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AJAX Integration with ColdFusion 8

June 28, 2007 · No Comments

My CFUNITED presentation and sample code can now be downloaded from the 'software' pod on my blog.

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ColdFusion 8 - Adobe Keynote

June 27, 2007 · 3 Comments

&"The GR8 CF8!" - I'll keep updating this as Tim Buntel and Ben Forta continue to talk... Top 8 reasons to buy ColdFusion 8:
  • Making apps is really easy, including Eclipse Plug-ins (including debugging) and Wizards, Server Monitor
  • Have confidence in production applications - Server Monitor & API, Multiple Instances, Stable & Backward Compatible
  • Your users will be happier - Flex and AJAX, Reporting, PDF Applications, On-demand presentations, Images
  • It's nice and secure - Multiple Admin accounts, Multiple configurable RDS accounts, Strong encryption
  • CFML Evolution - JavaScript operators, Argument collections, CFC interfaces, File handling functions, Array and Structure creation, CFC serialization
  • Plays well with others - .NET, Exchange Server, RSS & Atom, LiveCycle Data Services, Flash Media Serve (gateway etc)
  • It's fast! Really, really fast! - Overall server performance, CFCs, List functions, Logic functions, more...!
Tested 2.4m lines of customer application code. Identified bottlenecks and made hundreds of tweaks. Struct manipulation is twice as fast; List manipulation is three times faster; switch/case is three times faster; cfparam is FORTY times faster; date functions is five times faster; regex is 2.5-3 times faster; isDefined() is twice as fast (as in CFMX 7); CFC creation is THIRTY times faster. BlogCFC and the adobe.com store run 30-40% faster with no other changes.

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fusebox.org relaunched!

June 27, 2007 · 2 Comments

In this morning's keynote at CFUNITED, Michael unveiled the brand new Fusebox website. In addition to a completely new look'n'feel, the new site contains a lot more content and (we hope) is much better organized. Michael also mentioned that Fusebox 5.5 is currently in Alpha and has a lot of new features. I'm actively working on the documentation for those new features so that we can officially release a Beta build.

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CFUNITED 2007 - Arrived!

June 26, 2007 · 2 Comments

After a very uneventful direct flight, I'm here at CFUNITED, in the User Group Managers' meeting, listening to Adam Bell talk about how to run a user group for "free". I'm in room 401 if anyone needs to contact me, or you can use my SkypeIn number: (904) 302-SEAN (forwarded to my cell phone... which I actually remembered this time!).

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Frameworks BOF at CFUNITED

June 25, 2007 · 2 Comments

Joe Rinehart is hosting a birds of a feather session about frameworks on Wednesday night at CFUNITED. I'll be there, talking about the upcoming Fusebox 5.5 release. Joe will be showing off Model-Glue: Flex. Come and join framework authors - and frameworks enthusiasts - and share experiences and learn!

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CFUNITED - Limited Seating Sessions Filling Fast!

June 18, 2007 · 1 Comment

If you're going to CFUNITED and haven't already filled out your schedule online, you might want to hurry up and do so - several sessions have limited seating and they're filling up fast! See this CFUNITED blog entry for details - scheduling for limited seating sessions will close on Friday! Some sessions are already full (such as Scott Stroz's "Prototyping Applications with Flex 2").

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Duck Typing - CFUNITED 2006 Preso

June 12, 2007 · 5 Comments

My (somewhat controversial) Duck Typing presentation from CFUNITED 2006 is now available as part of the CFUNITED blog / podcast series. Enjoy!

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Going to CFUNITED

May 31, 2007 · 2 Comments

As always, conferences never seem real to me until I book my flight etc. Prices really aren't very good for transcontinental flights so my best option ended up being JetBlue. What a fun, friendly site! Lots of humorous instructional text while you're booking flights. I flew JetBlue last year to CFUNITED but figured it might be a one-off. This year, JetBlue were about $200 cheaper than any other alternative so I signed up with their TrueBlue members program and booked my flight, from Oakland to Washington Dulles. I detest that airport but even with the $50 round-trip SuperShuttle fare, it's so much cheaper than Reagan or Baltimore so I'll deal. Anyways, I arrive first thing Tuesday morning (midnight red eye outbound) and - if I'm elected as manager of BACFUG on June 20th - I'll be attending the CFUG Managers' conference as soon as I get to the Marriott. I leave the conference on Saturday evening and get home at midnight. Looking forward to seeing everyone at the conference!

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Fusebox Video Contest

May 26, 2007 · 1 Comment

Make a "Fusebox app in ten minutes" YouTube video and win a pass to CFUNITED! See the Fusebox website for more details!

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CFUNITED Session Schedule

May 25, 2007 · 2 Comments

You can pick all your sessions online using the CFUNITED Scheduler - very slick, lots of AJAX-y goodness! I just finalized my schedule and, somewhat to my surprise, my session choices are nearly all Flex! So I guess you could say CFUNITED is a great conference for learning about Flex :) Here's where I'll be:
  • Wednesday
    • 8:00am - Welcome - Michael Smith et al (KN)
    • 8:30am - Adobe Keynote - Ben Forta (KN)
    • 10:15am - Flex 101 - Ted Patrick (FL)
    • 11:30am - Leveraging ColdSpring to build robust Flex applications - Chris Scott (FL) - Yes, I know I saw this at cf.Objective() - it was a good session!
    • 2:00pm - Integrating Spry and ColdFusion - Andrew Powel (FL)
    • 3:15pm - OO Flex: An introduction to the Flex Framework - Andrew Trice (FL)
    • 4:30pm - Using the Adobe Flex toolkit for Salesforce.com - Steve Rittler (FL) - Because I missed it at cf.Objective()!
    • 6:00pm - Networking Event
    • 8:00pm - Solo Coding - Charlie Arehart, Chaz Chumley, Mark Drew (BOF)
    • 9:00pm - Apollo and Flex fears debunked - Andrew Powell (BOF)
  • Thursday
    • 8:30am - Testing CF Applications - John Paul Ashenfelter (ME)
    • 9:45am - Continuous Testing with Flex and ColdFusion Projects - Thomas Burleson (FL)
    • 11:30am - The Future of BlueDragon and CFML - Vince Bonfanti (KN) - Very interested to see progress on their "IronDragon" / DLR project!
    • 1:45pm - Prototyping Applications with Flex 2.0 (FL) - Should this be 2:00pm I wonder?
    • 3:15pm - AJAX Integration with ColdFusion 8 - me! (AC)
    • 4:30pm - Using MVC with Flex/ColdFusion projects - Thomas Burleson (FL)
    • 7:00pm - CF Celebration - Top Secret!
  • Friday
    • 8:30am - Ins and Outs of working with XML - Erik Goodlad (AC)
    • 9:45am - Flex and Ajax: perfect match - Rob Gonda (FL)
    • 11:00am - ColdFusion 8: Application Security - Adam Wayne Lehman (AC)
    • 1:30pm - Flex Charting Explained - Rob Rusher (FL)
    • 2:45pm - Pragmatic ColdFusion: Build, Test, Deploy - John Paul Ashenfelter - (DP)
    • 4:00pm - Q & A Panel Session
  • Saturday (my non-Flex day!)
    • 8:30am - Step Debugging in CF 6/7/8 with FusionDebug or the new Scorpio - Charlie Arehart (BC)
    • 9:45am - Working with RSS in ColdFusion - Pete Freitag (AC)
    • 11:00am - ColdFusion 8: Integrated Flex Data Services (AC) - It's a bit Flex-y :)
    • 1:30pm - AJAX Integration With ColdFusion 8 - me again! (AC)
    • 2:45pm - Are You "Cashing In" on Caching? - Tyson Vanek (DP)

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