Last night I said that CFWACK 8 Volume 2 - Application Development would be shipping soon. Well, Volume 2 is now shipping, I received my copies this morning. Some of the new content includes coverage of working with images, PDF manipulation and processing, thread management, and Flex integration....
We ran into some delays with the final volume of the updated ColdFusion Web Application Construction Kit. But, the good news is that Volume 3 is done, and should be available before the end of the year. (Volume 2 before that). Links to the new 3 volume series are online . Oh, and I am not supposed...
I've been carrying a Samsung BlackJack around with me for a year now, and posted extensive comments on the device back then (actually, it was a year ago to the day!). All in all, I have been very pleased with the phone, and have even been willing to overlook its shortcomings. But, I am always on...
Two postings this week, both for non-U.S. positions: APCO Worldwide (Brussels, Belgium and/or London, England) is looking for a ColdFusion developer. Requirements include relevant ColdFusion experience (MX or later), as well as 1-2 years of hands-on experience coding websites and developing web...
A user sent me some code he was having trouble with, and in the code I saw a rather verbose and complex block of CFML being used to generate random strings for use with CAPTCHA verifications. So, while replying to his e-mail, I also sent him the RandString() function I use myself. And, as it may be...
Here's a new one for you, new as in "it's a new rule since last week" (exact quote from a TSA agent in Detroit this morning). When you show your ID at the security checkpoint you must now take it out of any holder. So, if your Drivers License is in your wallet, even if fully visible and legible,...
I recently mentioned that we were working on a ColdFusion update that would add Mac OSX Leopard support, as well as support for 64bit OSs (beyond the current Solaris support). ColdFusion Product Marketing Manager Kristen Schofield has just announced that the beta for this update has begun.
I mentioned Fusion Authority Quarterly (FAQU) when the inaugural issue was published back in mid-2006. Since then I have glanced at each issue as I have received them, but have not really given them as much attention as I probably should have. Until now, that is. I recently had a short flight...
Steve Drucker of Figleaf Software recently presented an online Acrobat Connect session on AIR, concentrating on getting started and building HTML/JS/Ajax AIR apps (and of course he uses ColdFusion as the back-end). And, very considerately, he recorded the entire session - it runs about an hour, and...
This is the least favorite post I've had to make in a long time. I was scheduled to begin a week and a half of ColdFusion events in Australia this week. But, due to a personal issue that has come up, I have had to cancel at the last minute. I am really upset about this - it's been several years...