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CFUnited Topics Posted - First list

The first run of topics are listed on the CFUnited 2007 site.

We are adding 18-20 more topics in the next couple months. Flex and Scorpio topics will be added soon as well. Most of the descriptions under each of the topics listed will most likely be adjusted and pre-requisites will be added.

*Reminder: Very Early Bird Registration expires January 5th. Contact us to receive a discount code.

Jeremy Kadlec - SQL Server 2000 and 2005 Performance Tuning

Achieving high performance is no mistake. But what if no one took the time during the design, development and testing phases to ensure the platform will meet the performance requirements? Now the system is live, performance is unacceptable and it needs to be corrected. Does this sound familiar? Come learn how to diagnose and resolve common performance issues with the SQL Server tool set. You will learn tips and tricks to take back to the office as a resolution for those pesky performance problems.

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Winner of Video Survey Contest

Congratulations to Rob Kolosky! He is the winner of the random drawing for our Video Survey Contest. He wins a free ticket to any TeraTech event. Thanks for everyone's submissions, we hope to see you at either Frameworks or CFUnited conference!

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Frameworks Pre-Conference Class with Joe Rinehart NEW!

MG101

Rapid Application Development with Model-Glue 2.0

Location: Bethesda North Marriott

In this class, we're going to write an online store in eight hours. We'll be using Model-Glue 2.0, also known as "Unity," a ground-up rewrite of the popular Model-Glue framework for ColdFusion. Model-Glue 2.0 is the first ColdFusion framework to provide scaffolding, the ability to automatically generate Object-Oriented, database-driven applications. In this class, we'll learn about the RAD capabilities this provides by using Model-Glue, in conjunction with the Reactor ORM framework, to create a functioning online store. We'll also learn a bit about agile development methodologies as well as the ColdSpring framework.

Instructor: Joe Rinehart REGISTER NOW

Joe Rinehart - Ten Things You Need to Know

In this presentation, you'll learn ten beginner-to-intermediate techniques and practices that you should follow in every ColdFusion application. The Ten Tips will help your applications run faster, be more secure, and more maintainable. We'll also look at tools that can be used to help with these techniques, and resources where you can learn more.

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Jeremy Lund - Another Look at Microsoft Office Using Apache Jakarta POI

Has a client sent you a Word document, wanting the content added to their website right away? And of course, they want the content to fit in flawlessly with the rest of the website. What about that excel spreadsheet data that they want imported into their database? Or, what about that nice table report that it sure would be nice to have as an Excel spreadsheet? In this presentation, I will look at the options that Apache Jakarta POI project offers in working with Word, Excel, and PowerPoint documents, and present code examples and use cases where POI is a good choice. If you have ever found COM too slow to work with in ColdFusion, or the conversion facilities of Word of Excel too limiting for your needs, then Jakarta POI just might be the answer!

Frameworks Pre-Conference Classes

We are announcing the pre-conference classes that will be held on January 31st 2007 at the Bethesda North Marriott in Maryland.

FB201 - Intermediate Fusebox 5 Instructor: Theo Rushin

FB301 - Advanced Fusebox Instructor: Jeff Peters

TBA - Joe Rinehart

For more information about the classes, go to http://www.frameworksconference.com/pages/classes.cfm

Raymond Camden - Verity Searching Secrets

Do you want to do free text searches like Google in your sites? Are you afraid of ColdFusion's Verity search engine? Come to this Introduction to Verity and learn how easy text searches can be for search database or documents. We will also cover the newest and latest features of Verity.

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Steve Rittler - CFAjax

We've all seen Ajax-powered applications built using Ruby on Rails and other non-CF tools. Have you wondered how to create them using ColdFusion? This presentation will show some basic examples using the latest CF-powered packages for doing so and also include the demonstration of a CFAjax-powered application. We'll also discuss security, usability and cross-browser compatibility concerns. Once we're done, you'll be able to look around at all the Web 2.0 pundits and laugh at how simple it is to emulate their techniques using your favorite programming language: ColdFusion.

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