Thursday, December 6, 2007, 12:00 PM

Online meeting via Adobe Connect

Pragmatic ColdFusion: Build, Test, Deploy, with John Paul Ashenfelter Many developers are aware of tools to automate and empower software development tasks, ranging from source control software to test suites and continuous integration tools. Frequently however, the realities of making deadlines and concerns about complexity or learning curves lead developers to use the same old practices they always have used. This session shows you how to quickly and simply put an open-source, standards-based system in place that can

* manage source code using Subversion

* reset the database to a known state for repeatable testing

* run code-level unit tests with CFCUnit to improve code quality

* automate user-level functional and acceptance tests in the browser using Selenium

* automatically build and deploy code to the appropriate environment using Ant

We'll start with a working demonstration of the automated process, provide an overview of each tool, and discuss the various ways to take these tools and apply them into your current development environment. The main focus will be on using Ant and various plugins to orchestrate the testing and automation process.

For more information about this CF Meetup visit http://coldfusion.meetup.com/17/calendar/6827400/

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Thursday, December 6, 2007, 6:00 PM

Online meeting via Adobe Connect

Step Debugging in ColdFusion with Charlie Arehart 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 to debug it, whether running on CF 6, 7, or 8. For those moving to CF8, there is now a debugger built into CF, but it works only with CF8. For those on CF 6, 7, or 8, they can use the commercial FusionDebug tool (www.fusiondebug.com) . Both are plug-ins for Eclipse which enable step debugging, and they're very similar, which is why Charlie will show them both in the one talk. He'll also cover some differences.

Don't worry if you don't care for Eclipse. You can continue to use DWMX or CF Studio/HomeSite+ for editing: just use the Eclipse-based tools for debugging. Charlie will show you how easy it is and the problems step debugging 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, as well as tips, tricks, and traps.

For more information about this CF Meetup visit http://coldfusion.meetup.com/17/calendar/6827442/

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We encourage extended learning for full time students to attend CFUnited. We offer a discount of 60% off the current price. Submit your semester schedule and school name to us and we will send approval within 48 hours.

We understand those who have fallen into hard times and we believe it shouldn't keep you from finding new opportunities. We especially believe CFUnited is a place to find open doors and a way to connect with others. It is our hope that we can help up to 10 individuals improve their careers and create a new path by making it more affordable to attend CFUnited. The first 10 approved for this program will receive free tickets and the others who are approved will receive a 60% discount. You may nominate someone else to receive this offer. We will need a letter to CFUnited management stating how CFUnited can help their career and talk about their passion for ColdFusion.

We hope everyone is doing well in their careers and we are always looking for ideas on how to bring more opportunities to CFUnited for our attendees. Any suggestions, please comment on blog post. Thanks!

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CFUnited Podcast: Matthew Woodward - OO Architecture Back to Front

Hosted by Christian Ready

Description

Many of the materials currently available for learning object-oriented programming in ColdFusion do an excellent job of explaining the basic concepts, but leave a bit to be desired in terms of teaching developers how to truly architect an enterprise application in ColdFusion using object-oriented principles and processes. This session will bridge this knowledge gap by outlining an object-oriented architecture in ColdFusion from back (your database) to front (your presentation layer) and everything in-between. Come to this session to learn how to better architect your OO ColdFusion applications.

Podcast link: http://podcast.cfunited.com/index.php?post_id=281636

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For CFUnited 2008 we are allowing up to 5 starter companies to participate in the contributor program and receive sponsorship benefits.

Sponsorship Includes:
1 table placed in the exhibitor booth area at the conference.
Logo on the website
1/4 page ad in the conference show guide
Newsletter feature about your company

What CFUnited gets:
Promote CFUnited to your customers
Logo or banner ad on your website
Interview for newsletter

If you'd like to apply for this program, please contact liz (at) cfunited.com

The first 5 companies that qualify will receive this sponsorship free. Others will be offered the program at $500 each. Must be a company that has just begun in the industry and has an exciting vision of how CFUnited can help their business.

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