys in a bus for 5 days that my wife's not coming along! :-) Still, I'm looking forward to the cities (if but briefly), the dinners (at least we'll get some "taste" of each city), and of course the people at the events. As for the guys on the bus, well...hopefully we'll all come out of it as friends, for better or worse! :-)

Tripping back in time, to 2003, and "Hidden Gems in CFMX"

It's also kind of a neat anniversary: 9 years ago I also presented in Munich, at the first CFEurope event in 2003. And yes, that links still is about that 2003 event. A fun time-warp. In fact, it took place in the same OlympiaPark area where we will have the first session next week at the Adobe offices in Munich. And guess what was my topic then? "ColdFusionMX Hidden Gems"! Of course, that's "CF6" for those not around then, but yes, the more things change, the more they stay the same. ;-) (Hey, one of my first articles in the old CFDJ magazine was "Hidden Gems in 4.0.1" in 2000. Yes, I love sharing hidden gems in CF!)

Some concluding points

Just two final points of information: first, for those coming, note that on a couple of the days I'll be presenting a talk about FusionReactor and FusionAnalytics, in place of one of my other talks. See the schedule for details. Finally, some will note that the tour dates page above lists London. That's a month later, in late June. For now, I'm not aware of any details on that (including whether I'll even be invited). If you'll be there, see you then! If not, Claude intends to be posting content as the week progresses (perhaps videos, pix, tweets, etc.) Keep an eye on on the main site to see what may turn up. And here's hoping for safe travels, to, from, and on the road!

Speaking this week at cf.Objective(): Two #coldfusion sessions and a lightning round talk

Charlie Arehart's Blog — Wed, 16 May 2012 18:45:15 GMT

Just a heads up for those at cf.objective, which starts tomorrow. I'll be presenting 3 times. First, I'm giving two different sessions on Thursday and Friday:

See the links above for details on each talk. And as always, I'll post these talks (after presenting them) on my presentations page. Then, on Thursday evening I'm giving a Lightning Round talk. Last year I did one on "Lies, Damned Lies, and Request Timeouts". This year, I will again do a CF-centric talk--someone has to talk about something other than beer, love, and other heartwarming or life-expanding talks. :-) This year, it will be "10 Things That Plague Most CF Servers, with Solutions". Yep, even in 6 minutes, I hope to share some surprises that many miss, but which I see daily in helping people in my CF server troubleshooting consulting services. I'll be posting the presentation for that as well, but it will have additional detail (in terms of resources to learn more) on each topic. Looking forward to seeing old friends and making new ones. Please come say hello, and be gentle with me if I may not make an immediate connection of face to name. :-) With the blessing of attending and speaking at so many conferences comes the curse of meeting lots of people, only briefly, and often only once (or once in a great while!) Finally, I'll note I am also presenting the first two talks above again next week, in a 5-city European tour. More on that in another entry to come.

Railo tip: multiple assignments in one

Coldfusion Developer — Wed, 16 May 2012 17:15:18 GMT

While waiting for CF.Objective() to begin, I am doing some relaxed coding with Micha in the lobby of our hotel. It's great to be talking about and working on Railo with the main man :-)

Anyway, a new Railo tip:

<cfscript>
    paul = micha = new Person();
    paul.name = 'Paul';
    micha.name = 'Micha';
    dump(variables);
</cfscript>

See the highlighted part? You can do multiple assignments in one statement!

It also works in regular CFML off course:

<cfset paul = micha = new Person() />

Getting The Ordinal Suffix Of A Number Using ColdFusion

Blog - Neiland.net — Wed, 16 May 2012 16:18:22 GMT

After recently coming across a solution of getting the ordinal suffix of a number in the wild that was shall we say less than optimal I decided that maybe it was worth sharing my solution for new developers.