In looking through my older posts, I realized that I wrote my first post, Guide for the Perplexed, six years ago yesterday. I don’t have as much time to write as much as did during the first couple of years of this blog; I generally write two posts per month now. Even so, I hope … Read more
Six years ago, I had reason to move several CFML applications from a Macromedia ColdFusion MX 6 server to what was the only major open-source alternative – Railo. Several years later, Railo was no longer being updated, and its website was shut down. The last post on the Railo site in mid-2015 mentioned a new … Read more
I have long been a fan of sites that use gamification to teach technology-related skills such as programming languages and database concepts. I have used various free sites (such as Codecademy and Khan Academy) and premium sites like Code School. Each of these sites have strong and weak points, but all of them have been … Read more