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January 17, 2009

Help Support Joe And Dale Rinehart

Many have blogged this already, and I feel compelled to do the same so as to help reach the widest audience possible. Just about everyone in the ColdFusion community knows Joe Rinehart. Between his work on Model-Glue , his presentations at MAXs, and more, Joe has given continuously to our...

January 16, 2009

ColdFusion And Flex Positions In MN

Two this week, and both in Minnesota: Mayo Clinic (Rochester, MN) is looking for a senior level ColdFusion developer. Requirements include experience with ColdFusion 7 or 8, as well as experience with at least one of Model Glue, ColdSpring, ColdBox, FarCry or Mach II. Other requirements include...

January 15, 2009

SapphireSteel Releases Amethyst Beta 2

At MAX I demoed Ensemble's Tofino , a Visual Studio plug-in for Flex development. But Tofino is not the only kid on the block, and SapphireSteel (who created a Ruby plug-in for Visual Studio) is also working on a Flex Visual Studio plug-in called Amethyst. SapphireSteel has just announced the...

January 14, 2009

Duane Explains LiveCycle ES Developer Express

LiveCycle ES Developer Express is an EC2 cloud hosted pre-configured, virtualized installation of LiveCycle ES Solution Components in a self-contained development environment. And if you really want to know what that means, Duane Nickull explains .

January 12, 2009

AIR Based Now Boarding Is An Addictive And Fun Game

Now Boarding is an AIR based airline simulation game. You get to buy planes and destinations, build your terminal, ensure that your passengers are happy, and (hopefully) build an airline that is profitable. This is a really great sim, and the fact that it is AIR based just makes it better. But be...

January 12, 2009

MAX 2009 Is A Mere 9 Months Away

I know, we just wrapped MAX in the U.S. and Europe, and MAX Japan is still a week or so away, but ... MAX 2009 is just 9 months away. And, believe it or not, I am already involved in MAX 2009 planning e-mail threads, which, truth be told, is cool and exciting and sick and twisted all at the same...

January 12, 2009

CF9 Enhancement Slip

While demoing the ORM features in Centaur (CF9) and Bolt (the CF IDE) during the MAX keynote, I showed and executed some code, and this snippet appeared on the screen for a short time: I have now received three e-mails asking if that code was real or not. And the answer is yes, that is real code...

January 7, 2009

Upcoming ColdFusion E-Seminars

Just a reminder, there are several ColdFusion 8 e-seminars coming up: Upgrading Seamlessly to ColdFusion 8 - Wednesday, January 14, 2009 11:00 A.M. PDT and Wednesday, February 18, 2009 11:00 A.M. PDT. ColdFusion-Powered Rich Internet Applications - Wednesday, January 28, 2009 11:00 A.M. PDT. Beyond...

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