Last week Gert Franz, CEO of Railo, announced that Railo 3.1 will be open sourced, that the new LPGL2 licensed project will be hosted at JBoss.org, and that the JBoss community will be contributing to the enhancement of core functionality. I've known Gert for a long time. We first met in Zurich...
Simon Bailey has posted an example of how to communicate with ColdFusion from a PureMVC Flex client, performing a query against a remote CFC.
O'Reilly InsideRIA is sponsoring a Flex 3 Cookbook Cook-Off , and the grand price is a ticket to Adobe MAX in San Francisco and $500 on O'Reilly books.
Two ColdFusion positions this week: On Assignment Information Technology (Calabasas, CA) is looking for a ColdFusion developer. Requirements include at least 5 years ColdFusion experience (CF8 experience preferred), and experience with SQL Server, Ajax, and advanced JavaScript (jQuery preferred)....
The SourceForge.net 2008 Community Choice Awards are open, and now is the time to submit nominations. Click here to nominate Flex SDK and select the "Best Tool or Utility for Developers" category (you can select others if you'd like, too, "Most Likely to Change the World" seems quite appropriate).
At Scotch on the Rocks this week, Adam Lehman and I chatted about ColdFusion, Flex, and LiveCycle Data Services (LCDS for short). We spent quite a bit of time on the latter because when I polled the crowd of 150 or so, only 3 raised their hands when asked who'd looked at LCDS. That's a shame, as...
Steve Drucker has posted a recorded Connect session showing how to create a PDF form (using LiveCycle Designer) containing controls which are powered by a ColdFusion backend.
I just arrived in Edinburgh for Scotch on the Rocks 2008. Adam Lehman and I are presenting an opening session in the morning. And as soon as he gets here we'll figure out what we're talking about! ;-)
Over the years there has been infrequent but ongoing discussion about ColdFusion pricing. Some feel that the price is too high and that lowering it would increase product use. Others believe that the product has been priced far too low, and that raising it would increase respect among analysts and...
Three positions this week: Unnamed client (Carlsbad, CA) is looking for 2 Flex developers. Requirements include experience with Flex and with LiveCycle Data Services. Contact recruiter Natalie Fay at Outsource Technical - Information Technology Staffing. University of South Carolina (Columbia, SC)...