October 29, 2007
David Tucker has written an article for Adobe Developer Connection entitled Managing Adobe AIR updates with ColdFusion 8 . While the article is about using ColdFusion to manage updates to an AIR application post-deployment, David does demonstrate lots of ColdFusion/Flex/AIR integration techniques...
October 29, 2007
It's hard to believe that MAX Europe was two weeks ago, and MAX U.S. just two weeks before that. And now we get to do it all over again ... I am about to head out of here for the 13+ hour flight from Detroit to Tokyo for MAX Japan . After that I'll make a slight detour via China (for meetings in...
October 28, 2007
rtePad is a web based rich text editor. If you want to truly be amazed, check out these examples ! It's all client-side JavaScript, so it is back-end independent (and they note that it can indeed be used by ColdFusion).
October 28, 2007
Mark Drew has posted notes on getting ColdFusion to run on Mac OS X Leopard (which is not officially supported yet).
October 27, 2007
Futsal is an indoor version of Soccer, and the game is hugely popular in Japan, where many companies have employee teams. Adobe Japan created the Adobe MAX Cup 2007 Futsal Tournament (with the final game set to coincide with MAX 2007 Japan later this week), and teams from Adobe, Intel, Microsoft,...
October 27, 2007
As previously announced , I'll be in Australia next month for CFCAMP events in Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, and Perth. The events are going to be partial formal presentation, partial free form bar camp, and should be lots of fun. Registration for these events is now open .
October 25, 2007
Tech Republic is running a story by Brian Kotek entitled Why developers should check out ColdFusion 8 , stating that CF8 is "a force to be reckoned with in the application server space", and that "the recent release is by far the most compelling version since they moved to the Java platform - and...
October 25, 2007
Earlier this week Adobe announced that Flex Builder 2 would be made available "at no cost to students and faculty at educational institutions worldwide."
October 24, 2007
I just received confirmation that we'll be doing a series of ColdFusion 8 events in Australia in November (primarily ColdFusion events, but we'll cover Flex and AIR, too). The planned dates are: November 20th: Sydney November 21st: Brisbane November 22nd: Melbourne November 27th: Perth It's been a...
October 24, 2007
I am in Amsterdam's Schiphol airport, about to head back to the U.S. After last night's Brussels event we drove for 2 hours to The Hague for the Netherlands Adobe Business Exchange . Again, I presented ColdFusion 8 to a very appreciate, interactive, and engaged crowd (very few of whom are yet...