Here is the ColdFusion and Fusebox news:
* Interview with Raymond Camden on "CFC Development"
* New CFUNITED sponsor - Straker Interactive
* CFUNITED conference+video special ends 2/28/07
* Fusebox design new entries and competition ends 3/8/07
* New topics details for CFUNITED/Express in NYC and Atlanta
"It is a great place to network and learn about new technology.
After attending you feel that you have your finger back on the
pulse of the ColdFusion community. Great conference for CF
developers....
and now Flex developers too." - Ross S., CFUNITED-06 attendee
* Interview with Raymond Camden on "CFC Development"
Michael Smith: This time we are talking with Raymond Camden about
his CFUNITED-07 talk "CFC Development". So
why should a developer come to your session Raymond?
Raymond Camden: ColdFusion Components are really the main way a
developer can take his or her code to the "next level" of
development. In this 3 hour extended session I will cover both the
syntax as well as show numerous examples and suggestions for
using CFCs.
MS: How will my code be better if I use CFCs?
RC: Beginning developers tend to rebuild code they have used
before. They do this because their earlier code wasn't properly
abstracted, so it's not reusable. CFCs are one way within
ColdFusion to reuse code.
MS: What do you mean by "abstracted" - that sounds complex!
RC: It really isn't. Here is a simple example. The total value of
a shopping cart is each line items unit price times the quantity.
That is one simple business rule. However - you use this logic in
multiple places on your site. You "abstract" it by simply
packaging it up into one file. Then every place that needs this
logic calls that file. Let's then say that on Mondays you want a
10% deduction applied to the total. If you modify that one file,
every place that uses it will see the new logic.
MS: So are CFC hard to learn?
RC: Like most things in ColdFusion, they are easy. Using them
right though takes a bit of time. Once you learn the basic
syntax, there is a lot of thinking that needs to take place on
how to organize them.
MS: What tags do I need to use to write a basic CFC?
RC: There a few basic tags and functions. They are cfcomponent,
cffunction, cfargument, cfproperty, cfinvoke,
cfinvokeargument, createObject(), and I'm sure I forgot one or
two. The CFML behind CFCs really aren't that complicated.
MS: Is there anything people need to know before they come to
your talk?
RC: Nope! You can come to this session knowing nothing about CFCs and
I will teach how to do it the right way from the ground up. Of
course I assume you do know some basic CF code like CFOUTPUT and CFIF!
MS: Will you have any code sample or demos in your talk?
RC: Heck yes. I'm a big believer in code examples.
MS: Cool - see you at CFUNITED!
CFUNITED-07 is Wed 6/27/07 - Sat 7/1/07 in Bethesda MD, just
outside Washington DC. It costs $849 until 3/31/06 then $949. For
more information on CFUNITED see http://www.cfunited.com/
--- CFC Development
*******************
This three hour session will delve into the basics of building
ColdFusion Components (CFCs) as well as discuss various methods
of CFC development. We will have many examples that you can take
home with you to help you start building your first site with
CFCs!
Speaker Bio: A long time ColdFusion user, Raymond is a member of
Team Macromedia and one of the managers of the Acadiana MMUG.
Raymond is a co-author of the Mastering ColdFusion series
published by Sybex Inc, the ColdFusion MX Developer's Handbook,
and a co-author to the "ColdFusion Web Application Construction
Kit". He also presents at numerous conferences and contributes to
online webzines. He is a contributor and technical editor of the
ColdFusion Developer's Journal. He and Rob Brooks-Bilson created
and run the Common Function Library Project, an open source
repository of ColdFusion UDFs. You can reach him at
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Raymondâs blog is at
http://ray.camdenfamily.com
* New CFUNITED sponsor - Straker Interactive
Straker Interactive are the exclusive developers of ShadoCMS, the
Enterprise Content Management
System and ZoomFlex, the Adobe Flex 2 rapid development software.
ShadoCMS has built some of the
world's most successful websites including the multi-Webby Award winning
www.newzealand.com/travel
and www.londonmet.ac.uk, voted best UK University website. ShadoCMS has
an integrated system for
easily running your web site in multiple languages including integration
with a translation
management system, it also includes tools to optimize your site for
search engines in all languages.
http://www.straker.co.nz/
* CFUNITED conference+video special ends 2/28/07
Register for CFUNITED-07 before 2/28/07 and get the CFUNITED-06 videos
at no charge (a $649 value!)
Includes video of the speaker and a view of the presentation to follow
along. Includes all 50
sessions and 4 keynotes, over 54 hours of total educational materials!
In addition you recieve the
presentations and code samples plus the conference sound recordings as MP3.
http://cfunited.com/video_recordings.cfm
* Fusebox helpers and design competition ends 3/8/07
We already have 4 entries for this at
http://trac.fuseboxframework.org/fusebox/wiki/WebsiteDesignContestEntries1
Think you can do better? Want to design the look and feel of the new
Fusebox website? The design
competition ends 3/8/07. Prizes include a ticket to CFUNITED!
* More topic details announced for CFUNITED/Express in NYC and Atlanta
Altanta 3/15/07
New York 3/8/07
For details see (note early bird price expire 3/1/07)
http://cfunitedexpress.com/
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