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.
AllBusiness.com, Inc. (San Francisco, CA) is looking for a ColdFusion developer with at least 3 years experience. Other requirements include 4+ years of JavaScript and DHTML, 3+ years of SQL Server, and familiarity with Linux and using ColdFusion in a mixed OS environment. Details on craigslist.
Posted At : 10:54 AM
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FusionReactor has long been an important tool in every ColdFusion developer and administrator's toolbox. And now it's even easier to take advantage of FusionReactor thanks to just announced annual subscription pricing.
Illuminati Studios (Miami Lakes, FL) is looking for a developer with 1-2 years experience with ColdFusion, ASP.NET, or PHP. Experience with SQL is required, as is familiarity with IIS. Experience with Flash and Flex preferred. Details posted online.
people xs (Rijswijk, Netherlands) is looking for a senior ColdFusion developer with 3-5 years of experience. Additional requirements include experience with SQL and DHTML. Dutch speakers preferred. Details posted online.
Posted At : 10:43 PM
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Sam Wong notes an important point about installing ColdFusion 9 with WAMP on 64bit Windows. Namely, make sure you install 32bit ColdFusion, not 64bit ColdFusion.
I just finished the first seven chapters of the Adobe ColdFusion 9 Volume 1 and I am absolutely thrilled. After trying to learn PHP, ASP.NET and ASP (years ago) I have finally found the language for me. It just makes sense. But not only is ColdFusion something that gives me hope in creating my own dynamic website, your book and way of teaching is exceptional and understandable. Was never satisfied with the other books I found, so to finally find one which is so enjoyable is a great gift.
Needless to say I will finish Volume 1 and get Volume 2 and 3! Thank you for giving me hope in my own personal project!
Best,
Roar Lochar Ramberg
Norway
Thanks, Roar. We're glad you are enjoying ColdFusion, welcome aboard!
And thank Ray Camden and all of the contributing authors for once again turning out an incredible series.
Posted At : 11:37 AM
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Highlander is one of the original authorized ColdFusion training centers (they've been at it since Allaire days), and are the only Authorized ColdFusion Training Center in the UK. They have announced that their next 3-day FastTrack To ColdFusion training class will be August 25th to 27th, 2010.
WebLOAD Professional is RadView's award-winning software for performance testing of internet applications. Installed at over 3,000 companies, WebLOAD Professional is a premier field- proven solution for testing an internet application's ability to handle the demands of actual customer use and launching it with confidence. And the new WebLOAD 8.5 now supports the testing of Flex and LiveCycle Data Services applications.
BR Conference 2010 is a ColdFusion and RIA conference being held August 19th - 21st in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It's been a few years since I was last down in Brazil, so I am really excited to be attending this event. Fellow Adobe Platform Evangelist Terry Ryan will also be there, as will lots of other well known names in the ColdFusion, Flash, and Flex universe. Plus, I am long overdue a real caipirinha.
"CFUnited is the premier ColdFusion specific conference". Many years ago, at a CFUnited, Michael Smith stuck a video camera in front of me and asked me to say something about the event, and that's the line that popped out of my mouth. Somehow, that stuck, and for several years that was the event tagline. I meant it then, and still believe it's true. Since 1999, CFUnited (or CFUN previously) has lined up the very best in the ColdFusion universe, and has educated and inspired thousands of ColdFusion developers in the process. And actually, it's more than just ColdFusion. In recent years, recognizing the importance of the ColdFusion/Flash/Flex/AIR/DS relationship, CFUnited has dedicated sessions and resources to include coverage of these as well.
So, like many of you, I was very disappointed to learn that CFUnited 2010 will be the grand finale for this important event. As Michael Smith noted in a comment, the decision to say goodbye to CFUnited was purely a financial one. And I sympathize, really. Many industry events, including our own MAX Europe, have suffered the same fate. The economy these past few years has made it harder on conference organizers, sponsors, attendees, and employers. And now it has claimed another victim.
Several long-time CFUnited fans have started urging the community to make every effort to attend this last event, and I fully support that plea. I am really bummed that I'll not be attending myself this year, but I really do urge all to make every effort to attend, not just to be educated and inspired, but also to hang out, reminisce over drinks, and to show our thanks to the CFunited team for so many years of support (and fun).
But, at the same time, I really want all of you to attend Adobe MAX. Between the ColdFusion sessions managed by our own Adam Lehman, or the ColdFusion Unconference once again under the direction of everyone's favorite ColdFusion Jedi, ColdFusion is getting lots of love at MAX, and we'd love for all of the ColdFusion community to attend.
Of course, there's that darned economy again. We know that it's hard to go to multiple events these days. And yet I want you all to attend CFUnited, and also want you all to attend Adobe MAX. So, what to do?
The answer? Do both, and let us make it easier for you to do so! Really! Courtesy of your friendly ColdFusion and MAX teams, and with the approval of the CFUnited team, I'm really happy to announce that we are going to give a substantial MAX discount to paying CFUnited 2010 attendees, substantial as in about 40% off the MAX price. So, go register for CFUnited, and use discount code ADOCUST for $100 off. And then we'll send you a discount code allowing you to attend Adobe MAX for just $895 ($600 off the full $1495 price, and $200 less than the group discount rate). Yep, you can have your CF_Cake and eat it, too!
I look forward to seeing you at MAX in Los Angeles. Oh, and please have a drink for me at CFUnited 2010!
Posted At : 4:02 PM
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At the request of a reader, I created an OpenOffice Base version of the example database used in my Sams Teach Yourself SQL in 10 Minutes. The file can be downloaded from the book page.
To use this, you'll obviously need OpenOffice. And as it turns out, Base is actually a really nice database to experiment with, as it features a built-in screen that lets you simply enter and execute SQL. So, once you have OpenOffice installed, here's what you need to do:
Open the book database with OpenOffice Base
Select the Query tab on the left
Click the "Create Query in SQL View" task to display the Query Design screen
Type your SQL in the window
Click the Run Query button (it has an image of a green check mark on top of 2 documents) to execute your SQL, you can also just press F5 to run
Your results will be shown above your SQL code (unless you generate an error)
Thank you Roy (no last name provided) for the inspiration.
While HTML5's video support enables us to bring most of the content and features of YouTube to computers and other devices that don't support Flash Player, it does not yet meet all of our needs. Today, Adobe Flash provides the best platform for YouTube's video distribution requirements, which is why our primary video player is built with it.
Posted At : 5:26 PM
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Fellow Adobe Platform Evangelist Lee Brimelow will be a guest on CNET Live's Android Atlas Weekly on Tuesday June 29th at 2:00pm Pacific / 5:00pm Eastern. You can submit your own questions for Lee in the comments on this Ask Adobe Your Mobile Flash Questions post.
Jean-Baptiste Queru is a lead on Google's Android Open Source Project where he drives releasing Google's contributions to the open source world and importing public contributions into Google's releases. He has a guest post on the Android Developers Blog entitled The Froyo Code Drop. This is a great read, and provides insight into the details and complexities involved in a project like Android.
Posted At : 9:53 AM
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I don't really like ColdFusion .NET comparisons. A better comparison would be ColdFusion to ASP.NET, or ColdFusion + Java to .NET. But, having said that, ColdFusion developer Jose Diaz works for a company that migrated from ColdFusion to .NET (yep, I know, not overly smart). And Jose, having been exposed to the simplicity of ColdFusion before being forced to do things the hard way, created cfdot.net to compare code for common tasks.
