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Article at InfoQ published: Debunking Common Myths about ColdFusion
An article I wrote (a few moons ago) for InfoQ just got published:
Debunking Common Myths About ColdFusion
November 20, 2008 10:24 AM
New Centuar Features Demoed! ORM, Bolt (IDE), Code Generation, CFScript
I just got out of a session with Jason Delmore talking about some of the new features being looked at in ColdFusion 9. He mostly talked about the ORM features being backed into the next version of ColdFusion courtesy of Hibernate. We also squeezed a few other tidbits of information out of him too.
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November 20, 2008 09:52 AM
What type of apps do you build?
Iâ??m curious to find out the type of applications that people are building with ColdFusion â?? what do I mean by that?
1. Are you building â??applicationsâ?? or are you building â??websitesâ??? I know thereâ??s a fine line as to what makes a website an application â?? but I think most people would know what [...]
November 20, 2008 08:55 AM
MAX Sneak Peaks
I missed the sneak peaks last night at MAX, but I found an excellent review: Live blogging MAX 2008 sneak peak session. This blog entry puts my live blogging of the keynote to shame! I'll have to look into the tool he used before the next conference....
November 20, 2008 02:16 AM
MAX Day Two - Brazillian BBQ is Evil
So once again, my summary post is late due to a very full day at MAX, oh and that 20 pounds of meat last night at Espetus didn't help either.
Yesterdays keynote was definitely the high point of the conference. Not only did we get to see ColdFusio...
November 20, 2008 02:08 AM
Comprehensive ColdFusion Component OnMissingMethod() Testing
I love the OnMissingMethod() functionality that was introduced in ColdFusion 8. However, I fear that I only ever understood it from an object-external standpoint. From my original testing, I believe that I came to the conclusion that OnMissingMethod() only works from outside of the given object and not from within it. However, after some discussion with Peter Bell , I was made to think that it did, in fact, work from within an Object, but onl ... Read More »
November 20, 2008 01:25 AM
Using jQuery To Leverage The OnChange Method Of Inputs
The other day, I was working on an in-line-editing style datagrid and in order to minimize the datagrid's AJAX calls (required for saving), I wanted to only save records that have been altered in some way. At first, I started down the path of storing original values with the intent to compare them to input values on "blur" or on "focus" as needed. This got really complicated really fast. Then, it dawned on me - text inputs, like select boxes, have an onChange method that fires when the ...&nb
November 20, 2008 01:25 AM
Durango and PatchPanel
There's two more new technologies at Adobe Labs today. PatchPanel is a library that will let you script some of the CS3/4 tools from Flex. If you attended Dr. Woohoo's session at FOTB, you may have seen an early preview of these powerful tools. Durango on the other hand is a rapid prototyping tool for AIR applications that has some rough edges. Is it the wrong solution to the right problem?.
November 20, 2008 12:06 AM
Alchemy Turns C/C++ Into Flash Gold
As announced in the MAX keynote this morning, Alchemy is a project that allows users to compile C and C++ code to run on the ActionScript Virtual Machine. With Alchemy, developers can now reuse hundreds of millions of lines of existing open source C ...
November 19, 2008 12:42 PM
ColdFusion Announcements At MAX Keynote
During the MAX keynote this morning I announced that we are working on an Eclipse based ColdFusion IDE codenamed "Bolt" to be released in conjunction with the next version of ColdFusion. More details to follow, but, visit Labs to request ac...
November 19, 2008 12:42 PM
Tour de Flex
I can now plug Tour de Flex, that has a couple of our components in it, and the Efflex library (should have a cube to add over the new few days).
Tour de Flex is a desktop application for exploring Flex capabilities and resources, including the core Flex components, Adobe AIR and data integration, as well [...]
November 19, 2008 12:38 PM
Updated ActionScript 3 RIA API Guide
We have just posted an updated PDF of the Flash Platform ActionScript 3 RIA API Guide. The new guide includes updated apis for Adobe AIR 1.5, Flex 3.2 and Flash Player 10.
You can find more information on the guide, as well as download the PDF from the developer center.
You can view some images of the [...]
November 19, 2008 12:37 PM
CFCamp in Munich next week
Finally after 6 long years there is a CFML conference in Germany again. The basic schedule is like that of "A wee dram of Scotch in London" this year. 7 Speakers for one day. If you like to read more about the event, just go to the official (Railo powered :-) website.
I am very glad that we from Railo were able to bring two very famous CFML people to the CFCAMP. Luis Majano, author of Coldbox and Mark Drew, well known to all of you from
CFEclipse and the Reactor framework where he is leading t
November 19, 2008 12:36 PM
Compile C/C++ libraries into your swf
Sounds cool huh? You look at all the projects on sourcefourge and think, man if only I could do that in the flash player. Well now you can. The project named Alchemy which translates these C and C++ libraries into bytecode for the flash player is now available on Labs. I cant wait to see [...]
November 19, 2008 12:36 PM
New CF/Lucene Project - GOAT
Just saw this, looks interesting. ColdFusion and Lucene 2.4.
Check out Revorg GOAT Search Solution on RiaForge
November 19, 2008 12:33 PM
Positive Side to the Economic Downturn
My last post was a sad one, so I thought, what's good about all thats going on?
Well, less emails from recruiters is a big one for me. I'm getting maybe 1/10th of what I used to on a daily basis.
What do you guys see as positive?
November 19, 2008 12:33 PM
AIR 1.5 Cookbook Sample Chapter
As I announced earlier, the AIR 1.5 Cookbook has been released today at Max (and will be available in bookstores soon). However, you can get a sample chapter from the book for free at the Adobe AIR Developer Center.
Adobe AIR Developer Center: AIR 1.5 Cookbook excerpt: Applications and native window menus
November 19, 2008 12:32 PM
Live blogging from day 2 MAX keynote coming up later
Following Serge’s idea to live blog the day 1 MAX keynote yesterday - which we set-up about 5 minutes before the keynote started - we’re going to be a bit more organised today for the day 2 keynote.
The theme for the day 2 keynote is “Design, Develop, Deploy” and will be lead by Ben [...]
November 19, 2008 12:32 PM
Adding ASDoc Comments to Flex MXML files
The Flex ASDoc command-line tool parses one or more ActionScript class definitions and MXML files to generate API language reference documentation for all public and protected methods and properties, and for certain metadata tags. The Gumbo release of Flex adds new features to the ASDoc command-line tool, including support for ASDoc comments in MXML files.
The ASDoc command-line tool is in the bin directory of your Flex Gumbo installation directory.
MXML Comments
The previous release of the A
November 19, 2008 12:32 PM
FDT Tip: Turning Off Error Notices for External Classes
I've been using FDT for quite some time now, and I keep having a recurring issue when using external, third-party, open source classes/libraries: if the code is not strictly data typed and/or contains some other small issue FDT's parser doesn't like, the folder containing the classes shows up with a red 'x' symbolizing there is [...]
November 19, 2008 12:32 PM
Tracking Flash with Google Analytics ActionScript 3 API
Yesterday Google made a significant announcement which seems to have gotten overshadowed by all the MAX Conference goodness: the Google Analytics team has released an ActionScript 3 API for tracking user events within Flash.
Yes, you could track events prior to this announcement by manually calling the JavaScript function embedded within the HTML page via ExternalInterface [...]
November 19, 2008 12:32 PM
Flash on the Beach ‘09 Miami Tickets Now on Sale
If you haven't been to a Flash on the Beach conference yet because you had a hard time justifying the cost of travel to Brighton, your chance to experience the best Flash-centric conference has arrived stateside! Tickets for FOTB Miami to be held April 6th-8th, 2009 are now on sale. And, the first 199 people [...]
November 19, 2008 12:32 PM
Adobe Cocomo
Released yesterday on Adobe Labs is a Platform as a Service codenamed "Cocomo", which is set to provide Flex developers with the ability to add realtime social capabilities to their Rich Internet Applications.
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November 19, 2008 12:31 PM
Adobe Alchemy Project
Another new release on the adobe labs site is the project called Alchemy. The purpose of this project is to allow developers to compile C and C++ code into Action Script.
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November 19, 2008 12:31 PM
Flash Catalyst Unveiled or Thermo has a new name
Adobe has finally unveiled their name for the much anticipated "Thermo", which is now called Flash Catalyst
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November 19, 2008 12:31 PM
Live Blogging the Yahoo BrowserPlus Release Party
Austin Chau and I are here on the Yahoo campus for the Yahoo BrowserPlus release party. I'm going to blog the event as it happens here (Disclosure: I work for Google with the Open Web Advocacy and Gears teams).
First, Ernest Delgado, Canvas whiz here at Yahoo, sent me a cool demo showing a prototype he [...]
November 19, 2008 12:31 PM
Detect Ajax Framework with WTFramework
Because viewing the source is too bothersome, we now have WTFramework (short for "What The Framework", obviously), a bookmarklet that will detect and display the Ajax / JavaScript frameworks used in the current website.
It does so by checking for loaded JavaScript objects for each framework, not by analyzing the <script> element URIs.
Handy.
November 19, 2008 12:31 PM
Fixing the Web, Part I
Over on my personal blog I've started a new semi-regular series called Fixing the Web. From Part I of the series:
We've made major progress on the web since 2005 and the rise of Ajax. JavaScript toolkits like JQuery, Dojo, and YUI have expanded what we can do with web browsers and increased our productivity, while [...]
November 19, 2008 12:31 PM
Using HTML 5 postMessage
One of the cool new features in HTML 5 is Cross Document Messaging. What makes this feature really nice is that all the next-generation browsers support it: Internet Explorer 8, Firefox 3, Opera 9, and Safari nightly. Facebook is already using this feature, for example, in order to support web-based instant messaging.
Austin Chau put together [...]
November 19, 2008 12:31 PM
Reglib and jQuery Demo
We posted on reglib, the new declarative event based library by Greg Reimer. I was a little confused at first, but Greg has posted a follow up which includes a demonstration comparing reglib to jQuery that makes his strategy a lot clearer:
Let me first of all stress that I'm not trying to bust on JQuery [...]
November 19, 2008 12:31 PM
JS-909: Drum Machine, No Flash
Cameron Adams has another fun Javascript experiment in JS-909, a drum machine he built from scratch. It plays sound without Flash, along with a check that your browser is capable of playing sound this way, and also includes a little canvas-powered psychedelic graphics engine.
At the recent Web Directions JavaScript libraries panel, I was in charge [...]
November 19, 2008 12:31 PM
New ColdFusion IDE - BOLT announced at MAX
Finally I can talk about this out loud. We announced just minutes ago in the day 2 key note at MAX that the CF team at Adobe is hard at work on an Eclipse based IDE for ColdFusion development, codenamed Bolt. The codename Bolt comes from some nostalgia of the past lightning bolt in the old CF logo but also reminds us that CF is RAD and we're commmitted to giving CF developers more RAD tools and features. Bolt will be tightly integrated with Centaur, but will be a separate product rel
November 19, 2008 12:31 PM
CFConversations 20 - Controller Frameworks Roundtable - Part 2
CFConversations 20 is part 2 of a two part series on controller frameworks.
Brian Meloche (moderator)
Adam Haskell (representing Fusebox)
Ray Camden (representing Model-Glue)
Chris Peters (representing ColdFusion on Wheels)
Mark Mandel, of Transfer fame, but Transfer is an ORM framework, not a controller framework, so he wasn't representing it. On controller frameworks, Mark is framework agnostic.
Nick Kwiatkowski, who is anti-framework.
Both episode 19 (part 1) and 20 were well r
November 19, 2008 12:31 PM
CFConversations 19 - Controller Frameworks Roundtable - Part 1
I'm sorry that I haven't been blogging much on here lately. CFConversations has been taking a considerable amount of time lately, and some issues on this blog caused me not to blog here for a while. I'm also planning to make some major changes with my blog. I had hoped to do them before MAX, but it looks like they'll take place Thanksgiving week instead.
I thought I'd give a brief recap of the last several CFConversations episodes prior to MAX, since I hadn't blogged about them here.
November 19, 2008 12:31 PM
See the new FMS 3.5 dynamic streaming
Another site launched today by Adobe is streamflashhd.com. Here you can experience snippets from CSI Miami, The Colbert Report, Paris Hiltons BFF and more and the quality of the content will toggle depending on your network connection.
November 19, 2008 09:16 AM
New in Gumbo: Client Side Data Services
One of the main themes of the Gumbo release is RAD for Data Centric Developers. The new Client Data Management (CDM) feature coming in Flex 4 super-simplifies how you work with data on the server, and is actually the AS client from LiveCycle D...
November 18, 2008 09:39 PM
Groups.adobe.com launched
Up until today, all Adobe had to offer the User Groups was a simple listing page with search capabilities. At the MAX conference, Adobe unveiled a great new tool for their User Groups offering everything you need to get a UG started: blogs, commenting, discussions, user profiles, networking, event listings, job listings and more.
November 19, 2008 08:23 AM
Adobe LiveCycle Data Services 2.6.1 Now Available
Just freshly released and made live available for download today is the Adobe LiveCycle Data Services ES 2.6.1 release.
This release consists mainly of bug fixes, but also includes an update to the <a href="http://livedocs.adobe.com/livecycl...
November 18, 2008 08:05 PM
MAX Keynote Day 2
The Day two keynote starts out deafeningly loud. Tim Buntel, senior product manager for Flex Builder, is the first speaker to speak about the Flash Platform. He does a humorous secret agent theme to his presentation, where Ben Forta joins him onstage in a secret agent costume. They show off an AIR client for a home electrical subsystem, where they can turn on lights, for instance, within the AIR client. Next they talk about a (fake, I think) company named Ecotours to discuss the productivity enh
November 19, 2008 06:53 AM
ColdFusion IDE is official
I suppose this will hit the fan here shortly, but I haven't seen it yet. Adobe has announced at MAX that they are working on an Eclipse based ColdFusion IDE, code named Bolt. This is VERY exciting news! To bad it won't be released until next year...I suspect it will come out with CF 9.
November 19, 2008 06:50 AM
Adobe ColdFusion IDE announced
Ben (Forta for those that don't know) just announced that Adobe will be releasing an official IDE for ColdFusion, codenamed Bolt. Yes, official and yes from Adobe. You know, the people that have been accused of not caring about ColdFusion.
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November 19, 2008 06:47 AM
Max Day 2: Liveblog Quotes from Main Session -- NEW IDE!!!
I've fought my way to a seat somewhere in the back half of the main auditorium for Tuesday's Main Session. Today is supposed to be the big day for product announcements like ColdFusion. I assume Ray Camden will be blogging this too, so I'm going to take a slightly different approach and let him do the play by play while I record the best quotes I hear from Adobe's finest. I will update the post as I get good stuff to record and assuming my internet connection says up...
"Your missi
November 19, 2008 06:11 AM
Bolt - ColdFusion IDE
I'm still doing the live blog, but wanted to make sure this hit the wires. Scott Stroz found on labs Bolt: http://labs.adobe.com/wiki/index.php/Bolt - the ColdFusion IDE. Follow the link for more info. Right now it's just a sign up.
November 19, 2008 05:57 AM
Max Day 2: Liveblog Quotes from Main Session
I've fought my way to a seat somewhere in the back half of the main auditorium for Tuesday's Main Session. Today is supposed to be the big day for product announcements like ColdFusion. I assume Ray Camden will be blogging this too, so I'm going to take a slightly different approach and let him do the play by play while I record the best quotes I hear from Adobe's finest. I will update the post as I get good stuff to record and assuming my internet connection says up...
November 19, 2008 05:37 AM
MAX Keynote Liveblog - Day 2
Woot, any presentation that begins with Tim Buntel is going to kick butt. They re doing a 'spy spoof' thing now with Lynch as the chief. Way to start a keynote Adobe!
November 19, 2008 05:34 AM
Max Day 1: Overview of My Schedule
Well I didn't get to write this until this morning, but I wanted to reflect briefly on the first day of Max. This being not only my first Max but my first conference in general. I've got to say that overall I have been pretty impresed.
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November 19, 2008 05:33 AM
The all encompassing Flash Platform
Seems we’ve come a long way from the days of Flashkit users (ahh the memories ;-) asking whether Flash can be connected to a database. Now the questions is more likely to be what can’t Flash be connected to!
The formalisation of the Flash Platform helps to answer the later question, and to be honest there’s [...]
November 19, 2008 03:50 AM
MAX Day One - and why Brian Rinaldi is my hero
Good morning everyone. I wanted to post a Day One summary last night, but unfortunately I was diverted by Anchor Steam until about 1 in the morning.
Outside of the keynote, which I blogged about yesterday, my entire day was spent at the ColdFusio...
November 19, 2008 03:49 AM
Be My Lips - Let the phone do all the talking for you!
Never be afraid of saying anything anymore, type it in and let your phone say it for you. But be careful, don’t cross the limits
This application is freeware, made using Flash Lite and Python for S60 (PyS60) and packaged using SWF2Go v2. It demonstrates how to make powerful and engaging mobile applications using [...]
November 19, 2008 02:56 AM
Are You Full As A Goog?
