Thoughts, ideas, tips, musings, and pontifications (not necessarily in that order) by Ben Forta ...
NOTE: This is my personal blog, and the opinions and statements voiced here are my own.
May 31, 2006
Posted At : 9:23 PM
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Flex :
Sho Kuwamoto has posted a three part series on dealing with asynchronous events in ActionScript. This one is required reading: Part 1, Part II, Part III.
I'll be in Mexico City in June for a series of customer and partner events. While I am there I will get the opportunity to present Flex 2 to Adobe User Group Mexico on Tuesday June 13th. Details should be on the group website shortly.
Posted At : 4:29 PM
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Stuff :
Google Maps and Earth Day Network have teamed up to help you make your summer vacation a green one, and thus Summer of Green.
Posted At : 4:28 PM
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A few months ago Barry Schwartz proposed to his girlfriend via a custom Ask.com search. Well, apparently the couple is now married. So sweet. <sniff>
Web Host Industry Review is running a story about how "minor league hockey organization the Ontario Hockey League has begun conducting its draft online through an interface resembling those used in many online fantasy sports pools." As per the story, the application saves time and money, and "is built using AJAX, ColdFusion and Oracle". Oh, and the WHIR site which is reporting the story is itself powered by ColdFusion MX 7.
May 29, 2006
ColdFusion debug output is returned to Flex apps as part of the ResultEvent (as of beta 3 of CF 7.0.2). Of course, CF debugging must be enabled. This example does a simple text dump of returned debug information:
public function ResultHandler(event:ResultEvent):void
{
Alert.show(mx.utils.ObjectUtil.toString(event.message.headers));
}
May 26, 2006
Posted At : 3:08 PM
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SQL :
I just discovered a new SELECT clause that has been added to T-SQL in SQL Server 2005. TABLESAMPLE can be used to return a sampling of rows (either a fixed number or a specified percent of the table rows). Here is how it is used:
/* Get a sample 5 rows */
SELECT *
FROM table
TABLESAMPLE (5 ROWS)
/* Get a sample 10 percent of rows */
SELECT *
FROM table
TABLESAMPLE (10 PERCENT)
It is worth noting that you may not get the exact number of rows that you'd expect. Sampling occurs by table page, and the number of rows in a page can vary.
May 25, 2006
Posted At : 9:29 PM
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Flash :
Emmy Huang (Product Manager for Flash Player) has posted an update on Flash Player 9 for Linux (bottom line, it's being worked on).
Posted At : 1:52 PM
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Books :
My Sams Teach Yourself Regular Expressions in 10 Minutes uses a little RegEx Tester utility to aid study, and versions of this utility have been posted for multiple languages. The next most requested language is PHP, and I just posted a PHP port of the utility created by my co-worker Charles Bihis. Thanks, Charles!
Posted At : 1:08 PM
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SQL :
I needed to do a fresh install of SQL Server 2005 Express yesterday, and no matter what I tried the installation kept failing with really strange errors about invalid or missing MSI files. The solution? Manually extract the installer files to a temporary folder and then run the extracted setup, that fixed it. To extract installer files execute the installer on the command line with arguments /x:path (for example, /x:c:\sqltemp).
May 24, 2006
Posted At : 6:42 PM
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Jobs :
Abercrombie & Kent, a luxury adventure travel company located in Oak Brook, IL, has an immediate opening for a ColdFusion Developer. Details posted online.
Posted At : 6:39 PM
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Jobs :
Looking for a ColdFusion position in the Bay Area? Adobe is looking for someone to join an in-house development team. Details posted online.
Posted At : 4:16 PM
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Using CF :
KraftMaid is one of the largest and most recognized brands of cabinetry for the home. KraftMaid products are sold by Lowe's and The Home Depot as well as 1600 independent deals here in the U.S., as well as in over a dozen other countries. I visited the KraftMaid site today (I needed to contact them for some warranty information) and was pleased to discover that the site is powered by ColdFusion MX.
May 23, 2006
Posted At : 11:48 PM
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Flex UI superstar Ely Greenfield is at it again, check out his In Place Editing Controls experiment. Very cool stuff!
May 22, 2006
Posted At : 9:01 PM
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Flex :
We all love undocumented features, and Mike Morearty has posted what I think is the first undocumented Flex Builder tip, how to tweak the XML file containing the colors used in syntax color coding.
May 19, 2006
Developer Week is a week of free, online technical seminars on Adobe technologies, scheduled for June 12-16. Included are sessions on the Adobe engagement platform, ColdFusion, Flex, LiveCycle, ActionScript, and more. 5 days, 3 sessions a day, 15 unique sessions in all. All sessions will be via Breeze, with audio as voice-over-IP and telephone. Registration is required, and these sessions will fill up quickly. To learn more, visit the Adobe Developer Week page.
Posted At : 2:38 PM
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ColdFusion :
Federal Computer Week has a story on Air Force Lt. Gen. Michael Peterson recognizing the role that technology plays in modern day warfare. As per the story: The lieutenants demonstrated what they could do with the Web and ColdFusion software, and Peterson was sold. They built an automated target folder application that let aircrew members type in their target numbers from an air-tasking order. Then the target folder built itself based on the most current maps, images and intelligence reports about the target. "They had the real-time knowledge that they needed to plan their missions," Peterson said.
May 18, 2006
Posted At : 10:36 PM
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ColdFusion :
A ColdFusion update is now available to support Apache 2.2 on Linux and Unix (Apache has not yet released a Windows version). Details posted in TechNote.
May 17, 2006
Posted At : 12:09 PM
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ColdFusion :
São José dos Campos, São Paulo in Brazil is getting a new ColdFusion User Group. The site is now online, and the inaugural meeting will be tomorrow at Brazilian Institute of Advanced Technologies. Good luck with the new group guys!
Posted At : 12:04 PM
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Stuff :
Digital Reports has a story on the new Lexus LS-460, proclaiming it the "Most Techie Car" The 2007 Lexus LS-460, said TRG, has a number of technologies which they find particularly interesting. These include a factory-installed 30GB hard disk drive partitioned for music and navigation, three cameras for lane departure warning and park assist, touch-screen and voice activated navigation system, Bluetooth phone control, monitored telematics, live traffic reports and a 19-speaker audio system that reads compressed audio formats (i.e. MP3). Cool stuff!
May 16, 2006
Posted At : 5:08 AM
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ColdFusion :
I am in Vienna, the largest city in Austria, home to about 2 million, and once home to the likes of Mozart, Freud, the von Trapp family (immortalized by "The Sound Of Music"), and of course, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. The European Commission (the largest ColdFusion customer in Europe) is holding their annual web developer conference here, and I am speaking today (to IT managers) and tomorrow (to CF developers). (Which, by the way, is why I am not joining the Adobe contingent at JavaOne this week).
I've demonstrated the C/Flex super wizard several times already, the first time in San Diego a couple of weeks ago, and most recently last night in Zurich. If you have yet to see this wizard, be prepared to be amazed. It creates a complete client-server data drill-down / data-entry application, complete with DAO CFCs on the ColdFusion end, and MVC style Flex on the client-side. You define the screens (using a query/form builder) and the wizard does the rest. Damon Cooper has posted a detailed entry on the wizard, and Dean Harmon has created a Captivate demo that shows the Wizard at work. Enjoy!
Posted At : 4:24 AM
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Jobs :
I received an e-mail from a recruiter who is trying to find 30 ColdFusion developers for an organization in Charlotte and Atlanta. They are looking for junior, mid-level, and senior developers, these are permanent positions, and relocation fees could be paid, too. Interviews can be conducted over the phone, and applicants will also be tested for coding proficiency. If you want to learn more, contact Jenni Richardson at ettain group.
May 15, 2006
I just arrived in beautiful Zürich. I've got a couple of meetings this afternoon, and then tonight I'll present "Flex 2 For ColdFusion Developers" to the Swiss ColdFusion User Group. If you happen to be in this part of the world, be sure to drop by. Details are on the group web page.
May 13, 2006
Read the Adobe Success Story on Global Training Technologies who built an innovative and powerful web based training solution using ColdFusion and Flex.
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