Using Flex 2.0, you can now deploy Flex applications using any number of backend technologies without the addition of a Flex server product. However, with the new ColdFusion-Flex connectivity features, ColdFusion will have a significant advantage over all other backend technologies; providing the most efficient data exchange, the easiest programming model, and specialized tooling that make it the fastest, easiest way to build Flex apps with or without the purchase of a Flex server. This session will provide advanced details on RemoteObject and the CF-Flex connectivity features including the use of value objects to exchange data between ColdFusion and Flex. General tips and tricks related to data exchange between ColdFusion and Flex will also be discussed. Previous experience with CF/Flex applications is highly suggested.

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All Attendees... You should have received your registration package or you'll get it soon. Anyone who registered after May 4th will get their materials in another couple weeks.

The package includes information about registration check-in, directions, scheduler, hotel, etc. The package also contains your new CFUnited Tshirt for 2007! You can purchase another CFUnited Tshirt at the main event. Other CFUnited items for purchase onsite are women tshirts, mugs, and hats.

If you have any questions during your travel to the Bethesda North Marriott you can call 301.424.3903 and ask for either Liz Frederick or Nafisa Sabu. The entire CFUnited Staff will be onsite at the hotel beginning June 24th. Feel free to also AIM - CFConfCentral anytime. Thanks and we can't wait to see you in June!

Don't forget to fill out your personal scheduler and visit our new wiki page!

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Michael Smith: This time we are talking with Jeremy Kadlec about his CFUNITED-07 talk "SQL Server Development Short Takes". So why should a developer come to your session Jeremy?

Jeremy Kadlec: The content and format for my session, I believe is going to be very beneficial to all of the attendees. It is a very different approach to information delivery.

Michael Smith: How is your session going to be so different?

Jeremy Kadlec: Base on our consulting work with ColdFusion community, I am taking 10 common SQL Server issues that we have faced and formatting the session as the problem, solution, demo and next steps.

Michael Smith: Wow that is a much different approach.

Jeremy Kadlec: Yes - The session is going to be fast paced to cover the material, but the attendees are going to reap benefits from each issue and resolution that is addressed.

Michael Smith: So when the attendees leave they are really going to be able to take the information back with them and improve there SQL Servers?

Jeremy Kadlec: Absolutely! That is the goal of the session.

Michael Smith: Can you give us a preview of some of the topics that are going to be covered?

Jeremy Kadlec: I do not want to give away too much, but I will let you know that the session will start off with information on SQL Server Express.

Michael Smith: Isn't that the free version of SQL Server?

Jeremy Kadlec: Yes it is. I am going to cover the product highlights very quickly to show the value of SQL Server from the free version to the enterprise edition, meaning that SQL Server can really meet all of your database needs from the small applications to the enterprise, for the most demanding Cold Fusion applications.

Michael Smith: I know you said 10 topics. So what's after that?

Jeremy Kadlec: We are going to jump into some data modeling techniques because I think that is a key tenet that all Cold Fusion developers should know about. I will also touch on indexing and how to improve your application performance which is typically a major concern for the Cold Fusion developers because good database performance typically means a good experience on the web site.

Michael Smith: Agreed. Can you let anything else out of the bag?

Jeremy Kadlec: Well - One key issue I have seen time and time again is paging through large record sets on your web site. I will show you how SQL Server can handle this in an efficient manner via one of the new functions in SQL Server 2005.

Michael Smith: Since you are on a roll, what else can we look forward to during your session?

Jeremy Kadlec: Well, error handling has historically been a problem with SQL Server 2000. I am going to work through an example of how to standardize, simplify and centralized error handling in your SQL Server code.

Jeremy Kadlec: I have another 5 or so tricks up my sleeve for the session that should be of great value to all of the attendees. They just need to pencil me in their schedule to learn about these features and more during the session.

Michael Smith: I know your company focuses on SQL Server, what if CFUNITED attendees have more questions?

Jeremy Kadlec: They can stop me after the session and I am more than willing to answer any and all SQL Server questions. They can also stop over to our booth as well. If they are looking for valuable SQL Server information on a daily basis they can check out www.MSSQLTips.com for our daily SQL Server newsletter.

Michael Smith: Well thank you for your time today Jeremy.

Jeremy Kadlec: Absolutely! I am really looking forward to CFUNITED. I have to admit I really enjoy the conference and think it is an awesome place to learn about ColdFusion and the related technologies that developers rely on daily.

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CFUNITED BOF (Birds of Feather) sessions have been announced on the following topics:

• Apollo and Flex fears debunked - Todd Cieplinski
• Managing Client Expectations - Abraham Lloyd
• Solo Coding - Charlie Arehart, Chaz Chumely, and Mark Drew.
• The Google Generation - SEO, Adsense, Adwords and more - Michael Dinowitz
• Using your Whole Brain for Developers - Michael Smith

Birds of Feather are informal sessions, often in the evening, where you can share detailed development ideas with speakers and fellow attendees.

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We have put the most popular topics from the session survey for repeats on the Saturday schedule.

See http://cfunited.com/go/schedule for details.

Can't make CFUNITED for four days? - you can just come for Saturday only for a much lower price. See http://cfunited.com/go/prices for details.

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In order to reach international markets through the Internet, supporting different cultures through our applications is essential for being successful. ColdFusion MX comes with an integrated infrastructure for creating international applications.

The internet is continuing to make the world a smaller place. Multi-lingual sites are becoming essential for many businesses, especially those that market products internationally.

The multi-language application is not an auto-translator like those found on Google or Babel Fish. Adding multi-language capabilities other than English should be done from the ground up. All the code that represents the language to the user (buttons, menus, prompts, help, text, dialog-boxes, etc.) must be found and altered to support language independence. This problem multiplies exponentially when you deal with applications that have hundreds of thousands of lines of code, which have been created over time and modified constantly by different developers. Hard-coding the language dependent text within your view code makes the process of adding multilingual capability extremely complex. One will have to develop an individual application for every language he wants to support. Maintaining such a program will be yet another headache.

So, we need to define a way to create multilingual applications as straightforward as possible.

In this case, I would like to let you know that I will present a whole day class just before CFUnited: "Multi Language Applications in CF in Theory and Practice"

I will show best practices while coding with ColdFusion and interacting with related platforms such as databases, Java, XML etc. As a developer who has already programmed more than a hundred multi lingual websites in different languages such as German, Norwegian, Turkish, Arabic, and Korean, I would like to share my experiences in this class.

If you are trying to create multi language applications from scratch, or if you have applications you want to modify but would like to learn best practices or even if you have plan to have ability to use international names such as "René" or "João", you need to attend this class to learn best practices with code examples.

Register now!

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We have a new pre-conference class for Server admins and developers on how to administer your ColdFusion Server, with an eye toward security.

Learn all the pieces of the CF admin and what settings are critical for security. Plus things you should never do in your code if you want your site to be secure. How to prevent deadlocks, how to control the JVM, Client variables setup and issues and Error handler best practices.

More information at: http://cfunited.com/go/classes#course-cu222

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We are excited to announce the CFUnited Wiki. This wiki will be accessible year round. Once you become a CFUnited Attendee you can login to the Wiki and begin adding pages and comments of your own.

If you have never used wiki before, it is really easy.

What's on CFUnited wiki?

- Share Ride and Room, post a request to share a ride to CFUnited or see if anyone wants to split a hotel room

- Take notes at any of the CFUnited sessions and post your notes on the wiki topic page

- Make dinner reservations and see if anyone else would like to come. Great way to make new friends.

- Share your ideas and comments.

GO TO http://wiki.cfunited.com/ and use the email address and password that you registered with.

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Reason's to attend:

1. If you take your ColdFusion and web development seriously, this is the one event you won't want to miss. Learn what's new, directly from Adobe. Ben Forta calls CFUNITED, now in its 8th year, "the premier CF-specific event."

2. Meet other developers who share your interests. Find people who have already solved that problem that's giving you headaches back at the office; schmooze with speakers late-night at the bar; discuss the future of development. Often putting a face to that email that you've been chatting with on lists is the best part of CFUNITED.

3. Are members of your team new to ColdFusion? Then the CFUNITED bootcamp track will teach them the basics in a few days. From CFOUTPUT to looping, from SQL to database design - they'll learn all this and more from top experts in the field.

4. Flex is hot right now and we have a whole track on Flex, Ajax and Apollo. Learn Flex and pick up advanced techniques for Rich Internet Applications.

5. Meet the engineers from Adobe who create ColdFusion, ask them questions, and give them your 2 cents on what you'd like to see in the future.

6. See the latest tools for web development. We are expecting several new releases at CFUNITED, so visit our expo area and be prepared to have your socks blown off!

7. The After Party. Let your hair down, play games with your buddies, or challenge famous speakers to a game of pool. You might even have a technical conversation or two between the beers!

8. A year of info packed into 4 days! If you are hungry for technical information or want to ask questions, this is the place for you! We have regular sessions, long sessions and - if that is not enough - Birds-of-a-Feather evening sessions that go long into the night! Basic CF, Advanced CF, Better SQL, XML, CSS, Accessibility, Usability, Fusebox, security, PDFs, SMS, CFCs, OO, RSS, UDFs,debugging, arrays, structures, caching, web services, testing, charting, Flex, Ajax, Apollo, ColdSpring, Prototyping, MVC, CFEclipse, Spry, Design patterns, project management, and more.

9. Want to get your hands dirty? Attend our hands-on pre-conference classes taught by top speakers. Bring your own laptop, and code along with the pros!

10. Bags, t-shirts and goodies galore. Printed slides for every talk, so you don't have to print them out yourself. Plus online access to presentations, code samples and audio of any sessions you may have missed.

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Hi there Conference Goers! We started to understand since CFUnited 2006, that attendees really don't want hot dogs, hamburgers, and pizza all the time. So we've worked really hard this year in coming up with a delicious and healthy menu for each day at the conference. We recently went to a taste testing where we were presented with the hotel's suggestions to improve the menus at CFUnited. They took the request very seriously and I'm glad to know I'll be eating very well in June.

Also see Simon Horwith's Blog for a list of the full menus and his comments. Simon is one of our advisory member and he happen to have his office across the street from the hotel at AboutWeb. Thanks Simon for helping us eat all that delicious food. http://www.horwith.com/index.cfm/2007/5/13/cfunited2007-menu

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