Adobe/ColdFusion News Brief (June 4, 2006)

 
Jun 04, 2006

by Ryan Hartwich

Adobe News and Fixes

Adobe rumors are actively floating around blogs and a number of magazine sites this week (Arstechnica and Macworld) concerning the supposed death knell of GoLive, Freehand and Fireworks. According to Adobe (per John Nack's blog), these are just rumors and development will continue.

What's the Future of GoLive and FreeHand? (John Nack's Blog, May 31, 2006)

Photoshop + Fireworks: Where to from Here? (John Nack's Blog, February 22, 2006)

Adobe is learning from Macromedia's great lead in online training. From June 12-16 Adobe will host a series of live presentations (15) and Q & A sessions online. Attendees will be eligible to win selected software and hardware while learning and enjoying demonstrations, free of charge.

Adobe Developer Week

For those of you using Apache on Unix/Linux for your web server, there is a new hot fix available. It will allow CFMX 7.0.1 to support Apache 2.2.

ColdFusion MX 7.0.1: Hot fix available for Apache 2.2 support on Linux and Unix

Flex/Flash Integration with ColdFusion

If you get bored with writing CF forms all the time and have debated trying out Flex 2, check out this brief demo video (10 minutes). You will be amazed at how easy it looks.

ColdFusion Flex Application Wizard Demo

Additional information on the beta tools:

CF/FlexBuilder 2 App Gen Wizard Available (Damon Cooper's Blog, May 15, 2006)

Are you hoping to use the Flash Forms capability in ColdFusion 7? You should be aware of the Flash Player Version Penetration numbers recently released by Adobe.

Macromedia Flash Player Version Penetration

Walkthrough and Training

Do you need a mailing list/listserv application for your office? Check out Ray Camden's four-part series on building your own ColdFusion based mailing list. Through Ray's voice you will get a walk through on building a simple application. Use the following link for part one; parts 2-4 are linked at the end of his blog entry.

Creating a Mailing List in ColdFusion Part I (Ray Camden's Blog, May 22, 2006)

It isn't too late to register and attend CFUNITED, the largest ColdFusion conference around! Learn more about the June 28th-July 1st conference in suburban Washington, DC.

http://www.cfunited.com/blog/

Framework Update

With the constant onslaught of framework upgrades for CF, you may want to take a quick read a slightly biased blog entry about the benefits of frameworks compared to the difficulty learning them:

Frameworks are Too Complex and There is No Benefit (Dave Shuck's blog, May 18, 2006)

FuseBox 5 beta 2 is nearing completion. Learn more from Sean Corfield's blog.

Fusebox 5 Beta Draws Near (An Architect's View, May 30, 2006)

Mach-II will have a number of fixes in place for the 1.1.1 maintenance revision. Learn more from the ColdFusion Open-Source Update.

ColdFusion Open Source Update (Remote Synthesis, May 30, 2006)

Minor updates have been made to Model-Glue. However, the website (http://www.model-glue.com) has been down for a few days. You'll have to wait to get your fixes. If you want to check out what all the fuss with Model Glue, check out the two Breeze Live presentations. User group participants saw these presentations live in Nashville and Portland! You should join a user group!

Ray Camden's Model-Glue Breeze Recording (TrajiklyHip.com, May 24, 2006)

Model-Glue From the Mouth of the man! (Simeon Bateman's blog, May 26, 2006)

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