Simon Horwith

Exciting news for organizations and developers using ColdFusion: Adobe released ColdFusion 8 on July 30. This release is a major milestone for the product: it is the first full-version ColdFusion release by Adobe since the acquisition of Macromedia. With the release of CF 8, Adob... (more)

My editorial last month was a high-level overview of all the new features in ColdFusion 8. Many of these features were generally divided into one of two categories: features that address developer productivity and those that focus on integrating with other products and technologi... (more)

ColdFusion 8 includes several new features that allow developers and administrators to be more productive, build more robust applications, and to develop applications that perform better than any prior version of the product.  It shows Adobe’s commitment to the product and ... (more)

On May 30, Adobe released the public beta of ColdFusion 8, which means that we at CFDJ can now begin writing and talking publicly about all the great new features. I’ll add a disclaimer to that statement: CF 8 is currently in public beta and things, though not likely, can ... (more)

Simon Horwith: Today I'm speaking with Ben Forta, the technical evangelist for Adobe. The first thing I have to ask you is - the acquisition has happened, Adobe is now controlling ColdFusion and has taken over everything that Macromedia was doing, and this is my first chance to r... (more)

Yes, you read the title correctly: "Scorpio," the highly anticipated eighth major release of ColdFusion is coming soon to a town near you. Even before the release of the highly successful ColdFusion MX 7 two years ago, the ColdFusion team was already hard at work scheming, experi... (more)

A student recently asked me what he could do to further his career, and inquired as to how I got to the point I am at on my own. This is a subject generally reserved for informal chit-chat among developers at conference social events and after user group meetings, and is one that... (more)

I have been keeping my eye on several trends and have been evaluating whether or not they deserve focus in ColdFusion Developer's Journal. I've begun blogging about these trends and about my observations and ideas regarding these trends and the future of CFDJ. This month's editor... (more)

While recently channel surfing, one of the "Geico caveman" commercials came on the tube to remind me that Geico.com is so easy to use, even a caveman can do it. The marketing campaign is very clever; watching it, I couldn't help thinking what a shame it was that Allaire didn't t... (more)

Keeping up to date with the most recent versions of software and programming languages is the toughest challenge for me as a developer. With each passing year it seems that the demands of being a top Web developer require proficiency in more and more tools and languages. Gone are ... (more)

ColdFusion developers today are presented with more options than ever before - more developer tools, more conferences and learning resources, and more development choices in the form of frameworks and language features. With the recent passing of yet another MAX conference, I want... (more)

Spending as much time as I have speaking before audiences, I try very hard to keep an eye on trends and attitudes within demographic groups, including university students. I have also had the opportunity in the past to represent Macromedia as a lecturer at Ivy League universities... (more)

Usually, when something sounds too good to be true, it probably is. We've all seen the spam - "Increase your 100%" e-mails that are clearly nothing more than ridiculous claims with no validity. Why does this month's editorial title sound l... (more)

When ColdFusion Developer's Journal was launched eight years ago, it was the first printed periodical exclusively by and for ColdFusion developers. Over the years there have been many changes in format, authors, and publishing/editorial staff. One thing has remained constant, how... (more)

Let's face it, the web is a frequently changing landscape - more so now than it has been since its inception. When the term "Web 2.0" first set the industry on fire, I have to admit, I was not terribly excited. The idea, after all, is based by and large on the idea of applications... (more)

I was really busy for several weeks prior to CFUnited and am back on the road again... but there's a silver lining. I'm basically done with my first round of SAM docs and I will be making those available very soon; I have the code and stories/advice to post as well - I just have... (more)

Last month CFDJ held a contest in which I asked readers to write an essay about how ColdFusion MX 7 has made them a hero in the office. You can read the winning entries and find out about our next contest in this month's issue. Deciding on the contest topic and reading the contest... (more)

Simon Horwith, Editor-in-Chief of SYS-CON Media's ColdFusion Developer's Journal (latest issue pictured), writes: I've written a lot lately about the growing strength of the ColdFusion development community - shown by the onslaught of frameworks and the rapid adoption and support... (more)

Last month I announced a CFDJ essay writing contest; the topic for the essays was "How ColdFusion MX 7 made me a hero in the office." I received many great entries and thank each of you for your submissions. I chose two winning entries, and the authors of each will receive free en... (more)

Flex 2 Beta 3 is Released Flex 2 beta 3 was just publicly released at http://labs.adobe.com. There are some nice changes in beta 3. I won't list them all here, but a few changes that I've been most impressed with so far are a bunch of nice enhancements to the Flex Builder IDE int... (more)