Most projects in CF now involve creating some type of consumable CFC Endpoint or API Service… do you Unit test your API, do you use Integration Tests on your API? How many ways do you test your API? Not all tests are created equal.

We build our CFCs and CF API to be consumed with CF Apps, Mobile Apps, Javascript apps and devices we haven’t even thought about yet. To be smart developers we need to be able to test our CFC endpoints, and the code that uses those endpoints.

We’ve all had those projects, the salvage project, the legacy project that we picked up, and wished we never had.

Was it written 5 years ago by that young dev with lots of passion but no big picture vision.

Was it written 6 months ago by another team, by a top gun developer who knows all the design patterns, and tried to future proof the app, only succeeding in making it impossible for anyone else to understand.

At this year's CF.Objective I presented on the topic of programming design patterns.  Here are the slides for the presentation.  This session covers what programming design patterns are, how they got their start, and reviews common design patterns and antipatterns.  There are simple code samples that go with most of the samples, including the antipatterns.

At this year's CF.Objective I had the privilege to present on CommandBox and how to create packages and publish them in our community website www.forgebox.io. It is imperative for the ColdFusion (CFML) community to start leveraging CommandBox and ForgeBox in order to create applications, libraries and share cool code!

CommandBox + ForgeBox : Code, Package, Share, Go!

CommandBox is the ColdFusion (CFML) CLI and package manager for modern applications. In this session, we will show you how to create, find and even publish packages to our centralized cloud repository, ForgeBox.

At this year's CF.Objective I had the privilege to present on testing and automation. Here are the slides for the presentation and you can find the test source code in github: https://github.com/coldbox-samples/cbvue.

Automate Thyself Synopsis

In this advanced session, we will investigate all the ways that you can automate your testing processes with TestBox and many CI and automation tools. From Jenkins integration, Travis CI, Node runners, Grunt watchers and much more. This session will show you the value of continuous integration and how to apply it with modern tools and technologies.

DC CommandBox Training Discounts!

If you will be attending this year's CF.Objective (Which you should!) on July, then you can attend our ColdFusion CommandBox training (July 18-19) and get a whooping 25%! You can use the discount code cfobjective and be on your way to learn how to evolve your legacy ColdFusion applications by using modern tooling like CommandBox!

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Into The Box 2017 Speaker Interviews!

Yes, we have more speakers! ITB has a great ratio of speakers to attendees, so you get to learn the best from the best, and you have lots of opportunities to talk to the speakers at meals, and in the hallway track. ITB 2017 has a lot of great speakers that contribute to this conference. A conference is a lot of work, and we’re thankful for all of those helping us to bring ITB to everyone. These are speakers you do not want to miss! Here's our fifth speaker summary!

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