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Adobe CFSummit 2024 Recap | Ortus Solutions

Maria Jose Herrera October 02, 2024

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Maria Jose Herrera

October 02, 2024

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A huge thank you to everyone who visited our booth! We had the pleasure of engaging in meaningful conversations about Modern CFML and ColdFusion development, sharing insights, and exploring exciting new ideas. Visitors also got a chance to participate in some fun activities and win fabulous prizes, including our customized t-shirts, which were a huge hit!



Booth Highlights

We were thrilled to connect with so many of you, and our booth raffle was a hit! After the conference, we drew winners and gave away some amazing prizes. Meeting all of you and hearing your feedback was the highlight of the event, and we're excited to continue discussing how we can support your development needs and take your projects to new heights.

Here are a few snapshots of our booth and the raffle winners!


CFSummit Raffle Winners 2024

We can’t wait to see you at Into the Box 2025, where even more prizes, updates, and exciting news await. Together, let's continue building high-quality apps and shaping the future of web development! Blind tickets and Call for Speakers are now open, register now and roll up to share your projects tips and tricks with our community of modern developers!

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Insightful Sessions

Our speakers delivered insightful sessions, covering various ColdFusion topics to benefit the community. For those who missed them or wish to revisit the presentations, you can find the speaker's presentations using the following links:

Session 1: A Summary of “Out of the Tar Pit"

Jacob Beers, Senior Developer at Ortus Solutions



Description: In 2006 a white paper by Ben Moseley and Peter Marks called "Out of the Tar Pit" gave developers new hope for tackling the growing complexity of enterprise level applications. In the paper the authors identify several ways in which application complexity gets out of hand, how to correct it, and how to keep things simple as your features grow. This talk will communicate a streamlined and concise explanation of the content of "Out of the Tar Pit" and provide concrete examples for developers to apply when untangling the complexity of existing applications.

Session 2: Modern Functional Fluent CFML REST

Luis Majano, CEO at Ortus Solutions



Description: In this session, we will review 6 versions of the same API to take it from just working to thoroughly modern, fluent, and functional. We will review the guiding principles of software architecture, but most of the time, we will review and compare code.

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If you enjoyed learning about our work at the summit, we’d love for you to explore BoxLang—our innovative new programming language built for modern web development. BoxLang is designed to be fast, scalable, and developer-friendly, making it a great choice for those looking to push the boundaries of web technologies.

Stay tuned for more updates and developments, and don’t forget to join us at Into the Box 2024 for even more exciting news, prizes, and the latest on BoxLang and our other projects!

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