In this week's Newsletter:
* Help TeraTech in the CFDJ awards by 12/31/06
* Only 10 days left on the Early-early bird price for CFUNITED
* Frameworks Hotel discount code cut-off date 01/09/07
* CFUNITED Survey - win a CFUNITED ticket - due 12/22/06
* CFUnited Podcast - Jeremy Lund - Another Look at Microsoft Office
Using Apache Jakarta POI
* Frameworks Pre-Conference Classes - NEW Posting on Model Glue!
* Frameworks Keynote Presentation on the Future of Fusebox
* CFUnited Express, Atlanta and New York
* Interview with Michael Smith "Mindmaps for better programming"
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* Help TeraTech in the CFDJ awards
Can you help TeraTech in the CFDJ awards by voting for us in the
consulting, training, community
(CFConf) and development tool (CFXGraphicsServer) categories. We can
also recommend HostMySite in
the hosting section. It only takes a minute. Thanks! Voting ends 12/31/06
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TeraTech supports the ColdFusion community with user group meetings,
podcasts, webinars, tag charts,
conferences and the Fusebox framework.
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* Only 10 days left on the Early-Early bird price on CFUNITED, Expires
Friday 1/5/07 midnight EST.
To receive information about discounts, contact events (at) teratech.com
Alumni $100 off
Government $15 off
Corporate Group Rate 10% off
User Group Members $50 off
User Group Manager $150 off
Don't forget our partial scholarship program for individuals who are
unemployed or who are
freelancers. To apply, email events (at) teratech.com
Full Time Students get 60% off the current price.
REGISTER BEFORE 01/05/07 http://www.cfunited.com/2007/
3 DAY Package $749
4 DAY Package $849
Saturday Only $199
The first 100 attendees to register for CFUNITED-07 will receive a free
CFUnited Hat! We only have a
handful left...
Quote from an attendee:
"CFUNITED is the Greatest Conference of any I've ever been to,
Coldfusion or not.
It is large enough to have great variety but isn't overwhelming. It
has a broad
focus without being diluted. And, It has a wealth of information
while still
being accessible to people of all skill levels. The people you get
to meet and
interact with are great and the camaraderie of the Coldfusion
community is
evident. I love how the sessions are given by people in the industry
who are
approachable and willing to further discuss what they're teaching.
I've been
using Coldfusion since version 1.5 but I always learn something new
at CFUNITED.
The things I've learned at each CFUNITED have been put into practice
building
sites for clients of all types and across many industries. Each year
I've
attended CFUNITED I can't wait to sign up for the next year to make
sure I don't
miss out on the valuable information and networking opportunities."
- Chris Rockett, La Plata MD
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* Hotel accommodations discount rate for Frameworks Conference has a cut
off date of January 9th,
2007. If you haven't made your arrangements for staying at the main
hotel, go to
http://www.frameworksconference.com/pages/travel.cfm
The Frameworks Conference is February 1-2, 2007
http://www.frameworksconference.com/
Cost is $399.00 - Expires Jan 5th 2007
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* CFUNITED Video Survey - win a CFUNITED ticket by 12/22/06
We have extended the deadline on the survey to 12/22/06 and will pick
one survey entry at random to
receive a free ticket to a TeraTech event or class of your choice
(including CFUNITED-07)!
We are planning CFUNITED-07 and making changes to improve it.
We offered a video recording of the 2006 conference. Let us know what
you liked and how we can
improve. Also give us feedback on the special event, food etc. Please
respond by 12/22/06.
Winner will be announced on next week's newsletter.
http://www.cfunited.com/survey.cfm
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* CFUnited Podcasts -
This week's podcast release is from Jeremy Lund's 2006 presentation on
"Another Look at Microsoft
Office Using Apache Jakarta POI"
http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2006/12/16/Jeremy-Lund--Another-Look-at-Microsoft-Office-Using-Apache-Jakarta-POI
Other podcasts can be found on CFUnited's Blog at
http://www.cfunited.com/blog/
Each week we have been releasing 1 presentation from CFUnited 2006 as a
Podcast recording.
Also feel free to download the RSS Feed to get up-to-date blog entries
about CFUnited and other
event news.
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Frameworks Pre-Conference Classes
1/31/2007 - FB201 - Intermediate Fusebox 5 - Instructor: Theo Rushin
1/31/2007 - FB301 - Advanced Fusebox - Instructor: Jeff Peters
1/31/2007 - NEW!!! Rapid Application Development with Model-Glue 2.0 -
Instructor: Joe Rinehart
These classes are held at the Bethesda North Marriott, cost is $449 per
person. The cost is not
included in the Frameworks Conference Registration.
More details, go to http://www.frameworksconference.com/pages/classes.cfm
TeraTech Classes
1/9/2007 - Introduction to SQL Server - Instructor: Theo Rushin Jr -
Full Day
1/23/2007 - Introduction to ColdFusion - Instructor: Theo Rushin Jr -
Full Day
1/30/2007 - Introduction to FliP - Instructor: Ajay Sathuluri - Half Day
Full day classes are $349 and Half Day are $199
Go to http://www.teratech.com/training/ for more information!
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*Frameworks Conference Keynote Presentation
Following the recent news about TeraTech running Fusebox, Michael Smith
will give a keynote about
The Future of Fusebox.
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*CFUnited Express is coming to Atlanta and New York!
Dates are TBA but we plan to bring a little piece of CFUnited to a
couple of cities for a sneak peek
and some great talks. This will be a whole day event. More information
coming soon!
If you would like to get involved as a user group in either of these
cities, feel free to contact us
at events (at) teratech.com
We are searching for a couple of great local speakers in Atlanta and New
York. Hope to hear from you!
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Michael Smith: This time we are talking with Michael Smith about
his CFUNITED-06 talk "Mindmaps for better programming". So why
should a developer see your session Michael?
Michael Smith: If you want to write better code faster then
mindmaps can help.
MS: What exactly is a mindmap?
MS: A mindmap is a web of ideas - with the more important idea or
question in the middle and each sub-idea radiating out from
there. Like the branches and twigs on a tree. The further from
the center the less important the idea is to the central concept.
MS: Sounds complex! Do you have an example?
MS: It would be best to show you an example (and I will do at the
session) but for now imagine a company org chart. It starts with
the CEO at the top then linked from him or her are all the VPs,
then under them the Directors and finally the line workers. It is
a hierarchy. It would also be possible to draw the org chart
starting with the CEO in the center and the VPs radiating out in
a circle around them, with the next level expanding out in all
directions from that. That is how many mindmaps are drawn
MS: Why is that?
MS: Because you get more room on the paper for new ideas! It also
makes it easier to draw in connections between ideas on different
sides of the mindmap... And finding new connections is one on the
benefits of mindmapping. Often I will see new ideas or ways of
understanding a problem that just wouldn't have occurred with a
traditional linear approach.
MS: Cool, so what do you use mindmapping for in programming?
MS: For initial requirements gathering - to jot down quickly what
the client needs and any issues that need to be resolved. Also
during project management it can keep track of tasks and
dependencies. During development it is a great way to brainstorm
about a problem and to come up with different solutions -
especially in a team environment because everyone can share and
see their ideas all at once instead of having to remember them.
MS: What about Fusebox? I have heard of mindmapping tools
there...
MS: Yes mindmapping is a good way to architect a Fusebox
application - to decide what fuseactions belong in which circuits
and what code can be reused. If you are using one of the
mindmapping tools such as MindMapper then it is very easy to move
pieces of the architecture around between circuits and maintain
he sub- hierarchy of fuses below them. There are also tools by
Jeff Peters that will take the mindmap and automatically create
Fusebox code from it or do the opposite - take an finished
Fusebox application and produce the mindmap of its architecture.
I will demo MindMapper during my talk. It really makes it easy to
mindmap.
MS: Is it expensive?
MS: No there is a version under $50. But if that is too much
there are open source mindmapping tools that I will tell people
about and of course the original mind mapping tool is both free
and already deployed in 100% of companies.
MS: What is that?
MS: Paper and pen! In fact during my session I will teach how to
mindmap and everyone will create a mindmap on paper to take home
with them. I have also included six sample mindmaps in my code
samples both as MindMapper files and as PDFs that you can study
at home.
MS: Great! I will be certain to be at your session!
You can see this session on video at http://www.cfunited.com/
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* Event Facts and Details Summary
CFUnited 2007 - Bethesda North Marriott - June 27th - 30th 2007
Prices: $749-$849 until January 5th (Ask for discounts!
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* First 100 people to register get a CFUnited hat!
http://www.cfunited.com/2007/
Frameworks 2007 - Bethesda North Marriott - February 1st & 2nd 2007
Prices: $399 until January 5th (Ask for discounts!
[EMAIL PROTECTED])
http://www.frameworksconference.com/
CFUnited Europe 2008 - London - Tentative Dates March 12th - 13th 2008
New site, prices, call for speakers, location and information will
be announced early in 2007.
CFUNITED Express - One day events in NYC and Atlanta dates TBA in spring
2007.
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