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Scaling Databases Without the Growing Pains: How to assure Your Business Expansion?

Cristobal Escobar |  November 27, 2024

In today’s fast-paced digital environment, a database that scales seamlessly is crucial for growing businesses. Whether you're experiencing seasonal traffic spikes, entering new markets, or launching new products, your database must keep up with increasing demands without compromising performance or user experience. However, scaling databases presents significant hurdles, from hardware limitations to performance bottlenecks.

This post explores the common challenges businesses face when...

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Did you miss the News? Introducing the SocketBox STOMP Broker (Demo)

Maria Jose Herrera |  November 25, 2024

We’ve been working on a fun new library to make WebSockets easier for CFML (and BoxLang) developers. WebSockets are incredibly powerful for real-time applications, but CF developers have historically lagged behind other languages in adopting this technology. With SocketBox, we’re addressing this gap by providing a solution that is easy to implement, much like Socket.io for Node.js apps.

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BoxLang 1.0.0 Beta 23 Launched

Luis Majano |  November 23, 2024

The latest release of BoxLang, Beta 23, marks a significant step forward in our journey to create the ultimate dynamic language for the JVM. Packed with powerful new features, important bug fixes, and thoughtful optimizations, this update is designed to make your development experience smoother, faster, and more reliable, especially after now starting to take 100s of comments and bug reports from our community.

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TestBox Latest Updates and News!

Maria Jose Herrera |  November 21, 2024

We’re thrilled to have launched the new TestBox website and TestBox 6.0! If you haven’t had a chance to explore yet, visit TestBox to discover updated documentation, powerful resources, and features that make testing more efficient than ever.

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Is Your ColdFusion Application Ready for the Future?

Cristobal Escobar |  November 21, 2024

In a rapidly evolving digital world, maintaining performance, security, and scalability for ColdFusion applications is more challenging than ever. Whether you're using Lucee or Adobe ColdFusion, legacy systems can become a bottleneck for growth, innovation, and user satisfaction. The need to future-proof your ColdFusion applications has never been more critical.

But where do you start?


The Hidden Costs of an Outdated ColdFusion Application

As you...

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The Hidden Costs of In-House Database Management

Cristobal Escobar |  November 20, 2024

The Hidden Costs of In-House Database Management


Opting for in-house database management involves more than just a salary. Here are some often-overlooked costs associated with maintaining your own DBA team.



1. High Salaries and Benefits


Hiring skilled DBAs is expensive. According to industry reports, the average salary of a DBA in the U.S. can range from $85,000 to over $130,000 per year, depending on experience and expertise. When you add ...

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5 Signs It’s Time to Modernize Your ColdFusion / CFML Application

Cristobal Escobar |  November 19, 2024

ColdFusion has long been a reliable platform for building web applications, but like any technology, it requires maintenance and modernization over time. Whether you're using Lucee or Adobe ColdFusion, it’s critical to recognize the signs that your application is no longer meeting today’s standards in performance, security, and scalability. Let’s explore five clear indicators that it’s time to modernize your ColdFusion application and how ColdFusion consulting can help breathe new life into y...

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ColdBox Free Tip 5 - Building Named Routes with a Struct

Maria Jose Herrera |  November 19, 2024

**Did you know ColdBox provides flexible ways to build routes using structs?** In this tip, we’ll cover how to use the `event.buildLink()` and `event.route()` methods for named routes, a feature that’s especially handy when working with dynamic URLs.

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BoxLang 1.0.0 Beta 22 Launched

Jon Clausen |  November 15, 2024

The BoxLang 1.0.0-Beta22 release includes several improvements, bug fixes, new features, and stories. Key improvements include enhanced redirection for the Miniserver, better transactional event broadcasting, and added convenience methods like getRequestContext() and getApplicationContext(). Bug fixes address issues such as JSON deserialization, whitespace management, and various errors related to data types and loops. New features include support for multiple statements inside queries and a new datasourceRegister() BIF for easier SaaS integrations.

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Is Cloud the Answer for Your ColdFusion Dilemma?

Cristobal Escobar |  November 13, 2024

Feeling the limits of an on-premise ColdFusion setup?

Many businesses face high costs, limited scalability, and performance bottlenecks, leaving them wondering if the cloud could be the answer.

In our FREE whitepaper, "Is Cloud the Answer for Your ColdFusion Dilemma?", we explore:

  • Benefits of Migrating to the Cloud: From cost savings to increased flexibility, find out what a cloud-based ColdFusion setup can do.
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