June 17, 2009
Spreadsheets are key to just about all businesses and organizations, and ColdFusion developers have long sought a way to access and manipulate spreadsheet data programmatically. The truth is, ColdFusion has supported spreadsheet access for a while in a variety of ways, it's been possible to access...
June 16, 2009
"Debbie" is a persona, a composite character representing a type or class of developer. Lots of Flash Builder 4 features are being built with "Debbie" in mind, and Tim Buntel is asking for help finding Debbie to validate and test features. More on Tim's blog .
June 14, 2009
Longtime ColdFusion partner (as in since early Allaire days) Fig Leaf Software is now blogging , and promise lots of cf-centric content.
June 14, 2009
Acrobat.com has hosted Buzzword (a Flash based online word processor and collaboration tool) for a while now. And more Acrobat.com tools are on their way. Acrobat.com Labs is now offering sneak peeks at Tables (a spreadsheet) and Presentations (create presentations, duh!).
June 13, 2009
Sorry for all of the comment spam many of you have been receiving. I am not sure why the parasites think that my site readers would be particularly interested in WOW Gold and Muslim Dating, but ... I was running a rather dated version of Ray Camden's BlogCFC (my setup is a very modified version of...
June 12, 2009
I presented to 4 usergroups this week, primarily focusing on ColdFusion futures (including "Bolt", the planned ColdFusion IDE) but also covering Flash Builder 4 and Flash Catalyst. The reactions at all groups were highly consistent - enthusiasm, excitement, and lots of spontaneous applause. The big...
June 10, 2009
Lee Brimelow has done it again. His latest Dead Drop required inspecting mail headers, performing a SQL injection attack, following GPS coordinates, lock picking ... I am amazed every time someone actually solves one of these things! But, someone did indeed solve it, and now Lee explains all.
June 10, 2009
Last night's usergroup event in NYC was incredible! A crowd of about 120 packed one of the beautiful new conference facilities at NYU Medical Center, and we chatted for over 2 hours about ColdFusion, Flex, Flash Catalyst, and more. The crowd was amazing, dozens of questions and comments and...
June 9, 2009
Yesterday's usergroup presentation in Washington, D.C. went very well. Lots of excitement, good (and some tough) questions, and the interactivity I've come to expect from this group. What I did not expect was the poor turnout, this has been one of the best attended groups for over a decade, and...
June 8, 2009
Adobe Developer Connection has published a document on ColdFusion performance tuning by ColdFusion engineering team member Kunal Saini.