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May 3, 2007

Central Georgia Added To Scorpio Tour

Another venue added to the Scorpio Usergroup tour . If Atlanta is too far north for you, the day after the Atlanta event I'll be down in Warner Robins, GA, to speak to the Central Georgia CFUG .

Web Version OF Yahoo IM Built With Flex

Subject says it all. See Ted's post for details .

Flex

May 2, 2007

Tonight In Detroit

I am back in Detroit, and will wrap week two of the Scorpio Usergroup tour this evening with a presentation to the local usergroup. If you are in the area, please drop by.

Buy CFMX7 At A Discount And Get Scorpio For Free

Tim Buntel just posted a note about a promotion being run by two Adobe partners. If you are running an older version of ColdFusion (pre-CFMX7) then you can buy CFMX7 with subscription right now for 25% off the list price, and as it includes subscription you'll get Scorpio for free when it ships. If...

On My Way To Phoenix

Yesterday's Scorpio presentations in Austin and Houston went very well, despite unforeseeable gotchas. In Austin the group needed to find a new venue at the last minute because weather forced another event to be brought indoors forcing the usergroup out of their reserved room. This resulted in us...

Appearances ColdFusion

May 1, 2007

Working With JSON In Scorpio

There have been some comments on other entries here regarding JSON. JSON is a data interchange format, and is primarily used as a way to package data for use with Ajax development. ColdFusion 8 (aka Scorpio ) adds support for JSON in several ways: For starters, two new functions named...

Implicit Array And Structure Creation In Scorpio

This one was also met with loud applause last night's Dallas usergroup presentation. Scorpio supports implicit array and structure creation. Here are some simple examples, first array: Here's how it works for structures:

Next Stop, Austin And Houston

Last night's Scorpio presentation in Dallas was incredible. The venue was superb (although I was initially worried when I walked in, stuffing people with hot food and them putting them in big comfy chairs can be a recipe for disaster), the crowd was loud and animated and enthusiastic (it took over...

ColdFusion And JavaScript Like Operators

This one was met with a round of applause last night in Dallas. In Scorpio you can now use the following in CFML expressions: ++ -- % += -= *= /= %= && || ! In addition, in you can use the following operators: == != >=

Kicking Off Week 2 In Dallas This Evening

I am in Dallas, the first of three Scorpio Usergroup tour venues in Texas, and later this week I visit Phoenix and Detroit (on the way home). If you are in the area, please drop by this evening where I plan on showing Scorpio features not shown previously (not even at the presentations last week).