We are very excited to announce that Adobe Systems will be sponsoring Into The Box this May as Platinum Sponsors!  Not only will they be sponsoring but also doing a session with one of their awesome engineers in their very own Adobe Room! 

Seats are filling out fast and occupancy is limited, so get your ticket now to be part of this conference and be prepared to be challenged and learn about great web technologies in over 14 different sessions!

Thinking about attending Into the Box 2014? If so, check out these 5 reasons to join us in Bloomington, MN on May 13, 2014.

1.) You'll Learn from the Experts

Our 14 sessions feature renowned speakers from around the world. They know their stuff, and they'll be sharing their experience, answering questions, and helping to make you a better developer.

2.) You'll Learn about a Full Constellation of Web Technologies

As a developer, your toolbelt is never limited to 1 or 2 technologies; rather, you use many tools everyday in order to make development faster, scale your applications, monitor performance, etc. That's why Into the Box is focused on more than just CFML. Our speakers will introduce you to other amazing technologies such as Couchbase NoSQL, Server Infrastructure, FusionReactor, Jenkins/Ant Automation, Behavior-Driven-Development and more that can help you make your applications the best they can be...from the smallest application to the largest enterprise system.

3.) Networking

An important part of growing as a professional is to meet with and learn from others who do the same things that you do everyday. Here's you chance to network with like-minded developers and tech professionals and share your own expertise with the community.

Also, we have a great line up of sponsors, including Adobe, Integral and others. Don't miss your opportunity to hang out with them, ask questions, and learn how they can help.

4.) It's One Day Before cf.Objective()

If you're already attending cf.Objective(), you should come a day early and hang out with us at Into the Box. Our 1 day conference will get you inspired for all that you'll learn at cf.Objective(). And what you learn at Into the Box might even help you make those tough last-minute decisions about which sessions to attend!

5.) You Get Stuff!

For only $199, you get ALL of the following:

• 14 sessions and a fun night event
• 1 copy of Ortus Databoss Standalone ($99 value)
• Access to CBDW2012 course ($99 value)
• Access to CBDW2013 course ($149 value)
• 1 year Hack My CF subscription ( ($120 value)
• 50 free business cards from moo

So what are you waiting for? Purchase your ticket now!

We look forward to seeing you there! 

Can you believe it's already March? 2014 is rolling along, and is nearly 1/4 gone. The incessant "march" of days (see what I did there?) means that Into the Box (our first annual 1-day, 2-track conference about all things *Box) is rapidly approaching as well. If you haven't already, be sure to get your ticket today! We look forward to seeing you there!

And of course, we're super-excited about the great line-up of speakers that we have for ITB 2014, which includes this week's featured speaker: Markus Schneebeli!

Q & A with Markus

Q: What made you want to speak at Into The Box 2014? 
A: Because the *Box products made development fun again and we are much more productive. Also support and documentation are excellent, thanks to Luis and the community.

Q: What does web development mean to you?
A: It's my business life and it's where my creativity is at its peak. I just love to work in development!

Q: Anything you want to experience during the conference? 
A: Learn new stuff...you are never done with it! And meet friends of course!

Q: What advice would you give to your younger self, knowing what you know now?
A: Get the best frameworks, make yourself familiar with design patterns and never develop anything outside Coldbox ;-)

Q: This year's lineup of speakers has lots of quality, what other session(s) are you looking forward to attending?
A: ColdBox + ORM: Pink Unicorns Do Exist!, because I want to get the maximum out of ORM, as well as NoSQL Development with CFCouchbase

Markus' Sessions

Enterprise Box Architecture Clean architecture and application design is key when developing large applications.  But thinking of maintenance, extensibility, re-usability and fun while coding, you'd better always look for an excellent setup of your software architecture. This session will give you a step-by-step introduction of how you can improve your application design, getting the maximum out of Coldbox and its ORM capabilities, with Design Patterns and Service Oriented Architecture in mind.

10:00 AM - 10:55 AM

Room2

Be sure, of course, to check out our full list of sessions for Into the Box 2014!

Quick facts about the number 76:

• It's an Erdős–Woods number
• It's the atomic number of osmium
• It's a nice number for a trombone section
• It looks pretty good on a basketball jersey

Oh, and one more: it's the number of days remaining until Into the Box 2014, the first annual, 1 day conference focusing on everything *Box, CFML and other awesome web technologies. It's the day before cf.Objective(), so get your ticket today!

At ITB 2014, we have a slew of awesome speakers, including this week's featured speaker: Seth Engen. 

Q & A with Seth

Q: What made you want to speak at Into The Box 2014? 
A: It is always nice for me to have an opportunity to spread the word about any of the *Box products. I have always been impressed with the companies that support their development and the product that result from these efforts. The world needs to know and I will do my part to help in that cause!

Q: What does web development mean to you?
A: Since the first time I loaded a web page that I had created I knew I was doing something I loved. It is fulfilling for me to create something that will solve a business problem for a client and to see their gratitude as they use the product. It is such of an ever changing landscape which makes every day new and exciting.

Q: Anything you want to experience during the conference? 
A: It is always the highlight to see fellow developers that we have talked to via our interactions throughout the year. The talent of those developers is fun to experience as they present on their respective areas of expertise. The *Box products are numerous and always undergoing changes...I like to find those things I have been missing or have yet to implement.

Q: What advice would you give to your younger self, knowing what you know now?
A: Learn, learn, and keep learning. Oh and by the way, that Netflix like product you had created with the web development class you were teaching...go with that idea...it just might work.

Q: Anything you want to experience during the conference?
A: I am interested in Pete Freitag and Brad Wood’s “Securing Your Box Applications” session because this is ever changing and no doubt something that can always be done better. The “Meet The Family: WireBox, CacheBox, LogBox, & TestBox” should be informative and definitely entertaining as a result of the crew presenting. Lastly, because of its recent addition to the Box family I am excited to see [the] “An Introduction to Behavior-Driven Development (with TestBox)” session.

Seth's Sessions

Customizing ContentBox With Themes and Modules Learn to customize ContentBox as we explore custom layout creation, admin theming, and module creation/installation. We will take a detailed look at integrating your site theme into the admin CKEditor for better WYSIWYG page editing as well as deep integration of your modules into the ContentBox admin tools.

11:05 AM - 12:00 PM

Room2

Be sure, of course, to check out our full list of sessions for Into the Box 2014!

The 2014 Winter Olympics are in full swing, and so are we, gearing up for the first annual Into the Box, our one-day, two-track conference focusing on everything *Box, CFML, and other web technologies. It's one day before cf.Objective(), so if you haven't had a chance to do so yet, get your ticket now! 

And of course, we're super-excited about the great line-up of speakers that we have for ITB 2014, which includes this week's featured speaker: Pete Freitag.

Q & A with Pete

Q: What made you want to speak at Into The Box 2014? 
A: I have a lot of respect for Luis, Brad, the entire ColdBox team and what they have built. I'm looking forward to the opportunity to speak to and meet some ColdBox developers!

Q: What does web development mean to you?
A: I love programming and web development because I love to build stuff and see the finished product. It probably all started with Lego's when I was a kid.

Q: What advice would you give to your younger self, knowing what you know now?
A: Don't bother learning Enterprise Java Beans 1.0, you'll never use it. Being able to differentiate fads from valuable assets in your developer toolbelt is something that takes time to figure out. I probably should have spent less time worrying about interesting technologies and spent more time focusing on core concepts that span technologies, such as Object Oriented Design. I still use that today, and will for years to come.

Q: Anything you want to experience during the conference?
A: Really looking forward to learning more about ColdBox and its Box friends from the experts.

Q: This year’s lineup of speakers has lots of quality, what other session(s) are you looking forward to attending?
A: I am just starting to use TestBox so I am looking forward to learning more about that. it It will be hard to pick which session to go to at several of the slots, I'm interested in just about every single topic.

Pete's Sessions

Securing your Box Applications Locking down your ColdBox and ContentBox sites is as important today as ever. In this session we'll talk about the kinds of threats that you need to be concerned about, and tools that help you secure your applications with minimal effort.

3:15 PM - 4:10 PM

Room1

Be sure, of course, to check out our full list of sessions for Into the Box 2014!

Wrapping Up

Into the Box 2014 is going to be a great time of learning and networking--we hope you can join us!

 

 

 

We are very excited to announce that Vivio Technologies will be sponsoring Into The Box this May!  We have also been great partners with Vivio Technologies for ContentBox hosting and the Open CFML Foundation.

 

Vivio Technologies provides professional managed hosting solutions for businesses and individuals of every shape and size. We offer shared, VPS, dedicated, and cluster hosting solutions and back them up with managed support of every kind. If you have a project or service and do not have the time or the budget to professionally manage your server infrastructure, then we are the perfect solution.

With deep knowledge of both Adobe ColdFusion and Railo CFML processing engines, Vivio can provide the ideal and fully customized managed hosting solution designed specifically for your application. Talk with one of our sales engineers or visit us online to learn how we an work closely with you to design your perfect managed hosting environment today!

 

We are very excited to announce that Hostek will be sponsoring Into The Box this May!  We are already partners when it comes down to great ColdFusion and ContentBox hosting., so we are extremely happy to have them on board for Into the Box!

 

Hostek.com offers a full range of enterprise grade private cloud hosting services. From shared to VPS we have the perfect solution for your ContentBox/ColdBox applications. Utilizing enterprise grade storage and virtualization, Hostek.com offers the highest level of availability, the latest hardware and always the latest versions of Railo and ColdFusion.

Additionally, with our VPS, which includes our awesome control panel, every domain you add to your VPS will automatically have ContentBox pre-configured and ready to go.

As we count down the days to Into the Box 2014, we want to give you the chance to get to know our speakers a bit more before the big day. Over the next several weeks, we'll be doing a feature on each of our speakers, exploring their thoughts about what drives them as developers, what they're looking forward to at ITB 2014, and much more. 

So without further ado, let's get to know our first speaker: Curt Gratz!

Curt Gratz

Q: What made you want to speak at Into the Box 2014?
A: I love all the *Box products. We use them every day and I like being able to give that experience and knowledge back to the community.

Q: What does web development mean to you?
A: It is not only my job, but also one of my passions. I enjoy the work and the learning and solving difficult problems. I like to satisfy my customers and produce great software.

Q: What advice would you give to your younger self, knowing what you know now?
A: Learn more and don’t be afraid to put yourself out there and try new things. Push the envelope more each day, and enjoy the ride. Love people no matter who they are, its worth it. Oh, and drink less soda.

Q: Anything you want to experience during the conference?
A: I love meeting new people and hearing their stories, so that is the main thing I want to experience.

Q: This year’s lineup of speakers has lots of quality, what other session(s) are you looking forward to attending?
A: Any that I can. I am excited to see what Markus has to say about Enterprise Architecture because I am passionate about building scalable software. I am also looking forward to Securing your Box Applications, as security is an area you can never know enough about.

Curt's Sessions

Relaxing With ColdBox RESTFul Services Do you want to build a solid, robust API that you can build your snazzy mobile app or fancy new web app on? ColdBox RELAX (REstful tools for LAzy eXperts) can be your new best friend. Built upon the solid ecosystem of the ColdBox framework and integrated *Box services, ColdBox RELAX can help you construct a solid, expandable, maintainable, and vigorous API for all your modern web application needs. Come learn how to build Relax APIs in this session and see how web applications can benefit from RELAX, the *Box ecosystem’s RESTful services.	4:20 PM - 5:15 PM	Room2
Meet The Family: WireBox, CacheBox, LogBox, & TestBox New to the world of "Box" and a little intimidated by where to start? Let us demystify each of our Box libraries with a brief introduction and demo in this fast-paced tag team session. We'll spend roughly 15 per library, showing you how easy it is to get started and enjoy new levels of productivity.	11:05 AM - 12:00 PM	Room1
Dependency Injection: Wiring Up for the Future In this session we will cover the basics of DI (Dependency Injection), why you need it in your object oriented toolbox, and the theory behind DI. We will then venture into how to apply DI principles into our applications using WireBox and look at the features and benefits of WireBox.	2:05 PM - 3:00 PM	Room2

Be sure, of course, to check out our full list of sessions for Into the Box 2014!

Wrapping up

Thanks for checking out our first speaker feature! Hope you'll check back often, and we especially hope to see you in May!

 

 

We are very excited to announce that Intergral, the makers of FusionReactor, will be sponsoring and presenting at Into The Box this May!  They are not only an incredible company, but they know their stuff when it comes to server monitoring and profiling.

 

Intergral is an established provider of application monitoring and analysis tools.  Our flagship product, FusionReactor offers realtime insight into your applications, combined with our unique server protection capability - EnGuard.   FusionReactor is the most effective tool to monitor, troubleshoot, diagnose and protect your servers and is also the monitor behind Ortus ProfileBox, a ColdBox module that provides profiling, metrics, CacheBox reports, custom object metrics, exception notifications, LogBox integration and much more for any ColdBox 3.5 application.

Site badges are available for you to show your Into The Box support.  You can check them out on out Site Badges page.  You can hotlink to the images right from our site, or download them in our press pack along with our Justify Your Trip document to help sell your boss.