ColdFusion logoLooking to get your feet wet with ColdFusion or are you a seasoned veteran? Here is a list of 101 resources to find scripts, hosting, news, tips, tutorials, and most importantly, answers.


ColdFusion Essentials

Adobe ColdFusion MX 7 - adobe.com (recommended)
Adobe ColdFusion 8 (beta) - labs.adobe.com
CFQuickDocs - cfquickdocs.com
ColdFusion Developer’s Journal - sys-con.com
ColdFusion Resource Portal - coldfusionportal.org
CFEclipse: The ColdFusion IDE for Eclipse - cfeclipse.org

ColdFusion Communities / Forums

EasyCFM - Forum - easycfm.com (recommended)
Galleon Forums - coldfusionjedi.com/forums
Fusion Authority - fusionauthority.com
House of Fusion - houseoffusion.com

ColdFusion Expert Blogs

Charlie Arehart - carehart.org
Ben Forta - forta.com
Christian Cantrell - markme.com/cantrell
Christophe Coenraets - markme.com/cc
Hal Helms - halhelms.com
Joe Danzinger - ajaxcf.com
Joe Rinehart - firemoss.com/blog
Fullasagoog - fullasagoog.com
John Dowdell - markme.com/jd
Matt Woodward - mattwoodward.com
Michael Smith (Teratech Inc.) - teratech.com
Pete Freitag - petefreitag.com
Peter J. Farrell - blog.maestropublishing.com
Ray Camden - coldfusionjedi.com (recommended)
Rob Gonda - robgonda.com
Steven Erat - talkingtree.com
Sean Corfield - corfield.org
Tim Buntel - buntel.com

ColdFusion Tips

CFMCentral - cfmcentral.com
ColdFusion Tips Plus - cftipsplus.com
Forta.com - Tips - forta.com (recommended)

ColdFusion Scripts and Tutorials

Flash ColdFusion - flashcfm.com
Teratech Inc. ColdCuts - teratech.com
Adobe - ColdFusion Developer Center - adobe.com
BlogCFC - blogcfc.riaforge.org
CFLib.org - Common Function Library Project - cflib.org
ColdFusion on RIAForge - riaforge.org
ColdFusion Cookbook - coldfusioncookbook.com
ColdFusion Developer Center - developer.yahoo.com
CFTagStore.com - cftagstore.com
ColdFusion Tutorials - tutorialized.com
ColdFusion Tutorials, Scripts, and How To - lot-o-nothin.com
Adobe - Tutorial and Article Index - adobe.com
Search Engine Friendly URL’s - ogletreeseo.com
SitePoint - Tutorials - sitepoint.com
EasyCFM - Tutorials - easycfm.com (recommended)
Developer.be - Coldfusion Tutorials - developer.be

ColdFusion Frameworks

ajaxCFC - ajaxcfc.riaforge.org
CFAjax - indiankey.com
ColdBox - coldboxframework.com
ColdSpring - coldspringframework.org
Fusebox - fusebox.org
Mach II - mach-ii.com
Model-Glue - model-glue.com (recommended)

ColdFusion Events

Adobe MAX - adobemax2007.com (recommended)
Adobe User Groups - adobe.com
CF Objective - cfobjective.com
ColdFusion User Conference - cfconf.org
CFUnited - cfunited.com

ColdFusion Podcasts

CFUnited Podcast - cfunited.com
ColdFusion Weekly - coldfusionweekly.com (recommended)
Helms and Peters Out Loud - helmsandpeters.com
The ColdFusion Podcast - coldfusionpodcast.com

ColdFusion Hosting

Alentus - alentus.com
CFDynamics - cfdynamics.com
CFMX Hosting - cfmxhosting.co.uk
CFXHosting - cfxhosting.com
CrystalTech - crystaltech.com
DailyRazor Hosting - dailyrazor.com
DrewBytes - drewbytes.com.au
Heteml - heteml.jp
HostMySite - hostmysite.com (recommended)
SoZo Hosting - sozohosting.com

ColdFusion Jobs

EasyCFM - Jobs - easycfm.com
CFMCentral - The ColdFusion Resource Site - cfmcentral.com
ColdFusion Jobs (CF-Jobs) Mailing List - houseoffusion.com (recommended)
JustColdFusionJobs - justcoldfusionjobs.com

ColdFusion Shopping Carts

CF Shopkart - cfshopkart.com
CFWebstore - cfwebstore.com
Cartweaver - cartweaver.com (recommended)
cf_ezcart ColdFusion Shopping Cart - cf-ezcart.com

ColdFusion Required Reading

Advanced Macromedia ColdFusion MX 7 Application Development
Macromedia ColdFusion MX 7 Certified Developer Study Guide
Macromedia ColdFusion MX 7 Web Application Construction Kit (recommended)
ColdFusion MX Bible

Also, check out Charlie Arehart’s massive list, “Tools and Resources to Consider for CF developers“, a massive collection of anything you may need for ColdFusion.

Am I missing a resource? Leave a comment and I will add it to the list.

7 Responses to “101 ColdFusion Resources To Add To Your Toolbelt of Awesomeness”

  1. Paul Hopkinson Says:

    You’ll need to add flinthosts.co.uk to the hosting section.

  2. Michael VanDeMar Says:

    You also left out the free CF scripts created by Donna Fontenot… they’re all over at FunScripts now:

    http://www.funscripts.net/old_coldfusion/

    Nice little collection of some very well written scripts for under the ColdFusion Scripts section.

  3. Raymond Camden Says:

    For my blog, please use this url: http://www.coldfusionjedi.com

  4. Jason Bartholme Says:

    It’s changed now, Ray. Thanks for stopping by.

  5. charlie arehart Says:

    Great list, Jason.

    For those interested in such CF-oriented resources, I’ll note that I keep one of my own which has grown quote large. Called “Tools and Resources to Consider for CFers“. it has over 100 categories (and over 700 tools and resources). Like Jason’s list, I have hosters, bloggers, tip sites, frameworks, and more.

    I even have a section is labeled “CFML Resource Sites“, which points to other meta lists like this and several others.

    Hope that may help your readers. Keep up the good work. (If you may be open to adding that larger list, and my blog, to your site, I’d appreciate it, but I’ll understand if you’re no longer updating the list.)

  6. Jason Bartholme Says:

    Hi Charlie,

    Thanks for letting me know about your list. My list did begin as a scattered collection of CF-related sites and brought them all together and rounded off to a nice number. Your is going to make for some good reading in the upcoming days.

    Also, I apologize for not originally including you in the “Expert Blogs” section, you truly qualify to be on that list. I added your blog as well as a link to your list at the end of my post.

    Hope to see you at MAX in SF this year!

  7. charlie arehart Says:

    Thanks, Jason. And no worries at all about not having listed the blog. There are so many good and even great ones out there that it’s hard to list them all. I just thought I’d mention it while pointing out the other list.

    In fact, I don’t myself try to list all or even specific blogs on my list, instead pointing people to the aggregators which each offer lists of the bloggers they aggregate. But I realize that some like to call out a few, and I certainly appreciate your regard in offering to do that.

    Of course, now it’s 103 resources. :-) But no harm, and I’m sure many get value out of your list (my larger one may be overwhelming to some!) In my opinion, there’s never too many places to list resources pointing to the work of others in our community. Again, thanks for what you’ve done here.

    Finally, yes, I’ll be at Max this year (speaking on Derby), so certainly would love to say hello to folks. Until then, keep up the good work.

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