ColdFusion Resources
There's a lot of useful ColdFusion resources on the Internet - here's a few of them:
- Websites dedicated to ColdFusion:
- Websites containing ColdFusion information:
- Ben Forta's ColdFusion Resources
- Daemon Tips & Tricks - Daemonite knowledge store of ColdFusion goodness
- (recommend others)
- Websites containing useful downloads:
- Common Function Library Project cflib.org (free)
- ColdFusion Component Zone cfczone.org (free)
- Custom Tag Store cftagstore.com (commercial)
- FarCry CMS farcry.daemon.com.au (free: largets open source ColdFusion code base in the world)
- (recommend others)
- Other useful resources:
- Macromedia ColdFusion MX Application Development Center
- Design Patterns in ColdFusion MX - my article about simplifying Flash / CF applications
- Macromedia ColdFusion Developers' Exchange
- ColdFusion MX Coding Guidelines - Macromedia's internal guidelines
- Mach II - OO/MVC application framework
- Fusebox - procedural applicational framework
- An Architect's View - my blog
- Aussie Developer Lists - friendliest developer lists in the antipodes
- Blogging in ColdFusion - blogging software written in ColdFusion
- FullAsAGoog - bleeding edge news on all things MX
- (recommend others)
User Groups
One of the things that has impressed me about ColdFusion is the user community and the large number of third-party tags and applications available. ColdFusion also has some pretty active user groups - I attend BACFUG but you should be able to find one near you.