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May 30, 2019

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We are excited to bring our training Bootcamp series as a SET of post-conference workshops for this year Adobe ColdFusion Summit 2019 in Las Vegas, NV. Please note, that our training this year is AFTER the conference.

We have two great workshops to select from and they will be held in a much more exclusive and comfortable environment that will allow us to bring you a better learning experience at Executive Hospitality Suite from ARIA Tower Suites. Register as soon as possible as space is very limited!


ColdBox From Zero to Hero

In this workshop, you will be introduced to the latest version of the most popular CFML MVC framework; ColdBox 5. We will go over the basics of installation, templating and configuration to the most advanced features like HMVC development with modules, RESTFul APIs, interception points and much more.

Pre-Requisites

  • Beginner to Intermediate ColdBox knowledge
  • CommandBox CLI Installed
  • MySQL 5.7 or Docker Desktop
  • Make sure your computer has more than 6GB of RAM and at least an i5 processor

Instructors

  • Gavin Pickin (ContentBox Evangelist)
  • Eric Peterson (QB, Quick Creator, and Module Extraordinaire)

ColdBox From Hero to SuperHero: API Edition

This workshop is the continuation of the zero to hero workshop. In this session, we will be building a headless CMS API based on ColdBox best practices, database migrations, database seeding, BDD, JWT token authentication, fluent queries via QB and object resources.

Pre-Requisites

  • Beginner to Intermediate ColdBox knowledge
  • CommandBox CLI Installed
  • Docker Desktop
  • Make sure your computer has more than 6GB of RAM and at least an i5 processor

Instructors

  • Luis Majano (Creator of ColdBox)
  • Brad Wood (ColdBox Evangelist)

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