I apologize to those of you have already read this post on CF-Talk, but since I publicly mentioned it on that list and I'd briefly mentioned it on some other lists some time ago without divulging any details, I thought I'd post the information to this list so that you are more aware of the project I've begun. The site is cfstandards.org, and is committed to the definition of ColdFusion Standards in application functionality and coding practices. The site's still under development, but you can sign up for the newsletter, begin making suggestions for projects, and apply to be a volunteer right now. I'll diverge more details when the time is right, but for now I'll let you all know a few things about the project:
1. all of the code is open source and free 2. the site will not be a distribution point for UDFs, custom tags, etc. The purpose of the site is to develop modules for functionality common to web applications... very similar to jakarta and the J2EE specification itself 3. in addition to modules for "plug and play" functionality, the site will also begin defining development best practices... this will include CFML syntax, the organization of code, documentation, and more 4. I am putting together a panel of experts in the industry - development gurus and representatives from the big industry players - to make decisions regarding these best practices and to make decisions regarding which proposed projects and standards to accept and reject 5. all of the modules will adhere to these coding standards and the panel, along with other cfstandards gurus, will determine whether or not content submitted by volunteers meets these coding standards There's a little bit of information about the project on the site right now (http://www.cfstandards.org) but like I said, there will be a lot more functionality and information very soon. I have already begun receiving emails from developers that read about the project in my MAX summary back in November (page 2 of http://sys-con.com/coldfusion/article.cfm?id=684) and I encourage any developers on the UK Devlist that are interested in contributing to contact me off-list via email or via the web site if you wait a day or two. ~Simon Simon Horwith CTO, Etrilogy Ltd. Member of Team Macromedia Macromedia Certified Instructor Certified Advanced ColdFusion MX Developer Certified Flash MX Developer CFDJList - List Administrator http://www.how2cf.com/ -- ** Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40lists.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For human help, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
