ColdFusion Weekly Version 2.20 - June 18, 2007 - The "We're Psychic" Edition

The "We're Psychic" Edition

What we've been up to...

  • Peter:
    • Hunkered down at work
    • Great intro from John Allen listening to the podcast gets you a new job and makes you're girlfriend like you more too
  • Matt:
    • Just got back from San Jose and the Adobe Community Summit
    • Apple launches Safari ... for Windows

CFReport - 7:30

CFQuery - 40:27

  • Elena Aminova asks "How do I create a ColdFusion User group in my company, which has over 3000 employees and not sure how many CF developers. I know some of them but not all and a User group with monthly meetings would definitely help all of us. How do I go about getting the speakers for the meetings and what is involved in the usergroup organization if I take that upon myself."
  • Ryan Hartwich remind us to spell out uncommon tag names like WDDX for the cfwddx tag (Web Distributed Data eXchange)
  • Ryan Hartwich calls to let us know that we sound the same which is great because since Matt is the smart guy around here, either I'm getting smarter or Matt is getting...
  • A follow up on the service layer question we answered last week from John Allen -- Are service layers "front controllers" for the objects behind them? A new framework?
  • For a bit more background on common OO stuff in CF, listen to the 1.10 version of the weekly for the Design Pattern Safari

CF_Quiz - 58:56

  • Nobody voted for the best new thing is Scorpio...sad I might say! Brian wins!
  • Want to win? Skype user cfweekly or call us at 469-293-3820.

Wrap Up - 1:00:34

  • No show June 25th because we're coming to CFUnited!
  • CFExit - Beer by The Ultronz

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ColdFusion Weekly Version 2.19 - June 11, 2007 - The "Nothing Special" Edition

The "Nothing Special" Edition

What we've been up to...

  • Peter:
    • Played horn quartets twice this week
    • No show June 25th due to CFUnited
  • Matt:
    • Developer Retreat at work is over--got a lot accomplished!
    • Going to San Jose for the Adobe Community Summit

CFReport - 12:06

CFQuery - 38:18

  • John Allen from D.C. asks about service layers and building with composition.
  • John Allen from D.C. brings up Apollo especially the future of us ColdFusion developers in the context of desktop applications

Brian's Bi-Weekly Weekly Open Source Update - 55:20

CF_Quiz - 57:50

  • Go to the quiz page to vote for your favorite quiz entry!
  • Want to win? Skype user cfweekly or call us at 469-293-3820.

Wrap Up

  • CFExit - Control by J.R. Byrd
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ColdFusion Weekly Version 2.18 - June 4, 2007 - The "Viva La Scorpio" Edition

The "Viva La Scorpio" Edition

What we've been up to...

  • Peter:
    • Doing some polishing up on the core for Mach-II 1.5 Beta
    • Converting a logical section of a website into a module for easier maintenance - WOW!
    • Enjoyed a nice Memorial Day grillin' party with a few friends
    • Used WDDX for the first time in a real application...
  • Matt:
    • Wondering why Vista sucks so badly (I'll keep the rant short)
    • Putting the final touches (seriously this time) on MachBlog
    • Working on the new Mach-II web site
    • Trying to find time to start exploiting Scorpio

CFReport - 8:38

Konference Korner - 41:57

CF_Quiz - 49:58

  • Call in with your favorite new feature in Scorpio and explain why you think it's the best thing EVER.
  • Want to win? Skype user cfweekly or call us at 469-293-3820.

Wrap Up

  • CFExit - A ceiling fan by The Exchange Band
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