5/21/08 6:30 PM
Adobe San Francisco - Kojak
Connect URL: http://experts.acrobat.com/bacfug
Former Adobe ColdFusion product team member, Ashwin Mathew, will talk about how to leverage the power of and other gems in the AJAX features introduced in ColdFusion 8.
601 Townsend St, San Francisco, California 94103
The Kojak conference room is in lobby but you still need security clearance (so you must RSVP!).
Curious about Object-Oriented Programming in ColdFusion but not sure how to start? Interested in taking your first steps with ColdFusion Components? What's all this talk about constructors and inheritance and "is-a" and "has-a"? Let Nolan walk you through the OO terminology and show you the basics of using CFCs to create the building blocks of your application.601 Townsend St, San Francisco, CA 94103
6:30pm for socializing / networking, main talk at 7pm.
Please RSVP on the BACFUG website so that security has a badge ready for you.
Remember that everyone entering the Adobe building has to sign an NDA. This is standard practice to protect Adobe's intellectual property.
Connect crashed a few times on Ray after about an hour in but he logs back in pretty quickly (Adobe really need to fix the Leopard compatibility problems with the Connect Add-In!).
It was a great talk - well attended - and I learned a lot about how powerful Spry really is (I hadn't looked at it before because I thought it was "too simple" - my mistake).
Big thanx also to Kit Kurktchi and Neetek for sponsoring Pizza!
Ray just posted the example files used during his preso.
Details on the BACFUG website.
It's too late to RSVP but if you turn up "unannounced" you can still get a security badge to get into the meeting room. Bring photo ID.
All non-employees entering the Adobe building are required to sign an NDA. This has apparently upset a couple of people in the past (who obviously didn't understand what an NDA actually is!). This is to ensure that if you accidentally see something "secret" while you are in the Adobe building, you agree not to go blabbing about it!
Please RSVP via the BACFUG website.
The conventional wisdom for working with CFCs is that you should provide returntypes and argument types for methods. This idea stems from working with strongly-typed languages such as Java and C#. What if, though, we accepted ColdFusion as a dynamically-typed language, such as Smalltalk or Ruby? This talk explores the problems "duck typing" solves and the new possibilities it opens.
Please RSVP on the BACFUG website.
Meeting at 6:30pm for socializing / networking with the presentation at 7pm. Adobe San Francisco, 601 Townsend.
For immediate release
On-Demand Services Attract In-Demand Architect
CASTRO VALLEY, Calif. -- Feb. 16, 2008 -- Sean Corfield today announced that he will be joining Broadchoice, Inc. headquartered in San Mateo, California as their Chief Systems Architect and Vice President of Engineering. In this new position, Corfield will oversee the evolution of Broadchoice's Digital Marketing Manager™ platform, expanding the capabilities and scaling the on-demand service to meet the ever-increasing customer base. Corfield said "Broadchoice has a really gifted team that has already created a winning service, used by companies such as Cisco. I'm excited to be part of that team and to have the opportunity to really take the platform to a new level." Broadchoice's Digital Marketing Manager™ is created and powered by Adobe technologies.
Richard Bennion, Broadchoice Founder & CTO, is a long-time advocate of ColdFusion and has been a pioneer in digital marketing for twenty years. "Bennion's energy and enthusiasm was key in attracting me to this role," said Corfield, "and he and I share an enthusiasm for great experiences created by great technology."
Also joining the Broadchoice team is Luke Kilpatrick, co-manager of the Bay Area ColdFusion User Group (BACFUG) and manager of Fire on the Bay, an Adobe Fireworks User Group serving the San Francisco Bay Area. Kilpatrick brings a wealth of experience in UI development and content management systems to the Broadchoice team. Corfield said "Kilpatrick's a friend of mine and I'm looking forward to having him on my team."
About Sean Corfield
Sean Corfield has been a freelance consultant since leaving the Hosted Services group at Adobe Systems, Inc. in April 2007 and was formerly the Senior Architect for the IT division of Macromedia, Inc. for almost six years. Prior to joining Macromedia, Corfield drove the architecture of a number of high-traffic, high-profile websites for a diverse group of companies after working on the ANSI J16 C++ Standards Committee for eight years and building compilers, interpreters and runtime systems. He is also manager of BACFUG and a frequent speaker at ColdFusion conferences around the world, as well as a contributor to a number of open source ColdFusion projects.
About Broadchoice, Inc.
Broadchoice is the leader in providing on-demand marketing solutions for the enterprise. The Digital Marketing Manager™ platform provides a fully integrated, enterprise application for web content management, enterprise marketing management and channel partner management.
For those who aren't sure, this is intended to be a somewhat tongue-in-cheek announcement but the news is real. I start the new job on Monday, February 18th, and I'm looking forward to hiring some of the best talent to help me grow a very exciting product! Stay tuned!
It'll be a big event - we have around 150 RSVPs so far across the three groups!
- 6:30pm for food / drink / networking
- 7:00pm for the main presentation from Ted Patrick, Adobe's Technical Evangelist for Flex
The raffle will include:
- iPod Nano
- Flex Builder 3 Professional ($699 value - when released)
- CS3 Web Premium Suite ($1,599 value!!)
Due to the popularity of this event, we will be in the "Town Hall" open space inside the security area so you must RSVP using the BACFUG web site - http://bacfug.org/ (scroll down - the RSVP link is below the meeting information)
Direct RSVP link.
About this presentation:
Flex 3 and AIR are getting close to launch and in preparation, Ted Patrick from the Adobe Flex/AIR product team is traveling to select cities to show off the great new features and help prepare us for this exciting launch.
Flex 3 is a feature-packed release, adding new UI components like the advanced datagrid and improved CSS capabilities; powerful tooling additions like refactoring; and extensive testing tools including memory and performance profiling, plus the addition of the automated testing framework to Flex Builder.
Adobe AIR is game-changing in so many ways, extending rich applications to the desktop, enabling access to the local file system, system tray, notifications and much more. Now you can write desktop applications using the same skills that you've been already using to create great web apps including both Flex and AJAX.
Don't miss out on the opportunity to see and hear about this highly anticipated release of Flex 3 and AIR during this special pre-release tour. Plus, in addition to giving away some one of a kind Flex/AIR branded schwag, we will also be raffling off a copy of Flex Builder 3 Professional (pending availability), a full commercial copy of CS3 Web Premium and an iPod Nano at this event!
About Ted Patrick:
Ted Patrick is a Technical Evangelist for Flex at Adobe Systems. He worked with Flash since FutureSplash Animator and watched its evolution from animation to application.
Ted helped Macromedia/Adobe with the development of ActionScript 3, AVM2, ASC compiler, and Flash Player 9 for some 18 months prior to Flex 2's release.
Prior to joining Adobe in May 2006, he provided consulting services at PowerSDK Software and Cynergy Systems.
Ted is a serial entrepreneur having successfully started-up 4 times and raised over 7 Million in VC funding for companies he founded.
3 companies have been successfully sold to other businesses and one was sold to a publicly traded company in 2001. Ted is actively involved in the Flex development community and works at Adobe to define the future of rich media.
We will be raffling off some incredible prizes:
- Flex Builder 3 Professional (shipped after launch)
- CS3 Web Premium
- Apple iPod Nano
Read the BACFUG website for more details and make sure you RSVP (on the BACFUG website) since the meeting will take place inside the security perimeter at Adobe's San Francisco building!
Chris Black of ODA - coincidentally a Hot Banana development shop! - won the iPod Touch and Jennifer Larkin won the Adobe giveaway of ColdFusion 8 Standard edition (or equivalent). Congratulations to both of them!
We will also be drawing for the "big Adobe prize" at this meeting, based on raffle ticket entries for the July, August, September, October and November meetings - you could win ColdFusion 8 Standard Edition!
The meeting will be broadcast and recorded (technology permitting). Broadcast URL: http://experts.acrobat.com/bacfug Recording URL will be published after the meeting.
Stay tuned for details of our special January meeting, on Monday 21st, combined with BAADAUG and Fire on the Bay!
Luke (FotB manager and BACFUG co-manager) and I are both very excited to have such an enthusiastic and generous speaker / sponsor visiting our groups from Barrie, Ontario!You're Invited to Two Great Adobe User Group Events!
Only 2 weeks away - RSVP NOW!Hello,
Join Lyris, Inc & Hot Banana Software at this month's Adobe User Group meetings in San Francisco with FREE food, great prizes, and more! Please note, security clearance is required to enter The Kojak Conference Room, so you must RSVP in advance!
Fire on the Bay - Adobe Fireworks Usergroup November Meetup - RSVP
When: Tuesday, November 20th, 2007 at 6:30pm
Where: Adobe, 601 Townsend Street, San Francisco, CA - The Kojak Conference Room (in the lobby)
What: Logo/Site Design Contest and Presentations by Lyris, Inc & Hot Banana SoftwareMore information about the Logo/Site Design Contest and to RSVP
- Free Pizza and Beverages (Sponsored by Lyris, Inc)
- Great Networking Opportunity
- Fantastic Giveaways including an iPod touch (8GB)
Bay Area ColdFusion User Group Meeting - RSVP
When: Wednesday, November 21st, 2007 at 6:30 PM
Where: Adobe, 601 Townsend Street, San Francisco, CA - The Kojak Conference Room (in the lobby)
What: Hot Banana will discuss their ColdFusion-powered Web Content Management System with a difference. You'll learn about the overall architecture and how to develop custom modules for the Hot Banana framework.More information and RSVP
- Free Food and Beverages
- Great Networking Opportunity
- Fantastic Giveaways including an iPod touch (8GB)
A link to the recorded version of the November 21st event will also be available from Hot Banana. Stay tuned!
Directions - Map of Location
If you have any questions about either event please contact Danielle Carty at 1-866-296-1803 ext. 2238. We look forward to seeing you there!
Sincerely,
Danielle Carty
Business Development Manager
Lyris, Inc.
Direct: +1(705) 719-3007
Toll Free: +1(866) 296-1803 ext. 2238
P.S. Mark your calendar and RSVP NOW so you don't miss out on two great chances to win the new iPod touch!
You may have seen Hot Banana at CFUNITED. Luke works with this product in his day job and speaks very highly of it. Our speaker will be Rob Johnson who was employee #1 at Hot Banana and is the Lead Architect for the product so you'll be able to ask him lots of technical questions about creating and customizing a commercial-grade content management system!
In addition to the iPod Touch at each meeting, we'll be drawing for the "grand prize" of ColdFusion 8 Standard at the BACFUG meeting. A lucky runner-up will get a copy of Ben's new CFWACK Volume 1!
- Tony Hillerson - Offline/Online Features of AIR
- Charlie Arehart - Hidden Gems in CF8
- Michael Smith - Using your Whole Brain for Developers
- Paul Kenney - Test-Driven Development with ColdFusion
- Sean Corfield - Design Patterns and ColdFusion
- John Paul Ashenfelter - Pragmatic ColdFusion: Build, Test, Deploy
- Matt Chotin - Introduction to Flex with ColdFusion
Axel Schultze will present a case study of Xeequa: a CRM system built with ColdFusion and will show how they pushed the envelope to create a rich application (using Flash Forms) as well as Vista Gadget integration.
Xeequa will be sponsoring refreshments as well.
Attendees will be eligible to enter a raffle that will be drawn at the November meeting for ColdFusion 8 Standard Edition (or similar value Adobe software of their choice).
Please RSVP via the BACFUG website!
You can subscribe by sending an email to:
bacfug-announce-subscribe@vfive.org
You cannot post to the list - it is announce-only for myself and our listmaster Brian Ghidinelli who graciously hosts the lists.
If you are already subscribed to the BACFUG discussion list (see the contact page on the BACFUG website, then you have been subscribed to the announcement list (and should have received an initial announcement already).
Come and learn all about the great new features in ColdFusion 8 from Adobe's own gurus via a specially prepared Connect presentation that has been recorded just for User Groups for August!
Adobe are providing sponsorship of food and drink and (hopefully) some special ColdFusion 8 promotional items.
A copy of ColdFusion 8 Standard Edition will be raffled! A $1,299 value! Must be present to win!
Foundeo are offering a copy of their brand new Image Effects Component for ColdFusion 8 and this will be the second prize in the raffle!
Due to the nature of the presentation and the raffle, this meeting will *not* be broadcast or recorded - you must attend in person!
Please RSVP via the BACFUG website by Tuesday afternoon to ensure your entry badge is ready at the security desk - the meeting will be in the regular location at the Adobe San Francisco building, in the Kojak conference room.
6:30pm for networking and the presentation will start at 7pm. The raffle will be drawn at the end of the presentation!
601 Townsend St
San Francisco
CA 94103
Gert Franz of Railo, Switzerland will present their alternative CFML engine, covering their unique features and roadmap as well as showing example applications running on the engine. They have a unique approach to administering and configuring CFML, allowing you to configure a number of runtime behaviors, especially around CFCs. They also have a unique concept in "resources" which allow you to use file operations transparently on local and remote file systems as well as in memory. Even if you're absolutely wedded to Adobe ColdFusion, it should give you some interesting ideas about new ways to write your CFML code!
Please RSVP via the BACFUG website so that Adobe security are prepared for your arrival! RSVP by 4pm Tuesday please!
There will be announcements and giveaways - and local sponsorship for refreshments would be very much appreciated!
As always, the meeting will be broadcast via Adobe Acrobat Connect Professional and recording for later viewing. I will blog the URL on the day of the meeting.
Gert Franz will be our speaker, from Railo in Switzerland. Railo is an alternative CFML engine that offers some very interesting unique features, while focusing on compatibility and performance. Gert will provide an overview of their product and cover their unique features as well as a product roadmap. Gert will also show some framework-based code running on Railo.
I've cautioned Gert that we want a technical presentation, not a sales pitch!
PLEASE RSVP at http://bacfug.org in order to speed up the security process!
First off, I'd like to thank Jennifer Larkin, the outgoing manager, for four and a half years of stalwart service! Last night she was the speaker, covering the recently released Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR). Nathan Dintenfass, the previous manager, also turned up to witness the passing of the torch.
Second, I'd like to appeal to all the Bay Area ColdFusion developers out there: I know there's a lot of CFers in the Bay Area - what can I do to make the user group more appealing to you so that more of you come to meetings?
We meet every month on the 3rd Wednesday at 7pm in the Adobe building in San Francisco (601 Townsend St). Would other times, dates or locations appeal to you more (knowing we can't please everyone all the time)? What about topics? What would you like to learn about? Would you like to speak? Perhaps you (or your company) would like to sponsor refreshments at meetings in return for having your promotional material available to attendees?
Feel free to leave comments or contact me privately with your thoughts!
Remember to RSVP on the BACFUG website so that Adobe security have your badges ready when you turn up.
7pm, 601 Townsend St, San Francisco (as usual).
You can view the recording and it's already posted on Charlie Arehart's UGTV site. We had a few technical problems: Connect crashed for me (which didn't seem to affect the recording) then Connect crashed for Paul two or three times, causing breaks in his presentation as he had to log back in and restart his microphone and screen-sharing. Thank you for your patience! The problem seems to be the Connect Add-In on Intel Macs - I think it runs under Rosetta and it's pretty flaky.
Ben started out by saying that Scorpio has three broad themes: developer productivity, integration and management / administration. He also said that because this was the beginning of the tour, lots of other new features would be previewed at later User Group meetings to keep things fresh. What he showed us was enough to have most people cheering and desperately wanting to buy Scorpio NOW!
So what did he cover?
Big thanx to Jennifer for all her hard work over the last few years!
It was a very impressive show - and as Ben pointed out, this is early in the tour and there are many, many more features to be unveiled across subsequent User Groups and also at cf.Objective() 2007.
Ben also referred to his blog post about per-application settings in Scorpio which he unveiled at the Seattle User Group last night.
I'll be blogging some more tomorrow about what he covered tonight. For now, I'm going to enjoy my Scorpio m&m's - Adobe red and ColdFusion blue with the Scorpio logo on them. Yummy!
Next wek Ben Forta will be here talking about what's new in Scorpio. When Ben goes on tour he announces something new at each meeting so if you read all of the blogs for the previous meetings you will still miss something! There will be food and beer! And stuff to give away! And Ben Forta! You know you wanna.As it says, you must RSVP - the meeting is inside the security perimeter of the building!RSVP now at http://www.bacfug.org
Tuesday, April 24, 7pm
601 Townsend St
San FranciscoTell your friends!
Ben will be showcasing several of the new features in Scorpio so this is a must-see event. Scorpio is going to be an incredible release of ColdFusion so make sure you attend Ben's tour and see for yourself!
For other Scorpio road show events, see the ColdFusion events listing on the Adobe website.
Please RSVP on the BACFUG site (and it really is the February meeting on Wed, Feb 21 despite the website claiming it's January! - Jennifer just fixed this).
Here's Jennifer's announcement:
Next week at BACFUG, Sean Corfield will be lecturing on Extending the language of Fusebox.We're used to the XML language of application frameworks being a static, fixed thing. If it doesn't let you do what you want, you're out of luck. Not so with Fusebox 5! This recent release lets you define your own verbs, which offers a much richer, more expressive way to build applications. This session will briefly walk you through the architecture of Fusebox and then dive into how to use third party custom lexicons as well as how to write your own language extensions. Enjoy the power of higher-level abstractions without the performance penalties they so often bring!
Wednesday, Feb 21, 7pm
601 Townsend St, SFRSVP at: http://www.bacfug.org
We must give Adobe security a list of attendees based on our RSVP list, so please sign up early if you plan to go.Also, Ben Forta will be in town in April 24 to give a Scorpio pre-release lecture! Same time and location as usual. RSVP details are still being worked out.
Adobe ColdFusion Specialist and former manager of the US Department of State ColdFusion User Group, Adam Lehman will be talking about using ColdFusion with the Flex Data Services.This will be a joint meeting of BACFUG and SilVaFug, so the meeting will follow 2 hours of free Flex training. Flex training starts at 5:30.
Also, we will be giving away software and having a Holiday Party! (I guess that means we'll have to spike the eggnog.)
Usual location:
601 Townsend St (Adobe SF), Kojak
San FranciscoRSVP for the meeting at http://www.bacfug.org
For more information on free Flex training, go to http://www.silvafug.org/
Scorpio is the upcoming version of ColdFusion. If you missed MAX, you probably missed the latest news. Catch up with that and other things you might have missed Wednesday. RSVP by 4pm Tuesday at the BACFUG website if you think you might go. We won't hold you to it.Should be a good one for folks who couldn't make it to MAX!Wednesday, 7pm
601 Townsend St
SF
http://www.bacfug.org
Tomorrow, BACFUG will be spookified! In celebration of Halloween we will be having spooky treats and telling scary stories of code gone bad! (I'll try to come up with an artificial campfire for scary story time.) At the end we will vote on the scariest code story and that person will receive a fully-licensed copy of Macromedia Studio 8, still in the shrinkwrapped box. Of doom.I have to turn in RSVPs soon, but if you are a regular I'm just going to put your name on the list since I'm announcing so late.
Wed, Oct 18, 7pm 601 Townsend St San Francisco
To RSVP, please fill out the form at the website: http://www.bacfug.org
In this talk, veteran CFML developer Charlie Arehart will introduce and demonstrate the ability all ColdFusion developers now have to step through their code interactively. FusionDebug is a commercial plug-in for Eclipse (www.fusiondebug.com) that gives you that ability. No, it's not free, but it's a small price to pay (< $300) if you want to do step debugging. He will show all the features, as well as some tricks and traps. Don't worry if you don't care for Eclipse. You can continue to use DWMX or CF Studio/HomeSite+. Just use FD for your debugging. He will show you how easy it is and the problems it can solve. And if you're thinking you don't need interactive debugging, Charlie will also explain over a dozen benefits this offers over traditional CFDUMP/CFOUTPUT debugging.I strongly urge local BACFUG folks to attend in person for the benefits of networking and group discussion.Charlie will be joining us via Breeze. The breeze url will be posted on Wednesday. RSVP if you plan to come in person. ( http://www.bacfug.org/ ) People who come in person can win stuff and are entered to win our semi-annual software giveaway (based on cumulative attendence). Oh, and, um BEER!
Wednesday, Sept 20, 7pm Adobe SF, 601 Townsend St
If you missed it, you can view the Breeze recording. Or, if you're attending CFUNITED next week, you can hear the presentation live, along with my talks about factories and the all-new duck typing talk!
I'll be presenting my "Managing ColdFusion Components with Factories" talk to BACFUG on May 17th (and then my "Objects and Persistence" talk on June 21st).
Adobe San Francisco, 601 Townsend, 7pm
Just a reminder that Ben Forta will be lecturing at BACFUG this Wednesday, Feb 15, 7pm. His presentation will be "Flex 2 for ColdFusion developers", introducing the new Flex Builder 2 and new ColdFusion Flex integration. Plus we will be giving away a copy of Ben's book Advanced Macromedia ColdFusion MX7 Application Development and a fully-licensed copy of CFMX 7 Standard. (You could probably hit him up for an autograph too.)Make sure you RSVP because building security need the list in order to badge everyone! It should be a great talk.RSVP HERE: http://www.acteva.com/go/bacfug
See you there!
The presentation was excellent - thank you Tyler! For those of you who didn't make it, you can watch the recording.
Don't forget that February's BACFUG will be Ben Forta on Flex 2 and ColdFusion (February 15th).
Note also next month's BACFUG (Wednesday, February 15) features Ben Forta talking about Flex 2 with ColdFusion.
There are about as many ways to debug the problems in your ColdFusion code as there are ways to write the CF code in the first place.This should be a really good talk - Tyler's going to cover a lot of the techniques the (former-Macromedia) Web Team engineers use to debug real-world problems. See you there?Join Tyler Fitch, Lead Web Engineer on the macromedia.com, now a part of Adobe Systems, On-line Store while he shows several methods to figure out what's going wrong in your code. From when "everything looks right" to when code being processed doesn't actually have any visual access - yes this means ColdFusion Components (CFCs), Remoting and Event Gateways.
Wednesday, January 18, 7pm
601 Townsend St (at the corner of 7th) (former Macromedia headquarters)
San Francisco, CAAlso, win free Macromedia merchandise, now collector's items!
At tonights meeting I'll be going over some new features and bug fixes in CF 7.0.1 (Merrimack). We will also be going over some details of upcoming product updates announced at MAX. Color commentary by Sean Corfield.See you there?7pm tonight
601 Townsend at the corner of 7th St
1st floor meeting room on the left (Kojak)
San FranciscoThis meeting will also be broadcast via Breeze: http://mmusergroup.breezecentral.com/bacfug1005/
What sort of topics would you like to see covered at future meetings?
Tonight, I will be lecturing on the new features in Dreamweaver 8 that help ColdFusion developers get their job done. I know that many of you have never liked Dreamweaver for ColdFusion development, but as usual, Macromedia is trying to change your mind. How? With new features like the coding toolbar and new tag completion options and all sorts of fancy whizbangs. But best of all, they fixed my biggest pet peeve with the previous versions of Dreamweaver!Plus, you can upgrade from any previous version of Dreamweaver or even CF Studio! Special introductory pricing is such a steal that I've already bought it.
Wendesday, Sept 21, 7pm
Macromedia Building (conference room on the left near the entrance)
601 Townsend St
San Francisco, CA
This lecture will also be available online via Breeze. URL: http://mmusergroup.breezecentral.com/bacfug09212005/
Update: the recording can be viewed at http://mmusergroup.breezecentral.com/p54417029/.
Paul Kenney will be introducing the Tartan Framework, a service layer framework for ColdFusion that helps you leverage your domain model in isolation from your application-level logic. Tartan's service management allows you to manage data consistently across multiple MVC frameworks, such as Fusebox, Mach II, and Model Glue, as well as Flash/Flex via Flash Remoting and SOAP web services. This lecture is a preview of Paul's upcoming lecture for the FuseBox conference.Note that this is a preview of the talk Paul will be giving at the Fusebox & Frameworks Conference.Wednesday. Aug 17, 7pm This meeting is in our new location: 601 Townsend (the new Macromedia building) corner of Townsend and 7th St., across Townsend from the old location
Unfortunately, this means no outside food or drink (even beer, sniffle). Please eat before you come or eat with us after the meeting. If the "no beer" policy doesn't work out for us, we'll have to come up with a new plan of some sort.
It's a slightly different version of the talk compared to the MXDU version but it's very close to what I'll be showing at CFUNITED (1:30pm Thursday).
By the way, my frameworks comparison talk at CFUNITED will be run twice (6:10pm Wednesday, 10:40am Friday).
You must register if you wish to attend!
Update: we're going to try to Breeze and record this via my Breeze room!
The June meeting is being replaced with the much more fabulous Meet'n'Greet! Sean Corfield will be lecturing on Enterprise Integration with ColdFusion. This will also be our first event in the new building, so Macromedia is throwing us a party! Free food and drink, plus you get to hang out with Macromedia celebs! (And me. You love me, right?)As she notes, due to the catered nature of this event, you must register to attend!More about the lecture: Macromedia uses ColdFusion as the glue that holds the enterprise together: XML, JMS, FTP - data conversion, import and export are all parts of the puzzle. Take a walk through Macromedia's ecosystem and learn how ColdFusion oils the wheels, with a focus on the new event gateway in Blackstone.
YOU MUST RSVP FOR THIS MEETING TO ATTEND. Space is limited, so please RSVP only if you really plan to attend. Please RSVP ASAP so Macromedia can order food!
June 15, 7pm
601 Townsend St (across Townsend from the old building at the corner of 7th St) SF, CA
My talk will give a history of Macromedia's use of ColdFusion both on macromedia.com and behind the scenes, as well as walking through the evolution of our ColdFusion-powered enterprise infrastructure. If you can't attend CFUNITED, this is your chance to see one of the talks I will be giving there!
It will also be a chance for you to see our new building, to mix and mingle with other local CFers and to have some food and drink on Macromedia, courtesy of our new campus restaurant!
On June 15th, I will be talking about enterprise integration with CFMX and giving you an inside look at how Macromedia uses ColdFusion MX. That meeting will be in the newly opened Macromedia HQ building - 601 Townsend (directly opposite where BACFUG used to meet).
More details as they become available.
See you there, I hope?
This month's lecturer will be Tyler Fitch, former CFUG manager, member of the Macromedia Web Team, and all-around nice guy. He'll be talking about CFImport, how it is used, and how it can help you.Wednesday, March 16, 7pm
600 Townsend (Macromedia Building)
1st Floor meeting room
San Francisco
There will be beer and food. To get yourself into the headcount for beer and food, use the RSVP form at http://www.bacfug.org/. There's a button inside the meeting listing box. We don't hold you to showing up, either.
Thursday's meeting is in the usual venue with Paul Kenney presenting on CFMX 7. And, again, you can vote on the meeting date!
David Gassner, Macromedia-certified instructor in both Flex and ColdFusion, will give a lecture and demo on using Macromedia Flex with ColdFusion. Currently teaching for Schooner Technical Media Training, David also teaches classes in Java, JavaScript, ASP, ASP.NET, HTML, and XML, and has published numerous articles in ColdFusion Developers Journal. He also lectured at Macromedia Max 2003.
Also, a recap of Max 2004, including lots of juicy info on the upcoming Blackstone release, the usual beer and food, and books to give away!
7pm
Macromedia Building, first floor meeting room
600 Townsend St
San Francisco, CA
RSVP: http://www.acteva.com/go/bacfug
RSVP is for food planning only. We won't hold it against you. :)
I'll be making the talk available on the BACFUG site - it's a little Mach II application, that takes an XML file containing the information and renders it into a slideshow (a rewrite of my earlier custom tag based slideshow) - but I thought I'd give a little outline here anyway.
I started out with a brief introduction to the Mach II framework and explained why you might want to use an application framework. Folks seemed surprised that Macromedia hadn't been using a framework previously even though only one person in the audience seemed to be using one (Fusebox). Only about 5-10% of developers use any sort of framework (based on usage statistics for Fusebox in the CF community and Struts in the Java community - the most popular frameworks for those languages respectively). Why is that? Well, frameworks make you do things "their way" and not everyone likes that - and every framework has a learning curve and an overhead that you have to deal with.
I talked about why my team at Macromedia uses Mach II - we already did a lot of OO-style devlopment in CF and tried to structure apps in a loose Model-View-Controller pattern. Mach II was a good fit for us. I showed a couple of the applications on macromedia.com that use Mach II: the new showcase and the HTML version of the European online stores (here's the UK store). We've had Flash versions of the European stores for quite some time (here's the UK store in Flash - if you have the latest Flash Player installed) and they used to fall back to the previous HTML store built in BroadVision. The previous version of the showcase was also built in BroadVision - these were the last two applications rewritten to get us off BroadVision. Hurrah!
Then I talked about the pros and cons of Mach II, based on feedback from the developers on my team, and I also showed some code (including the near-1,000 line mach-ii.xml file behind the showcase and the myriad CFCs behind the online store - demonstrating that you can build serious applications with the framework).
For more details, you'll have to download the talk from the BACFUG website - or come and hear me give (a variant of) this talk: SCCFUG (February), MXDU 2004 (February), SacCFUG (April), SDCFUG (May).
The preso / app is available from the BACFUG code page.
Our December meeting features Sean Corfield talking about Mach II: "Mach II is an Object-Oriented, MVC-based application framework that implements the Event-Based Implicit Invocation Architecture. Buzzword overload! This talk will briefly introduce the audience to Mach II and then talk in more depth about Macromedia's real-world experience with the framework."
December 18, 7pm
600 Townsend (at the corner of 7th St)
San Francisco
Food and beer!
Free stuff!
As I've announced repeatedly, this meeting we will give away at least one fully licensed copy of CFMX 6.1. Even if you submitted a business card in a previous meeting, you must be present to win!