Posts Tagged ‘openbd’

These are exciting times for ColdFusion. We have open source alternatives. Adobe just released their first shot at an official ColdFusion IDE, and they’ve even included Flash Builder in the package for free.

I’ve seen people comment that Adobe needs to promote and advertise ColdFusion more heavily. I think that this is a problem. While they are responsible for advertising and promotion to a degree, we must acknowledge that they’ve invested a lot into creating great tools for us to use and take some of the responsibility into our own hands.

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I’ve always thought Twitter a glorious waste of time. But I recently found out that much of the CFML community hangs out there.

So here’s my new Twitter handle: @cf_chrispeters.

I must admit that joining Twitter with the goal of connecting with other CFers makes it a much more rewarding experience. I’ve learned a few things already just from links that others have been posting. If you use ColdFusion, Railo, or OpenBD, then you should give it a shot.

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