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July 29, 2007

ColdFusion 8 Performance Brief

I've mentioned ColdFusion 8 performance gains previously, and said that we'd publish the complete performance brief with the test specifics and details. That brief is now online .

Paul Hastings On CF8 Internationalization

Paul Hastings notes that ColdFusion 8's use of JDK1.6 has benefits when it comes to internationalization.

ColdFusion

July 23, 2007

A Job Offer NOT To Consider

Job postings should make requirements clear, and should list any and all preferences. And I guess I see the value in telling potential employees what will cause their application to automatically be rejected. But, here is an example of how doing so can make you look petty, immature, and very...

CFDOCUMENT At Rick Steves' Europe

Rachel Unck of Rick Steves' Europe wrote to tell me about this really nice example of at work .

Rey Bango On Shrinking CF Spry Files

Rey Bango has posted notes on how to shrink the Spry JavaScript files that ship with ColdFusion 8 .

ColdFusion

July 20, 2007

Positions In AZ, CA, TX, And In UK

Three positions this week, including one in the UK: General Dynamics IT (UK) is looking for an experienced ColdFusion/Flex developer to join their development team. 3-5 years of current experience as a ColdFusion developer are required. ColdFusion certified applicants are given preferential...

MySQL Releases New Driver With Built In ColdFusion Specific Optimizations

MySQL has released a beta of a new version of their Java driver. As per this post , MySQL Connector/J 5.1.2 is a Type-IV pure-Java JDBC driver that is suitable for use with any MySQL version including MySQL-4.1, MySQL-5.0, MySQL-5.1 beta or the MySQL-6.0 Falcon alpha release. And this new driver...

Ray's ColdFusion 8 Powered Aggregator

Ray Camden loves playing with ColdFusion, and has been coming up with creative projects to experiment with ColdFusion 8 features and functionality. His latest proof of concept is coldfusionBloggers , a ColdFusion blog aggregator which, as per the FAQ , is "2 CFCs, a front page, and a processing...

ColdFusion

July 18, 2007

So, Who Needs A MAX Europe Discount Code?

A week or so ago I offered discount codes for MAX here in the U.S., and lots of you eagerly grabbed them. And others wanted to know if I had discount codes for MAX Europe , and I didn't. But ... I do now! I don't have many of these, but if you want a one-time use discount code for 10% off the cost...

Check Out The IT Crowd

Jim Cassata sent me a link to The IT Crowd . Funny stuff! :-)