In this issue of ColdFusion conference and training news: * Registrations packages are arriving to attendees. * Bridging the Gap between Marketing and IT professionals * Current Prices expire 6/16/06 * CFLive - Thursday 12:30pm - Rob Gonda on Ajax * Breeze Talks- Download via Podcast! * Interview with Michael Dinowitz on Error handling in CF
SEE ALL RECENT CFUNITED NEWS AND PAST. Get CFUNITED news fast as soon as it is posted! Subscribe to our blog today! RSS feed or email. http://www.cfunited.com/blog/ CFUNITED is the premier ColdFusion Conference near Washington DC 6/28-7/1/06 (Four whole days!) Check out speakers and topics at http://www.cfunited.com/ - Michael Smith TeraTech, Inc "CFUNITED is a great way to not only network with fellow ColdFusion afficianados, but also to learn new techniques and methods to help your career or business. You also can get inside scooops on developments in ColdFusion and learn best practices and much more." -Angela T., Conference Alumni Conference and training news **************************** * Upcoming TeraTech classes Cost $349 see http://www.teratech.com/training/ for more details and registration CF209 - Upgrade to CFMX 7 Jun 13 2006 FB101 - Intro to Fusebox Sep 12 2006 FB201 - Intermediate Fusebox Sep 19 2006 CF102 - Intro to ColdFusion Sep 26 2006 CF201 - Intermediate ColdFusion Oct 10 2006 CS201H - CSS hands on TBA * Pre-conference classes Cost $449 see http://www.cfunited.com/classes06.cfm for more details and registration Location: Bethesda North Marriott and Conference Center CFUNITED NEWS! * Registration packages will be arriving to attendees soon. Enclosed will be a receipt, name badge, t-shirt, and conference instructions. We've mailed about half the packages last week until now. Keep your package in a safe place and bring the name badge with you to the event. It will help you check- in faster. If you do not get your package in the mail, you can still check-in at the conference and we can issue you a new badge. * Have you ever noticed that the marketing department and IT department seem to speak different languages? Would you like to receive the tools that can help your business roll out a successful software project from start to finish? Bridging the Gap between Marketing and IT professionals, June 29th http://www.cfunited.com/bridging_gap.cfm * Prices for registration expire 6/16/06, currently 4 day package $849 and 3 day package $749 After that, the late price is $949 for the 4 day package and $849 for the 3 day package See list of all prices http://www.cfunited.com/discounts.cfm * 59% of our Pre-Conference Classes are full. Be sure to reserve your seat today! http://www.cfunited.com/classes06.cfm * 706 people are already registered for CFUNITED-06! Don't miss out on your laptop bag (only the first 750 get one). *CFLive Hear CFUNITED speakers from your office via breeze talks every Thursday 12:30pm - 1pm EST. Learn new tips and ask questions live. See past talks http://www.cfunited.com/breeze_talks.cfm or download via Podcast http://www.cfunited.com/blog/cflivepodcast.xml CFLive! Rob Gonda CLASS Ajax intensive for ColdFusion Developers Thursday, June 8, 12:30 PM US/Eastern http://coldfusion.meetup.com/17/events/4919519/ Future talks: 6/15/06 Doug Ward Fundamentals of Good Usability http://coldfusion.meetup.com/17/events/4919541/ * Only 3 more weeks until CFUNITED (19 days). * Can't afford to come for 4 days? Or can't take time off work during the week? Come to our Saturday only CFUNITED event. Or watch via web video after the event. * We still have opportunites for sponsorship available to companies. ****************************************************** And now our CFUNITED spotlight interview. Michael Smith: This time we are talking with Michael Dinowitz about his CFUNITED-06 talk "Error handling in CF". So why should a developer come to your session Michael ? Michael Dinowitz: They shouldn't. MS: Huh?!? MD: Lets be honest here. After all these years of ColdFusion, after all these years of CFUnited and CFun before it, people are experienced coders and make no errors. If they come to my presentation, I'm not only going to shatter their confidence in their superior coding skills but also their world view and probably make them paranoid. If they're lucky. MS: Shatter their world view? Make them paranoid? What can ever be that bad? MD: On the first hand, the world and the people in it suck. When someone writes their perfect code, they expect it to work because it is perfect. They don't expect people to come along and be stupid. They don't expect people to come along and be malicious. They don't even expect bots and search engines to be 'evil'. The problem is, all of these things happen and more. The deeper I go into what people can do, how to deal with it and what you can't deal with, the more the attendees will be frazzled. But it gets worse. MS: Worse? Is this what will make them paranoid? MD: Yep. One thing that people don't realize about their code is that it is alive. Not only is it alive, it hates you. It'll wait till you need it to run perfectly and crash at a critical moment. It'll string you along and 'look' perfect but once your boss is watching, it'll go straight to hell. And not only does your code hate you, God has stacked the deck against you. MS: God? Mike, your getting a bit strange here. MD: Strange? I'm just getting started. There's an angel that we all know. An Angel who's job is to confound us. An Angel who supports the hate that your code has for you. The Angel's name? Murphy! There are entire realms of errors that can happen that exist outside your code that you have to worry and trap for. There are things that can go wrong that you have little or no control over. All of these things have to be worried about on top of everything else. By the time someone is done with my presentation, they will either know that their code is so super superior that they should have gotten a beer instead or they will be so overwhelmed at what can go wrong that they'll have to go get a LOT of beer. MS: It sounds very bleak. Is there at least going to be something beyond making people worry? MD: Sure. Prozac. :) Actually, the entire presentation is going to examine all the things that can go wrong, where it actually goes wrong and how to deal with it. It'll talk about handling errors before they become errors, how to handle errors without stopping the user experience and how to keep the admin in the loop when an error comes up. Error handling on a site wide level, error handling in gateways (which is totally separate from any sitewide error handling), error handling on an application, directory and page based level and more. I'll make people paranoid but I'll also tell them how to get a hold of their paranoia. They should be paranoid. The definition of paranoid is the irrational fear that someone is out to get you. The definition of a good programmer is someone with the irrational knowledge that their code is out to get them. :) MS: Hmm I think I better come to your talk at CFUNITED! CFUNITED-06 is Wed 6/28/06 - Sat 7/1/06 in Bethesda MD, just outside Washington DC. For more information on CFUNITED see http://www.cfunited.com/ --- Error handling in CF ************************* Understanding and handing errors in CF from basic pages to advanced gateways. This presentation also gives error alert codes and best practices. Speaker Bio: Michael Dinowitz has been programming in ColdFusion since early 1995 and it doesn't look like he's stopping any time soon. His accomplishments include: President and Head of RT&T (Research, Training & TroubleShooting) at House of Fusion, a ColdFusion consulting shop; Hosting the high volume CF- Talk list (as well as others) out of House of Fusion (www.houseoffusion.com); Publishing Fusion Authority, the House of Fusion Technical Magazine (www.fusionauthority.com); and many more activities that strengthen and advance the ColdFusion community. **************************************** * Speakers include top names like Simon Horwith, Charlie Arehart, Hal Helms, Michael Dinowitz, Ray Camden, Ben Forta and many more respected CF authors and presenters. * Great tracks: * Bootcamp - Basic ColdFusion and Flash topics * Advanced - Advanced ColdFusion topics * Manager/Empowered - Fusebox and Project management topics * Flex/RIA - Flash, Flex and other technologies integrated with CF topics * Accessibility / usability - section 508, CSS and disabled access * Deployment/Platform - tuning, install issues, OS, picking a database * Included in your full conference registration is the following: * Attendence for 4 days (6/28/2006-7/1/2006) * Keynote and General Sessions * All conference sessions including repeat sessions on Saturday * Entrance to Expo Area * Networking Events * Badge and Badge holder with bar scan code * Free Lunch for each show day (Dinner is not included) * Access to all presentations after the event, including all the recordings. * Promotional bag with materials including show guide, CD, coupons, etc. * Opportunity to participate in all raffle drawings * Can't stay 4 days Wed - Sat? Optional 3-day and Saturday only packages available too. Saturday will consist of repeats the most popular sessions from the week - something many attendees asked for last year! * The price is $849 for all four days of CFUNITED-06 Price expires 4-day 3-day Saturday-only Early Bird 01/31/2006 $649 $549 $249 Timely Bird 03/31/2006 $749 $649 $299 Regular 06/16/2006 $849 $749 $349 Late 06/28/2006 $949 $849 $399 Door 06/29/2006 $1049 $949 $449 Be one of the first 750 registrations and you will get the Awesome Laptop Bookbag instead of the average tote. Register today at http://www.cfunited.com/ -- Michael Smith, TeraTech Inc - Tools for Programmers(tm) TeraTech voted Best Consulting Service by CFDJ readers! 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