Order Now

Adobe/ColdFusion News Brief (June 16, 2006)

by Ryan Hartwich

Developer Centric Information

If you are new to ColdFusion, or concerned about Adobe's support of ColdFusion with all of the new Flash-based tools (Flex 2, Apollo) being developed, check out this interesting Builder.com article by Brian Kotek. It briefly covers Ajax/ColdFusion integration, Flex 2 and development frameworks.

"Take Advantage of an Oppportunity While the ColdFusion Landscape is Hot" by Brian Kotek

Ray Camden has been running a series of short coding contests targeted to beginner and intermediate ColdFusion developers. He has posted a new contest (with prizes) for Advanced ColdFusion programmers. Even if you aren't interested in participating and submitting your own entry, it is worth reading the challenges and learning from other people's submissions.

http://ray.camdenfamily.com/index.cfm/2006/6/11/Advanced-ColdFusion-Contest-Announced

Mike Nimer's presentation on ColdFusion/Flex 2 integration to a user group is worth checking out:

Mike Nimer's Breeze Meeting Presentation on Flex 2 and ColdFusion Integration

New Frameworks Releases: Fusebox 5 Beta 2 and Model-Glue Unity Beta Available!

Fusebox 5 Beta 2 has been released. According to Sean Corfield, the execution speed has been enhanced considerably. Additional details will be available on Fusion Authority in the next 1 - 2 weeks. Learn more about Fusebox 5 Beta 2 at http://corfield.org/blog/index.cfm/do/blog.entry/entry/Fusebox_5_Beta_2_Available.

Joe Rinehart has been actively working on a new framework based on Model-Glue, ColdSpring and Reactor that combines the three frameworks together. He has been adding a number of features that are worth checking out.

Features and links to download the beta:

Model-Glue:Unity Public Beta 1 is Available (Joe Rinehart's Blog, June 14th)

A good description of Joe's Adobe's Developers Week presentation and what Model-Glue is:

Model-Glue:Unity Presentation Notes (Remote Synthesis, June 15, 2006)

Joe presents a nine minute video demonstrating the creation of a blog using Model-Glue (Warning, he runs through the process extremely quickly): Model-Glue:Unity Video - Blog in 9 Minutes (ClearSoftware.net, June 9, 2006)

ajaxCFC updates and Spry

Rob Gonda has been actively updating his AJAX based CF tools. Recent updates include fixes to work on New Atlanta's Blue Dragon (a competitor to Adobe's ColdFusion servers) as well as demos for Model-Glue and Mach-II. ajaxCFC brings Ajax-like features to the ColdFusion community.

ajaxCFC Project Information

Also competing (free!) in this area is Adobe's new Spry framework. Spry will ease the Ajax development process for ColdFusion developers and help to fill the gap between the full service RIA capable Flex 2 solution and the hard core Javascript junkies to develop Ajax based applications.

Learn more about Spry: Spry Information on Adobe Labs

Adobe Developer Week

Adobe has been holding a series of presentations this week to share upcoming technology and introductory materials with developers and IT staff. The recordings should be available on Adobe's website next week if you missed watching them live.

Adobe Q2 earnings - June 15th Consolidated (for financial people):

http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/pressroom/pressreleases/pdfs/200606/Q206Earnings.pdf

Datasheet with additional breakdowns for product segments (for non-financial people)

http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/invrelations/pdfs/q206_ir_datasheet.pdf

Add Comments

del.icio.us | digg | Spurl | Simpy | Newsvine | BlinkList | Furl | reddit | BlogMarks | Yahoo! My Web | Ma.gnolia | Technorati

• Subscribe
• RSS

• Editorial
• Specials
• Community
• News
• Tech and Tags
• Views
• Reviews
• Techniques
• Security
• Best of ColdFusion Talk
• Knowledge Base
• Blog Watch

• Tipical Charlie

Quarterly Update