Behavior Driven Development Workshop at ITB2017

This year we are excited to have a great lineup of training workshops 1 day before the conference. This year I am excited to be teaching a 1 day workshop on using TestBox for behavior driven development. This will be a hands-on day leveraging our CBOX-205 curriculum.

Course Overview

CBOX-205 is one of our core courses that focus on testing principles, TDD (Test Driven Development), BDD (Behavior Driven Development), mocking and automation. In this 1 day course you will be exposed to testing theory, types of tests, working with TestBox, application testing, automation, tools of the trade and finally learn about Mocking and Stub objects. You will have both theory and hands on workshops that will sharpen your skills and challenge you.

Objectives

This course will enhance your application toolbox and development skills.

  • Understand the theory and principles behind software testing
  • Understand all types of testing and know when to apply them
  • Review tools of the trade
  • Implement TDD, BDD and CI (Continuous Integration)
  • Everything you wanted to know about the TestBox Framework
  • Understand Mocking/Stubbing and its applications via MockBox
  • Apply testing to your ColdBox Applications (Optional)

Requirements

Below is a listing of course requirements:

  • Laptop or Personal Computer
  • CFML IDE
  • CommandBox Installed
  • Intermediate CFC & ColdFusion Knowledge
  • Intermediate OO experience is desirable

CMD - Sponsors ITB2017

 

We are very excited to announce that CMD, is part of the Into The Box Family this year. They have graciously sponsored us and supplied us with great docker inspiration. Thank you CMD!

 

CMD is a web and mobile application consultancy. We are here to help you do three things:

  • Develop awesome applications.
  • Deploy resilient and secure services.
  • Deliver results to your clients and customers.

DEVELOP
Rest assured, if you can dream it, we can build it. Our world-class development team has experience in creating large, complex applications, whether they be content management, e-commerce, blogging software, and anything and everything in between.

DEPLOY
When your application is ready to go live, we can give it a good home. Whether you are considering cloud-based hosting, standalone servers, or VPSs, we are here to provide you with expert advice and guidance.

DELIVER
Your application doesn’t have to do all the work. We are also here to make sure that the content and functionality are designed to deliver. From CDNs, to ensuring your site is seen by the right people, to crafting just the right marketing copy, we have the skills and resources to make sure your services get the attention they deserve. We have over 20 years of experience with web technologies, and we are experts in ColdFusion, Lucee and NodeJS. We are here to help, so when you’re ready visit us at: https://charliemikedelta.com.

NGINX - Sponsors ITB2017

 

We are very excited to announce that NGINX will be sponsoring Into the Box 2017 and even giving a presentation on NGINX and all its incredible capabilities on Day 2 of the conference. We are long term partners with NGINX and are incredibly excited to have them on board. See you soon in Texas!

 

NGINX is the heart of the modern web – helping the world’s innovative companies deliver their sites and applications with performance, reliability, security, and scale. The company offers an industry award-winning, comprehensive application delivery solution in use on more than millions of sites worldwide. Organizations around the world use NGINX to ensure flawless digital experiences through features such as advanced load balancing, web and mobile acceleration, security controls, application monitoring, and management. More than half of the Internet’s busiest websites rely on NGINX, including Airbnb, Box, Instagram, Netflix, Pinterest, SoundCloud, and Zappos. Learn more at https://www.nginx.com/

Free Hands On ContentBox Workshop at ITB 2017 in Houston

Come attend the free day-long ContentBox workshop, being held the day before IntotheBox, as we will walk through converting an existing CFML-based website (one which you may recognize) into ContentBox, including the steps from scratch, the benefits, and available features and options to really empower and improve most any site.

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Meet Pete Freitag - Speaker Interview for ITB 2017

Pete Freitag is an asset to the cfml community. Pete is probably most well-known for HackMyCF, but has built a lot of great products, as you can see on his website. CFDocs is another great project that Pete is leading the way with, currently the project has 71 contributors, creating the ultimate documentation for cfml, crossing the engine boundaries.

We are very happy to have Pete back again as a speaker at this years Into the Box 2017… speaking about "Securing CFML Codebases"

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