Simon Horwith

We're fast approaching CFUnited 06, and time for another contest to give away seats! For those of you not familiar with CFUnited, it's a conference that's grown from its grassroots beginnings to become the premier annual ColdFusion event. As always, it will be held in the Washin... (more)

I'm shocked...shocked, I say, at just how much the ColdFusion landscape is changing. I'm specifically impressed with the impact that recent trends and events have had on the community. This editorial is a look at some recent events within the community and how they will impact th... (more)

It's no secret that I've been outspoken about not liking frameworks for quite some time now. The truth is, I believe that frameworks have a lot to offer. The most significant benefit that organizations stand to gain from using frameworks is a standardized way to code and an envir... (more)

Adobe provides the development community with the best tools available for rich internet development and dynamic web application development. Flash is the platform of choice for developing next generation web applications, the Flex 2 platform is Adobe's new rapid development envi... (more)

I've been fairly outspoken for quite some time now about the fact that I don't subscribe to any one framework. I've also spent many years refining what's proven to be the best methodology possible for developing ColdFusion applications. I recently promised my boss that I would le... (more)

I've been a certified ColdFusion instructor for six years and speak regularly at user groups and conferences. One thing I've learned without a shadow of a doubt is that talk is cheap. Anyone can talk a good talk, but the proof is always in the pudding. Okay, enough clichés.  My ... (more)

As someone who stands in front of audiences and evangelizes ColdFusion, often times I not only find myself preaching to the choir, but I sometimes find myself defending the product to misinformed or disheartened individuals. In the role of developer I, and many of our readers, fi... (more)

2005 has been one of the most significant years in history for ColdFusion developers and Web developers in general. 2006 looks to be a very promising year as well, between the impending release of Flex 2, the beginning of seeing what Adobe does with the product, and the continue... (more)

Web and application hosting automation software developer NGASI has updated its AppServer Manager with tightly integrated Application Server management tools, the company says.The update includes Virtual Private Server (VPS) Support and Apache Geronimo 1.0 integration. "VPS allow... (more)

Adobe has been very successful in selling into the enterprise. This can only help ColdFusion going forward," says Dave Mendels, in this exclusive interview with ColdFusion Developer's Journal. Here Dave discusses "Scorpio," how the ColdFusion product development team is already h... (more)

Using Includes in CFCs Several people, Sean Corfield and Joe Rinehart most notably, have been blogging and emailing lists talking about the pros and cons of using cfincludes in CFCs. Sean is opposed to it, as am I, but Joe's got some mixed feelings. In a rush I simply commented o... (more)

It's official - the Adobe acquisition of Macromedia has been finalized and our beloved ColdFusion has a new home. Is this a bad thing? No, not at all. There was a lot of talk within the community about how this may adversely effect the server, but talk is cheap and, in this case, ... (more)

Simon Horwith's ColdFusion Blog I've received many emails from people asking about my thoughts on the future of ColdFusion under Adobe control. I have also noted many people expressing question and concern on various list servers. Well, Ladies and Gentlemen, let me tell you that ... (more)

Simon Horwith (pictured), editor-in-chief of ColdFusion Developer's Journal, writes: As a developer I tend to focus my attention on learning the tools that best meet my immediate project needs. As a Macromedia Certified Instructor I am in the position of having to learn all of th... (more)

Simon Horwith (pictured), ColdFusion Developer's Journal editor-in-chief, will be at MAX 2005 in Anaheim, CA, this week and invites CFDJ readers to be sure to stop by and say hello. It was exactly one year ago that ColdFusion Developer's Journal began focusing heavily on a differ... (more)

Macromedia has been offering ColdFusion Developer Certification since version 4.5 was released. Though it's arguable that there is no such thing as an exam that accurately measures a person's ability to develop applications, some employers do value such things and there's no deny... (more)

Several years ago I reviewed DRIA - "Developing Rich Internet Applications." At the time it was the first official Macromedia Curriculum course to teach Rich Internet Application development. I thought I'd do a follow-up on that, as things have changed in the past couple of years... (more)

This month was a busy one for the ColdFusion development community, so it's not surprising that we have two community-related columns this month. Kelly Brown reviewed the CFUnited conference (if you weren't there, you really missed out on a great conference) and in my regular comm... (more)

July was an exceptionally active month in the ColdFusion Community. First, the month began with the conclusion of the CFUnited Conference. Formerly known as "CFUN," CFUnited was a ColdFusion Conference the likes of which I haven't seen since the old DevCon days. The conference b... (more)

ON THE PAST... "Back in 1997 I created a simple application in CF that presented a UI via the very first Web phone (the AT&T PocketNet Phone), and allowed me to turn on and off the lights and coffee maker in my house" ON THE PRESENT... "For the past few years I've spent a great de... (more)