Update: unfortunately things weren’t working out with the (dv) server so I have had to revert back to my (gs) account which means no ColdFusion. The (dv) basically requires you to do all system administration on your server which I don’t have the time for. I’m going to look into other options for ColdFusion. MediaTemple may add support for it on their (gs) accounts so I guess I’ll wait for that.
I have just finished converting my gotoAndLearn() site from PHP to ColdFusion. This started out as a learning experience since I will be doing some ColdFusion briefings on my upcoming trip to South America. During the course of the conversion I have actually really started to like the simplicity of the language and its impressive feature set. Since it is an Adobe product, it obviously also has the best and cleanest integration with other Adobe technologies like Flash, Flex, LiveCycle, PDF, etc.
Does this mean that I will no longer use PHP for things? No. But for creating database-driven websites, ColdFusion is by far the easiest language I have ever used. Many people have commented to me that they thought that ColdFusion was dead or that it is on its way out. This is definitely not the case. In fact, ColdFusion is one of the most profitable products in the Flash Platform and has a very loyal community.
For those who are wondering, I have a dedicated virtual server (dv) with MediaTemple and that allows me to have ColdFusion running right along side my LAMP stack. If you have an ooportunity to try ColdFusion I strongly encourage you to do so. There is also a new IDE called ColdFusion Builder which you can get on the Adobe Labs site.
Lee
I’m hopefully waiting for a coldfusion tutorial soon!
Hey Lee i was wondering if you could tell me how to install the new coldfusion 9 beta (or any coldfusion installation) on the media temple server because i also run a (dv) box but i was unable to install it due to my lack of linux knowledge. Or if you could point me towards a good tutorial that would be great
Shit happens brother – especially in this field
Keep up the great work!
Shit happens brother! Especially in this field. Keep up the great work!
Thanks for the update Lee. Was keeping an eye on it, and am very interested in Coldfusion for an upcoming project. You’d think however with all the good press your going to be giving Adobe, they’d kick in and set you up for free
Thanks for the valuable tut’s! – Keep em’ coming.
More tutorials pleas
ah, another CF user assimilated ;D
lee you said you have a tour in south africa. i am wandering if you will come to tunisia
There are quite a few of us cfm guys who i’m sure would be more than happy to getting you up and running, it really isn’t very difficult. I am finally moving all my sites off a hostmysite.com ded win box running cf8 to my xserver that I co-lo at hms which was a learning process since not many people running xserver with cfm on them. Although I chose to run Railo along with apache & tomcat cf should be a snap to get going.
I am wondering when you’ll come to Nigeria
ColdFusion is something I am really interested in and would love to see a tutorial! I am also into PHP, but CF has always been something that intrigues me.
Thanks for the info Lee!
N.
HI lee, i just wanna say thanks to you for all what you do for us.
Im from argentina, and i wonder if you are coming here.
cheers
.leo
Next on the list Python!
Hey Lee,
After reading this post on your blog I’ve started learning ColdFusion myself and find it a great way to work with data.
I hope that we can expect to see a tutorial on it in the near future.
Keep up the great work that you do,
Jimmy
yesh gief moar python / java \ o /
How timely, I was just looking into setting up a dv server on media temple. When you say “do all system administration” how much of a pain was it? What was the deal breaker? I was hoping their system would involve the least amount of admin. Can you give a sense of how much time you were spending and what was eating your time.
Hey can anyone tell me how CF licensing works? B/c it seems like you can create CF sites with DW CS3/4 but then why do you need licensing? Sounds like a stupid question but I’m wondering. Thanks
haha, cold fusion is a waste of time – anyone worth their salt knows this… even the ones who work for adobe.
the only reason not to use coldfusion is the expensive hosting costs.
cf is great and the best application server in the world.
anyone who spents some time with cf will realize the simplicity and power cf has to offer.but there are some disadvantages.
1.Hosting is very expensive
2.The price for the server is too much
anyway i would be more than happy to see some coldfusion tuts,Lee.
ADOBE MAKE MORE COLDFUSION!(for anyone at adobe who don’t know what this means…myth live long but legends never die don’t let cf die and bring cf to everyone)
btw.
I HATE PHP AND THE OTHER CRAPPY WANNABES.
Coldfusion has some small advantages only when used in flash only sites, otherwise is crappy and thousands of time slower than PHP!
Compared to PHP it uses tons of server resources.
Coldfusion licensing it’s also really expensive and finally think about the amount of time hundreds of developers are under PHP that is a open source project!
My point of view is that you are preferring coldfusion only because you don’t pay it, or I’m wrong?
You’re wrong.
How exactly does one install the Coldfusion component(s) on a Media Temple (dv)? Can anyone provide a quick step summary?
I disagree with server administration on a dv being more than a gs. I’ve hosted with MT for several years now. I feel like I’ve spent more time dealing with (administrating) the gs accounts than the dv. The dv accounts are more stable than the gs accounts in my experience. Media Temple does a lot more updating (messing around with, system changes, password updates) to the gs accounts. I’ve even had a few short downtime periods (although MT is quick to fix those situations) with the gs accounts, but nothing yet with the dv.