CFUnited Blog - topics http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm This is the development blog. en-us Tue, 19 Mar 2024 00:12:36 -0500 Fri, 11 Jun 2010 08:49:00 -0500 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss michael@teratech.com michael@teratech.com michael@teratech.com no Full list of Adobe sessions is now here http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2010/6/11/Full-list-of-Adobe-sessions-is-now-here Hi everyone, I know you have all been drooling over these much-anticipated sessions...so I'm going to cut to the chase... 1. <b>Easy RIA with ColdFusion 9 and Flex 4</b> - <i>Josh Adams</i> - If you're interested in getting started using ColdFusion and Flex together but aren't sure quite how, this is the session for you. In this session, you will learn about: *The various ways in which Flex applications can make calls to ColdFusion applications *Using the features of Flash Builder 4 and ColdFusion Builder to generate Flex-ColdFusion integrated applications *Calling the ColdFusion 9 Exposed Services Layer from Flex applications 2.<b> ColdFusion Powered Offline Applications using AIR ORM</b> - <i>Jayesh Viradiya</i> - ColdFusion 9 simplifies the creation of offline enabled applications with Adobe AIR. In this session learn how to utilize the client side, ActionScript ORM library available with ColdFusion 9 for client side data management and allow ColdFusion to manage data synchronization and conflict resolution with the back-end database. 3.<b>ColdFusion 9 Deployment Best Practices</b> - <i>Tata Sankaram</i> - How you configure and lay out your ColdFusion servers is critical for optimum application performance. In this session learn best practices for setting up your production environment for load balancing, clustering, and graceful server failover. 4.<b>Task Oriented development with ColdFusion Builder</b> - <i>Kiran Sakhare</i> - Discover how you can streamline your ColdFusion application development with ColdFusion Builder and Mylyn, a task and application lifecycle management plug-in for Eclipse. This session will cover installing the Mylyn plug-in and managing tasks in a ColdFusion project. 5.<b>Getting Started with ColdFusion Builder</b> - <i>Sandeep Paliwal</i> - In this session learn how to get started with your first application in ColdFusion Builder. We will cover the basics of Eclipse-based development as well as ColdFusion Builder specifics including connecting to your ColdFusion server, working with databases and debugging. 6.<b>Extending Java Applications with ColdFusion</b> - <i>Rupesh Kumar</i> - ColdFusion is designed to be used in conjunction with Java, leveraging the powerful capabilities that the Java runtime offers while providing the benefit of rapid application development. In this session learn how you can easily utilize ColdFusion 9 to quickly expand and leverage the functionality of existing Java applications. 7.<b>Exploring LCDS3 and ColdFusion 9 Applications</b> - <i>Kevin Schmidt</i> - This session will provide an overview of LCDS 3 and BlazeDS 4 and how it integrates into ColdFusion 9 applications. We'll talk about what's changed in Flash Remoting since ColdFusion 8 (it's 9x faster) and how to leverage the built-in functionality of BlazeDS. We will also cover server-side data management and how LCDS3 can simplify how Flex applications manage data through ColdFusion. 8.<b>How Catalyst will Transform ColdFusion Development</b> - <i>Terry Ryan</i> - Catalyst makes front end design easy. More importantly it makes pretty front end design easy. If there ever was a compliment for ColdFusion's ease of back end development, it's the ease of front end with Catalyst. See how this tool can be brought into your workflow and super charge your development. 9.<b>Building multi-player games on the Flash platform with ColdFusion, Flex and Data services</b> - <i>Greg Wilson</i> - Learn how to build scalable, interactive, multiplayer games using the Flex, AIR, ColdFusion and BlazeDS/LCDS. Employ publish/subscribe messaging, CF remoting and other tricks to build something far cooler than just another multi-user chat application. Synchronize graphics across players, learn how to handle player disconnect, reconnects, tolerate poor networking conditions, latency, etc. 10.<b>Adding real-time data visualization to your application or website</b> - <i>Greg Wilson</i> - Every time your application accesses the server, data is available to do many more things than simple logging. Learn how to take this data and create valuable visualizations to show usage trends in real-time. Then with some simple IP to Geo techniques, the data can be visualized with maps to show visitor locations. Learn to use ColdFusion's event gateway to publish the data and use Flex to consume the data and visualize it with various mapping APIs from Google, ESRI, Mapquest and others to build compelling, animated application dashboards. Well...there you have it! Make sure you schedule these ASAP! Also, if you have yet to register, this is the most perfect excuse :) topics adobe news speakers featured Fri, 11 Jun 2010 08:49:00 -0500 http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2010/6/11/Full-list-of-Adobe-sessions-is-now-here Adobe releases some sessions for CFUnited http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2010/5/12/Adobe-releases-some-sessions-for-CFUnited Hi everyone, I'm here to inform you of some of our much-anticipated TBA topics!! <a href="http://www.adobe.com">Adobe</a> has let us in on a few of their topics!! Check them out... <a href="http://cfunited.com/2010/topics/447-building-multiplayer-games-on-the-flash-platform-with-coldfusion-flex-and-data-services"><b>Building multi-player games on the Flash Platform with ColdFusion, Flex and Data Services</b></a> - <I>Greg Wilson</I>: Learn how to build scalable, interactive, multiplayer games using the Flex, AIR, ColdFusion and BlazeDS/LCDS. Employ publish/subscribe messaging, CF remoting and other tricks to build something far cooler than just another multi-user chat application. Synchronize graphics across players, learn how to handle player disconnect, reconnects, tolerate poor networking conditions, latency, etc. <a href="http://cfunited.com/2010/topics/448-adding-realtime-data-visualization-to-your-application-or-website"><b>Adding Real-Time Data Visualization to your Application or Website</b></a> - <I>Greg Wilson</I>: Every time your application accesses the server, data is available to do many more things than simple logging. Learn how to take this data and create valuable visualizations to show usage trends in real-time. Then with some simple IP to Geo techniques, the data can be visualized with maps to show visitor locations. Learn to use ColdFusion's event gateway to publish the data and use Flex to consume the data and visualize it with various mapping APIs from Google, ESRI, Mapquest and others to build compelling, animated application dashboards. Check back in with us, as there will be more to come from Adobe! Enjoy! topics adobe news featured Wed, 12 May 2010 14:06:00 -0500 http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2010/5/12/Adobe-releases-some-sessions-for-CFUnited First BOF Session http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2010/5/7/First-BOF-Session Did I forget to mention that our first BOF session is already posted????? Apparently I did! My bad! Our first BOF is: <a href=" http://cfunited.com/2010/topics/445-bof-cfwheels--finally-a-framework-for-the-rest-of-us">CFWheels - Finally, a framework for the rest of us</a> A discussion on ColdFusion on Wheels and how it provides fast application development, a great organization system for your code, and is just plain fun to use. From Convention over Configuration to an ORM that can be used with ColdFusion 8 and Railo, join Chris Peters, Mike Heinke and Chaz Chumley as they answer your questions and demonstrate some great sites builds on CFWheels. This BOF will be on <b>Thursday, July 29th at 7:00 pm</b>. Make sure to schedule this BOF if you're interested!! Also, for all you CFWheels junkies, there are two sessions with CF on Wheels! <a href="http://cfunited.com/2010/topics/388-coldfusion-on-wheels--convention-over-configuration">ColdFusion on Wheels - Convention over Configuration</a> - (Mike Henke) - <I>Thursday, July 29 from 1:30 PM to 2:30 PM</I> <a href="http://cfunited.com/2010/topics/428-object-relational-mapping-in-cf-on-wheels">Object Relational Mapping in CF on Wheels</a> - (Chris Peters) - <I>Thursday, July 29 from 5:30 PM to 6:30 PM</I> Happy scheduling! topics BOF featured Fri, 07 May 2010 12:12:00 -0500 http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2010/5/7/First-BOF-Session Important Topics for Government Developers http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2010/4/5/Important-Tracks-for-Government-Developers Hear what <a href="http://cfunited.com/2010/speakers/880-chaz-chumley">Chaz Chumley</a>, one of our Advisory Board members and fellow speaker, has to say about CFUnited for developers in the government: <p> <p> Working for the government has its benefits and its challenges. As a web developer I often have constraints with technology. Being told what I can use, what I can't. Facing challenges to common problems but not always knowing what tools to use and what new technology is best suited for a government business. <p> With a lot of government agencies using ColdFusion, having a conference like CFUnited makes my life a little bit easier. Yet, every year the schedule comes out I find myself wondering with so many great presentations what will I benefit from the most. Often there are multiple topics going on at the same time and since I can't be in two places at one time, I may split my time between them. While this is not the best way to absorb all the information what else can I do? <p> So I thought I would help those this year that face this challenge by suggesting the Top Ten Topics to take in based on a typical application life cycle: <p> <strong>1) <a href="http://cfunited.com/2010/topics/408-setting-up-a-solid-local-development-environment">Setting up a Solid Local Development Environment</a> - Kurt Wiersma</strong> <p> Good development starts with a solid development environment and for new to seasoned developers this is important to us all. If you find yourself struggling with the setup and are tired of wasting your time scouring the Internet to figure out the best way to setup your environment, then you don't want to miss this topic. <p> <strong>2) <a href="http://cfunited.com/2010/topics/425-hmtl5-the-cool-the-really-cool-and-the-huh">HTML5: The cool, the really cool, and the "huh"? </a>- Christian Ready</strong> <p> As web design has progressed over the years and government websites needing a facelift to bring them into the Web 2.0 era, HTML and CSS has stepped up to make it easier. So what exactly changed with HTML5 and how do I use it along with CSS3 to get more bang for my buck in the latest browsers? Well this topic is for you as Christian shows you the ins and outs of the latest flavor of HTML. <p> <strong>3) <a href="http://cfunited.com/2010/topics/378-coldfusion-and-jquery-two-great-tastes-that-go-great-together">ColdFusion and jQuery: Two Great Tastes that Go Great Together</a> - Jeff Coughlin</strong> <p> Since ColdFusion 8 we have been introduced to Javascript User interface enhancements and with even more tools introduced in ColdFusion 9 you may be scratching your head. Maybe there is more you would like to do with the client interaction than what ColdFusion provides. JQuery is a great javascript library and ColdFusion a great server-side language. If you like to put your chocolate in the peanut butter and see what you come up with then you don't want to miss out on this topic. <p> <strong>4) <a href="http://cfunited.com/2010/topics/412-hidden-gems-in-coldfusion-builder">Hidden Gems in ColdFusion Builder</a> - Charlie Arehart</strong> <p> With cost and budgets constraints always at the forefront of government, it pays to know which editor you should be using to do your development in. Adobe has released a great editor target specifically for ColdFusion development but extensible to allow you to build upon it without buying additional software. Join Charlie as he shows you how to get the most out of ColdFusion builder. <p> <strong>5) <a href="http://cfunited.com/2010/topics/409-coldfusion-and-the-open-source-lanscape">ColdFusion and the Open Source Landscape</a> - Sean Corfield</strong> <p> I have started to see a trend of the government moving toward more Open Source with databases, programming and server environments. Why? More Support? Cheaper costs? Where does that put ColdFusion? Join Sean as explains how ColdFusion plays a big part in the Open Source Landscape and how you can benefit both from the community and your next budget meeting. <p> <strong>6) <a href="http://cfunited.com/2010/topics/388-coldfusion-on-wheels--convention-over-configuration">CFWheels - Convention Over Configuration</a> - Mike Henke</strong> <p> Choosing a framework in general can be a daunting task. How you manage your development team can often dictate which one to use. With so many good frameworks out there, how do I choose? I prefer convention over large XML configuration files and finally we have a framework that fits just that mold. Join Mike as he walks you through ColdFusion on Wheels, based on the popular Open Source Ruby on Rails, this framework has powerful database interaction, extensible plug-in support, provides rapid development, SES friendly url's and works out of the box on both ColdFusion and Railo. <p> <strong>7) <a href="http://cfunited.com/2010/topics/422-writing-secure-cfml">Writing Secure CFML</a> - Pete Freitag</strong> <p> If there is one thing synonymous with Government, it's Security. Being able to write secure ColdFusion code should be at the top of everyone's list. This presentation will cover several common yet dangerous vulnerabilities, and offer tips and tricks to protect your applications. <p> <strong>8) <a href="http://cfunited.com/2010/topics/393-searching-with-apache-solr">Searching with Apache Solr</a> - Shannon Hicks</strong> <p> Search functionality or the lack of it has always been a topic of long conversations. Government agencies generally pay a hefty price tag for leasing a Google Appliance and while Google search is definitely powerful, it lacks the ability to provide a more faceted approach. With ColdFusion 9 introducing Apache Solr and Lucene you will definitely want to attend this session as Shannon explains how to harness this new search functionality. <p> <strong>9) <a href="http://cfunited.com/2010/topics/404-coldfusion-report-builder">ColdFusion Report Builder</a> - Chaz Chumley</strong> <p> How many times has your manager or director asked you for a report? Does your agency spend a lot of money on report writing tools? Do you know ColdFusion provides a reporting tool for free? You definitely want to join us for the presentation as we look at how easy it is to use ColdFusion Builder to build and display reports right inside your applications. <p> <strong>10) <a href="http://cfunited.com/2010/topics/403-air-development-with-jquery-and-coldfusion">AIR development with jQuery and ColdFusion</a> - Raymond Camden</strong> <p> With Web 2.0 the buzz around the Government now a day, teams are scrambling to find the next coolest widgets, iPhone application or user interfaces to build. Why not consider AIR then to take your existing ColdFusion application and easily turn it into a desktop client. Join Ray as he walks your through how to put the tools you already know how to use to work in developing an AIR application. topics conference featured Mon, 05 Apr 2010 11:32:00 -0500 http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2010/4/5/Important-Tracks-for-Government-Developers Last bit of topics! http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2010/3/12/Last-bit-of-topics Hello! I know everybody has been anxious to see the rest of the topics! <b>Mate Flex Framework: What's in it for me?</b> - <I>Laura Arguello</I> <b>20 Security Threats to Flex Apps and How to Avoid them</b> - <I>Elad Elrom</I> <b>Flex Data Binding Pitfalls - 10 common misuse mistakes</b> - <I>Elad Elrom</I> <b>Object Relational Mapping in CF on Wheels</b> - <I>Chris Peters</I> <b>ColdBox Platform 3.0.0: Sustainable ColdFusion Applications</b> - <I>Luis Majano</I> <b>ColdFusion Powered iPhone Applications</b> - <I>Luis Majano and Joshua Geise</I> <b>Flash Catalyst: Design to Flex</b> - <I>Dee Sadler</I> <b>CSS and the CMS</b> - <I>Dee Sadler</I> <b>Beginning Flex for ColdFusion Developers</b> - <I>Brian Rinaldi</I> These will most likely be the last of the topics released, not including sponsor-speaker slots. Those will be released as they come in. Thanks to everyone who submitted topics!! topics speakers featured Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:01:00 -0500 http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2010/3/12/Last-bit-of-topics Topic Selection Procedures http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2010/3/8/Topic-Selection-Procedures As we finalize topic selection for CFUnited 2010, we are lucky and proud to have had so many quality submissions from great speakers. Topic Selection at CFUnited is quite an exciting process, a real nail-biter! To pick and choose what topics make the cut we relied on guidance from our wise, and much appreciated Advisory Board, including our faithful Track Chairs who oversee each track. Using a sleek spreadsheet within the genius of Stellr Intranet containing all the topics submitted to the Call for Speakers, the board voted on the topics in each track. The public was asked to assist the process. Given the same spreadsheet the board uses to vote, people put in their two cents. As results came in from the vote, Stellr was able to use them to run a double check on the advisory votes. Also, if there is a discrepancy amongst the advisory votes and the public votes, we would If a topic got few advisory votes but was getting a lot of public votes, we could start a discussion with the board possibly reexamining their choice and giving a topic a second chance. This worked the other way too, examining why topics that had a high number of advisory votes were not popular with the public vote. Thanks to all the public voting, we were provided important leverage among the community voice and the voice of community experts! There are other things too that come in to play like feedback on surveys from last years' presentations, which is we why we encourage attendees to participate in those. We do read them and we even send them to every speaker. They love it - you should see them go all gaga! They are always so eager to hear attendee comments. Makes you think twice about skipping them, huh? The submissions for each track are key. We strive for topic relevancy and diversity. We aim to create a balanced event with engaging presenters - true rock stars. The topic selection process at CFUnited is indeed supreme, intricate, thorough and glorious in action. For example, from last week's release of topic, Pete Freitag's "Writing Secure CFML," received highest number of public votes of all the topics and it received a high number of votes from the Advisory Board. (Yay for Pete Freitag!). Another example is our own Elliott Sprehn, known as a good, interesting and reliable speaker. We were able to look at the public votes to see which topics we would like him to speak on. He submitted 3 topics, and the two chosen had the highest amount of votes. As topic selection slowly comes to its close in 2010, we are pleased with the results and grateful to all who contributed to this thrilling contest. We look forward to completing the selection process and making those announcements. Hip Hip Hooray for all of our bona fide presenters and tasty topics! Woot woot for CFUnited! <img src="http://cfunited.com/blog/images//votingworksheet1.jpg"> topics advisory board featured Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:52:00 -0500 http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2010/3/8/Topic-Selection-Procedures And the topics just keep coming... http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2010/3/5/And-the-topics-just-keep-coming Some more topics to look over!! <b>Designing Scalable and Creative Algorithms</b> - <i>Elliott Sprehn</i> <b>HTML5: The cool, the really cool, and the "huh?"</b> - <I>Christian Ready</I> <b>Locking Down ColdFusion </b> - <I>Pete Freitag</i> <b>Writing Secure CFML</b> - <I>Pete Freitag</I> <b>Excel Generation Made Easy with CF9</b> - <I>Ajay Sathuluri</I> <b>Accessible Javascript</b> - <i>Sandy Clark</i> <b>How To: Data Structure Upgrade</b> - <i>Selene Bainum</i> <b>Advanced T-SQL</b> - <i>Selene Bainum</i> <b>Validation in ColdFusion</b> - <i>Dan Vega</i> <b>Developing Web Applications for Mobile Devices</b> - <i>Dan Vega</i> You can check out their <a href= "http://cfunited.com/2010/topics">descriptions</a> and read over the full list of topics! Also, if you still haven't <a href= "http://register.cfunited.com">registered</a>, make sure you do so before 3/31/10 when the prices go up!! <br> <p> topics speakers featured Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:58:00 -0500 http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2010/3/5/And-the-topics-just-keep-coming Some more topics!!! http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2010/2/26/Some-more-topics We have a few more topics for you...and no worries...we still aren't done :) <b>Make Your Model Promiscuous</b> - <i>Scott Stroz</i> <b>Advanced Model-Glue Code Generation Techniques</b> - <I>Ezra Parker</I> <b>What's New in Model-Glue?</b> - <I>Ezra Parker</i> <b>Architecting for the Enterprise</b> - <I>Gary Gilbert</I> <b>Getting the most development out of your Mac</b> - <I>Shannon Hicks</I> You can read their <a href= "http://cfunited.com/2010/topics">descriptions</a> and start playing eenie-meenie-miney-moe about what topics you're going to attend! Also, if you still haven't <a href= "http://register.cfunited.com">registered</a>, make sure you do so before 3/31/10 when the prices go up!! <br> <p> topics speakers featured Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:37:00 -0500 http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2010/2/26/Some-more-topics A couple more topics... http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2010/2/17/A-couple-more-topics I know, I know, I was being selfish; I have a couple more to let out! I just didn't want to spoil everyone! Here we go... <b>Get the Lead out - Practical Optimization</b> - <i>Dan Wilson</i> <b>Setting up a Solid Local Development Environment</b> - <i>Kurt Wiersma</i> <b>Using ColdFusion 9 Server Manager to Cluster and Manage CF</b> - <i>Mike Brunt</i> <b>Clean Code: Why it matters and how it's done</b> - <i>Brian Kotek</i> <b>Papervision 3D and Beyond</b> - <i>Simon Free</i> <b>Hidden Gems in ColdFusion Builder</b> - <i>Charlie Arehart</i> <b>Building a QA - Testing Environment for ColdFusion Applications</b> - <i>Mike Brunt</i> <b>ColdFusion and the Open Source Landscape</b> - <i>Sean Corfield</i> Don't worry, this isn't the final release! Check out the <a href="http://cfunited.com/2010/topics">topics</a>' page to see these topic descriptions and our full list of topics!! topics speakers featured Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:56:00 -0500 http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2010/2/17/A-couple-more-topics Public Voting will be Extended http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2010/2/15/Public-Voting-will-be-Extended Hello all you voters! We have had a lot of people chatting and voting about topics, so we decided to extend the public voting on topics to <b>February 20, 2010</b>. So yes, please keep <a href="http://callforspeakers.cfconf.org/?event=vote&eventId=188">voting!</a> topics featured Mon, 15 Feb 2010 14:21:00 -0500 http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2010/2/15/Public-Voting-will-be-Extended The next set of topics!!! http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2010/2/15/The-next-set-of-topics Hello my patient followers :) Now, (drumroll please), it is my honor to introduce to you...THE NEXT SET OF TOPICS! Whooohoooooo! I hope you are all as excited as I am! <b>AIR Development with jQuery and ColdFusion</b> - <i>Ray Camden</i> <b>ColdFusion Builder Extensions, making your IDE work for you!</b> - <i>Simon Free</i> <b>ColdFusion with noSQL</b> - <i>John Paul Ashenfelter</i> <b>Design Patterns for ColdFusion + Flex RIA</b> - <i>Joe Rinehart</i> <b>FW/1 - The Invisible Framework</b> - <i>Sean Corfield</i> <b>I Bet You Didn't Know You Could Do That With ColdFusion</b> - <i>Elliott Sprehn</i> <b>The Swiz Framework</b> - <i>Brian Kotek</i> <b>10 Things You Should Know About ORM</b> - <i>Sam Farmer</i> <b>ColdFusion Builder</b> - <i>Chaz Chumley</i> <b>Cache Me If You Can</b> - <i>Dan Wilson and Mike Brunt</i> More to come soon... Check out our <a href="http://cfunited.com/2010/topics">topics</a>' page to see these topic descriptions and our full list of topics!! topics speakers featured Mon, 15 Feb 2010 13:17:00 -0500 http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2010/2/15/The-next-set-of-topics Topic Voting Opens to Public! http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2010/2/8/Topic-Voting-Opens-to-Public Hello world of all things ColdFusion, Flex and Air! We are officially opening up the list of topics for the community to vote on! Our keen and trusty Advisory Board have voted on some of these topics already. Some of the topics they are voting on as we speak (blog). But we want to hear the voice of the people, the CF fanatics, the proud self-proclaimed geeks that truly represent what CFUnited is all about! Answer the call to action and make your voices heard! Evaluate the topics submitted and <b><a href= "http://callforspeakers.cfconf.org/?event=vote&eventId=188">VOTE</a></b> From gurus to newbies, everyone in the world and their dogs can vote (as long as they have an e-mail address) until <b>February 12, 2010</b>. survey topics community featured Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:39:00 -0500 http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2010/2/8/Topic-Voting-Opens-to-Public Deadline for Topic Submissions is Fast Approaching! http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2010/1/25/Deadline-for-Topic-Submissions-is-Fast-Approaching Hey fellow CFUnited followers! Call for Speakers is coming to a close. Officially, the last day to submit topics is February 5, 2010. Submit anything you want, before midnight next Friday at the <a href="http://callforspeakers.cfconf.org">Call for Speakers.</a> If you submit after this date, it will most likely never get looked at, and probably gather dust in a dungeon off the coast of Antarctica. <b>PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR TOPICS!!!!</b> topics speakers featured URGENT Mon, 25 Jan 2010 19:13:00 -0500 http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2010/1/25/Deadline-for-Topic-Submissions-is-Fast-Approaching Announcing the next set of topics!! http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2010/1/18/Lo-and-Behold--What-You-All-Have-Been-Waiting-For Lo and Behold - What You All Have Been Waiting For... NEXT ROUND OF TOPICS!! <b>Building Self-Updating ColdFusion Builder Extensions</b>- <i>Brian Rinaldi</i> - This will cover not just the basics of building ColdFusion Builder extensions but will also incorporate a library of components that allow you to make your extension update itself when new versions are released. The library is being built as part of a ADC article to be released in late January. It will even directly link to RIAForge to look for updates. <p> <b>What Your Mother Never Told You About ColdFusion 9 ORM </b>-<i>Bob Silverberg</i> - The ColdFusion engineering team have made it very easy to make use of Hibernate's ORM features out of the box, but what if you want to do something a bit more complicated? In this session we'll cover some topics that are important to understand, but that might not be that easy to pick up by reading the ColdFusion documentation. These topics will include Hibernate Session Management, Understanding Object States, Working with Detached Objects, Concurrency and Event Handling. <p> <b>Real World ColdSpring</b> - <i>Kurt Wiersma </i> - Have you ever wondered what ColdSpring is and why you would want to use it? If so this session is for you. We will go over the problems that ColdSpring solves and how you can use it to make your applications better. <p> <b>CFWheels - Convention over Configuration </b>- <i>Mike Henke</i> - Would discuss how Conventions over Configuration make life easier and use examples from CFWheels. <p> <b>ColdFusion One Liners</b> -<i> Sam Farmer</i> - ColdFusion is all about making the hard things easy. This topic will explore this concept by showing examples of what can be done with one line of ColdFusion to produce compelling results in AJAX, Rich Internet Applications, Converting Files, PDF and Object-Relational Mapping (ORM). <p> <b>Practical Ajax Security</b>-<i>Jason Dean</i> - With the introduction of Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) over the last several years, it seems that everyone is jumping on the RIA bandwagon. But is any thought being given to what might need to be done to ensure that our Web 2.0 applications are secure? Or are they are not introducing new vulnerabilities into existing applications? In this presentation, we will look at some of the security issues that can arise from introducing Ajax into your applications and about how to mitigate the risks of opening up remote services for Ajax. <p> <b>How to Read a Stack Trace</b> -<i>Daryl Banttari</i> - Learn how to gather, interpret, and act on Java exception and running-thread stack traces in ColdFusion. <p> <b>Searching With Apache Solr</b> - <i>Shannon Hicks</i> - Solr is now included with ColdFusion 9, but are you using it to it's full potential? Explore using Solr directly, instead of using CF9's built-in search tags & functions. <p> <b>Testing and Debugging CF for Flex UIs </b>- <i>Joe Rinehart</i> - When ColdFusion returns an error message to Flex, you're not exactly given a user-friendly error message. Instead, you often have to dig to find out just where the error occurred. Join Joe as he shares lessons learned from four years' of enterprise ColdFusion + Flex RIA development. We'll discover how to use MXUnit and ColdSpring to simulate a running Flex client, how write to automatic Flex tests for your ColdFusion services, and how to see exactly what bytes are travelling between your ColdFusion server and Flex clients. After this session, you'll be able to write ColdFusion RIAs with less bugs, and spend less time fixing problems when they do occur! topics conference speakers featured news Mon, 18 Jan 2010 11:48:00 -0500 http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2010/1/18/Lo-and-Behold--What-You-All-Have-Been-Waiting-For Announcing first round of CFUnited sessions http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2009/11/18/Announcing-first-round-of-CFUnited-sessions Announcing first round of CFUnited sessions: <b>ColdFusion and jQuery: Two Great Tastes that Go Great Together</b> : jQuery is one of the leading technologies in the javascript framework world. See what happens when we take advantage of some of CF9's cool ajax functionalities to build an application with CF9 and jQuery. - Jeff Coughlin <b>Flex 4 for Flex 3 Developers</b> : Flex 4 offers a whole new approach to development. What do those of us who already know how to build apps in Flex 3 need to know to start being productive? - Jeff Tapper <b>Understanding Security in Adobe AIR Applications</b> : Wait... You mean AIR applications have different security concerns than regular web applications? Yes, they do. Since Adobe AIR applications are desktop applications we have new security considerations to think about. Come learn how to ensure that your AIR applications are secure. In this presentation we will go over the Adobe AIR security model and some security best practices in Adobe AIR for both Flex and Ajax applications. - Jason Dean <b>Real Life RIA Powered By The Adobe Stack</b> : This session will include a short introduction to RIA technologies for newcomers to the full range of Adobe RIA technologies. We will take a look at how ColdFusion, Flex and AIR empower developers to easily create engaging Rich Internet Applications. We'll take a detailed look at how SlideSix.com utilizes these langauages, frameworks and tools to create a multimedia presentation sharing community. This session will include demonstrations on how to convert a presentation file to a browser based SWF using Adobe ColdFusion and Java, creating a powerful management console that allows users to record audio/video narration directly within their browser using Adobe Flex and extending the user experience to the desktop with Adobe AIR. - Todd Sharp <b>New Caching Features in ColdFusion 9</b> : In this presentation I explore new caching strategies introduced with Ehcache in ColdFusion 9. I walk through the use of new granular caching mechanisms including changes to as well as new caching functions, caching objects and data, page fragment caching, and finally disk and memory caching. - Aaron West <b>Making Bad Code Good- Part 2</b> : This talk is structured much like Part 1, examining code samples and making improvements in readability, structure and maintainability. Often, refactoring is discussed in context of patterns, but much can be gained by writing or rewriting code into easily understood forms. Since we spend a lot of time deciphering other people's code, this talk is geared to providing practical skills in interpreting code and restructuring in a way that saves time and money. This is a must see talk for those working in team environments! No powerpoints, only real ColdFusion code! - Dan Wilson <b>Automagic Validations for ColdFusion Objects</b> : Are you confused about where to put the validation logic in your object oriented application? Are you tired of writing one set of validations for the server side and another set for the client side? Are you looking for a way to encapsulate your validation logic, so your business objects do not have to change each time your validation rules change? If you answered yes to any of those questions, then this is the session for you. In this session you will learn about an open source project that delivers all of the above, and is easy to integrate into any project. You define your business rules in a simple XML file and the framework will automagically perform all of your server side validations and generate all of your client side validations. What's more, the framework is flexible and extensible enough to allow you to define an unlimited number of custom validation types and messages, all without touching any of the framework's or your own code. You'll leave the session with an understanding of what the framework can do for you, as well as how to implement it into a new or existing application. This framework is meant to be used in an application that makes use of objects. This would include ones that use Transfer, Reactor, hand-coded beans/DAOs, and, of course, ColdFusion 9's ORM. - Bob Silverberg <b>Digging Into The Developer Toolbox</b> : Every developer has their basic toolset - a robust IDE, source control and a good bug tracker. But what else is in your toolbox? In this presentation I'll explore some additional tools that can increase your productivity and allow you to concentrate on developing applications. Some of the tools we will explore include: Autohotkey - save time and type less! Autohotkey can do simple text replacements and well as complex GUIs! Keyboard Launchers - clean up that messy desktop and stop hunting for icons! Virtual desktops - Now that your desktop is clean - organize your applications into task focused areas. Cron - replace the unreliable Windows Scheduled task with a simple to use task scheduler. Clipboard managers - quit typing the same things over and over. A clipboard manager can keep a long running history of what you type so you don't have to. and more... All of these are free, open-source and for the most part have similar equivalents available on all three platforms - Windows, Mac and Linux. In this presentation we will focus on Windows. - Jim Priest </br> </br> </br> </br> </br> Thank you to all those who have submitted session topics so far. This is only the first round of session announcements, we plan to announce more topics in December and January. CFUnited <a href="http://callforspeakers.cfconf.org/">call for speakers</a> is still open so keep your submissions coming! topics conference speakers featured Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:57:00 -0500 http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2009/11/18/Announcing-first-round-of-CFUnited-sessions