I am now a Certified Advanced ColdFusion developer

I have finally taken the certification test after all these years of being a CF developer. The reason it took me so long was that I never saw the need for it. It seemed to me that I would only need it if I were looking for job. So why did I take it? Because I am pursuing the instructor certification from Macromedia, and this is one of the requirements.

The questions were not difficult, but some of them were a little tricky or required memorization (something I am really bad at). I got a 94%, qualifying for the "advanced" title.

Because I had never taken an exam of this type, I bought the Macromedia ColdFusion MX 7 Certified Developer Study Guide by Ben Forta, to see what topics would be covered and the format and type of questions I could get. The questions in the exam were easier than those in the guide, but I am glad I read it because besides being good practice, there were a couple of questions that I wouldn't have known without it.

As a side note, we would like to thank our readers for sending us gifts from our Amazon wish list:

• Lukas Ruebbelke, he was very generous, sending us 4 gifts!
• David Brannan
• Micheal White, again!