If you haven't heard of BlueDragon, you're either new to the ColdFusion/CFML
community or you've been under a rock somewhere. Back in September 2002, New
Atlanta forever changed the CF landscape when it introduced BlueDragon 3.0.
As a quick overview, BlueDragon is a family of server products that allows
you to deploy CFML applications as an alternative to using Macromedia's
ColdFusion MX. For more background, I refer you to the original product
review I did for ColdFusion Developer's Journal,
www.sys-con.com/coldfusion/articleprint.cfm?id=546. For this article, I am
going to focus on what's new (and improved) with BlueDragon 6.1, which was
released in June of this year.
To paraphrase Steve Ballmer's now famous rant, BlueDragon 6.1 is all about
"Compatibility, compatibil... (more)
After somewhat of a hiatus, we're back to continue and conclude our
CFEverywhere journey. I should note that Dick Applebaum, my copilot for parts
1 and 2, was unable to join me for this last installment. It won't be the
same without his contribution but we'll have to make do. Moreover, as Dick
provided the knowledge for the Mac side of things, I'll have to apologize in
advance for the la... (more)
Think about the last time you bought a car. Did you walk around the vehicle,
look under the hood and sit in the driver's seat to get a feel for it? You
probably took it for a test-drive before making the final decision. If you're
a developer producing the next "killer app," it's only reasonable for your
customers to want to test-drive your application as well. Have you ever
wanted to dem... (more)
When we last left our two intrepid heroes they had just shown us how to
create and run our first CFEverywhere application (including installing and
configuring its requisite CFML server, application server, and Web server).
Once installed, we were able to move our "package" (application and
accompanying servers) to any hard drive and run it without change (we will
exploit this capability ... (more)
Do you shave your entire body?" It's kind of an odd question (and might get
you a funny look or a slap in the face depending on who you ask!), but if you
were to ask a world-class swimmer, the answer would almost certainly be
"yes." If you're serious about competition, you need to be willing to take
the necessary steps to give you an edge. In these days of stiff job
competition, getting ... (more)