I gave this presentation at CF.Objective last week and promised I would post it. Sorry it's taken me so long!!! I was on the road talking with customers, and had a very tight schedule.
Here is the "Developing ColdFusion Java Hybrid Applications" Presentation, example code, JXL CFC (I need to get this cleaned up on RIA Forge but it's still a useful example), and ColdFISH is on RIA Forge.
I hope everyone at the session enjoyed it!
Best wishes, Jason
Ok... I have one big complaint with Google Ads... and it's that you can't say "Don't show stuff that my son can't look at". If you know of a way to do this, other than a site by site filter, let me know. I would write all the details about this here, but that may also trigger these moderately inappropriate ads to show up. :)
I'm actively adding filters against the specific ads as they come up. I'm not sure what these have to do with "64-bit support"... but maybe I'm just not hip to the new generation's use of the vernacular! :)
I may need to remove the Google Ads and go with a clean site. Especially since none of you click on them anyway. ;)
Thanks for the notes from users letting me know about these "special" ads!
Jason
If you're interested in what 64-bit support means to you, there is a new article on the ColdFusion Dev Center Taking advantage of 64-bit support in ColdFusion 8.
It's definitely worth a read!
- Jason
ColdFusion 8 Update 1 provides full 64-bit support for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux, in addition to Solaris (SPARC) which was supported with the initial release of CF8. There are also loads of minor enhancements, tweaks, and bug fixes.
For more info, check out the ColdFusion 8 Update 1 FAQ and Release Notes.
Keep the hits rolling CF team! :)
Jason
It's weird to write about yourself in the third person, but this is really for all the blog aggregators. It wouldn't make sense to see something that just said "I'm talking at Scotch" without any context. :)
So, back to the info. I will be attending Scotch on the Rocks in Edinburgh, Scotland.
I have a session the first day, and I'll be honest and say I don't yet know what I'll be talking about. :) I enjoy talking about a whole list of CF related topics, but was thinking about doing some sort of "Thinking outside the Tag" kind of thing... I always have "Building Java Hybrid Apps" or any of the CF8 features as good topics too.
If you're going to attend, and have a topic you'd want to hear... other than what's in the next release... let me know!
Should be a blast. :)
Jason
Don't call it a comeback, we've been here for years!
ColdFusion is the winner of the Web Development category of the Dr. Dobbs 18th Annual Jolt Awards. Click here to find out more.
We can always use another award. :)
Jason
The other day, Todd Sharp forwarded me a blog posting about a little known utility in ColdFusion for syntax highglighting. http://www.anujgakhar.com/2008/02/14/colored-code-with-coldfusion/
The fact is, that this internal utility was made for highlighting MXML not CFML. It seemed to me that there are a lot of syntax highlighters out there, but most of them are in JavaScript or extraordinarily heavy and difficult to implement. And even when they do highlight CF, they do it with color coding that is strange to me.
I didn't think it would be that hard to make a syntax highlighter... so, over the weekend I made one. :)
ColdFISH handles highlighting CFML, CFSCRIPT, HTML, Javascript, and Comments in each of those. It's not yet smart enough to do the highlighting of keywords, but I think it will do the trick for most of you. It's very fast (~50 ms for my 58 line test file), the color coding is easy to customize, and it generates simple HTML so you shouldn't have to worry about how it renders in various browsers.
Check out the ColdFISH project on RIAFORGE and let me know what you think!
Cheers, Jason
You can hear Tom Jordahl speek about BlazeDS via Connect session tomorrow Thursday, February 28, 2008 at 6:00 PM Eastern US time.
Description:
"Recently Adobe announced the release of BlazeDS which will make some key server technologies open source and free to use in any application. These technologies are critical to building great applications with Flex and AIR. Tom will talk about exactly what you get in BlazeDS and how it relates to LiveCycle Data Services and will detail some of the reasons why you might want to use these server technologies. He will also explain how ColdFusion developers can take advantage of BlazeDS in their applications. "
More information about the meeting can be found at http://coldfusion.meetup.com/17/calendar/7387399/
TomJ knows everything there is to know about this stuff. Take advantage of this opportunity!!!
Jason
Everytime I talk to a customer that is using ColdFusion 8, they talk about how much it has helped them in real-world situations. Kristen Schofield is making a great offer for those of you that want to share your success stories. More details on the offer can be found on Kristen's Blog.
If you're not interested in a case study but just want to give an example of how ColdFusion 8 has helped you, feel free to add comments below. We always love to hear about the impact ColdFusion has on people's day-to-day lives. It makes the work that much more rewarding. :)
Cheers, Jason
I always love hearing about how customers use ColdFusion. Adobe just posted a case study about voeveo. voeveo is a community website where people can buy and sell content for mobile devices.
Case studies always help remind me that people are solving real world problems with this software. Even features that don't seem to get much attention can make a dramatic improvement to an application. I won't spoil the plotline, but it's an interesting read if you have a few minutes.
Take a look at the case study here.
:) Jason
