It's been two and a half years since I published my MySQL Crash Course (a MySQL specific adaptation of my Sams Teach Yourself SQL in 10 Minutes ), and during this time the book has proven to be incredibly popular, especially with MySQL beginners. And today I was informed that MySQL Crash Course is...
Three positions this week, two in New Zealand and one in England: Enigma (Auckland, New Zealand) is looking for a ColdFusion developer. Requirements include a minimum of 2 years experience with relational databases, as well as a good understanding of Fusebox, and strong SQL and PL/SQL skills....
ESRI is an industry leader in the GIS space, and their ArcGIS Server provides Internet and Web oriented GIS and spatial data services for your own applications. ESRI has created ArcGIS API for Flex to allow Flex developers to leverage the power of ArcGIS in their own applications. The API is in...
As has been previously noted, AMF is the preferred method of communication between applications running in the Flash Player and server back-ends. ColdFusion developers have long benefited from AMF being built into the core ColdFusion server. And Java developers have been able to obtain AMF support...
And another ColdFusion engineering team member has started blogging, this time Jayesh Viradiya who plans to cover ColdFusion, Flex, AIR, and more.
Joe Rinehart has written an article for Dr. Dobb's entitled Building RIAs on J2EE Foundations . Joe explains RIA development from a very ColdFusion and Flex centric view of the world, and walks through an example in detail. Nice job, Joe!
I'm about to head out to Lansing to present at , my shortest commute for any FlexCamp to date. I'll be covering Flex, AIR, LiveCycle Data Services, BlazeDS, and of course some ColdFusion.
Here's a fun AIR app for you, AIRmikan , from Fuji Television Network. What is AIRmikan? Well, I could never describe it as well as the following quote from the AIRmikan page : Airmikan is desktop virtual pets of digital comic [mikan seijin gril], which is based on Adobe AIR. This Airmikan is...
With the recent spate of hacking attempts targeting ColdFusion sites, we've added a much needed MAX session entitled "Hack-Proofing Your ColdFusion Powered Sites". Scott Stroz will present the session which is not listed on the MAX site yet, but will be shortly.
I like Vista. I've said it before , and will say it again, Windows Vista works for me, and works well. But, it's no secret that Microsoft has run into problems convincing the masses to really give Vista a try. And so Microsoft is trying something creative, a fun campaign named the Mojave Experiment...