cfObjective Preview
April, 2008 Meeting:
The April meeting will be held on Thursday, April 24, 2008, from 6:00PM - 8:00PM, at the Cleveland offices of Lodestone Digital LLC, located at 4500 Rockside Rd., Suite 150, Independence, OH 44131. If you are unable to attend the meeting in person you will be able to watch our 3 presenters by way of the ColdFusion Meetup. If you would like to join the meeting online go to http:/experts.acrobat.com/cfmeetup/.
We are going to talk a little bit about the cfObjective conference coming up in May. If you are not familiar with this conference the details are below. You should really check out the website to get a detail view of the session list. We are lucky enough to have Raymond Camden, Brian Meloche & Todd Sharp presenting to us at the meeting. All of our presenters are speaking at the conference and this meeting will give you a preview of their presentation. All of the presentations are short previews designed to show you what the cfObjective conference has to offer.
cf.Objective() 2008
http://cfobjective.com
The Only Enterprise ColdFusion Conference...
May 1 - May 4, 2008 at the Crowne Plaza, Downtown St. Paul, MN!
Introduction to Model-Glue
Raymond Camden http://www.coldfusionjedi.com
This is an introduction to the Model-Glue framework. Basics will be covered but time will also be spent looking at real world Model-Glue.
Integrating ColdFusion 8 AJAX with Model-Glue Applications
Todd Sharp http://www.cfsilence.com
This presentation will examine several aspects ColdFusion 8 Ajax capabilities and how they can be leveraged to simplify adding Ajax functionality to your Model-Glue applications. A short introduction to the CF8 Ajax features will show Data tools and UI components and will highlight appropriate uses of these elements. The heart of the presentation will examine best practices for utilizing ColdFusion 8 Ajax functionality within your Model-Glue application. This section will examine when it is appropriate to route Ajax requests through your controller and when you should create and utilize a remote facade. Also included will be a short section demonstrating how to tap into the underlying raw Ajax frameworks on which the CF8 elements are built to extend them to meet your particular application.
ColdFusion as a Different Type of "Glue"
Brian Meloche http://www.brianmeloche.com
Is ColdFusion really "the glue" that Adobe says it is? We always hear about functions like PDF generation, image manipulation, Outlook integration and all of the new functionality, but is that all that ColdFusion is good for? Is ColdFusion for intranet use only? Can ColdFusion be a different type of glue? This topic will cover using ColdFusion as the front end to an enterprise-level, customer facing application, integrating it with a business object back-end from enterprise-level systems. This will cover what types of things you would need to integrate, levels of integration, ways to integrate, including MQ Series and WebMethods, WSDL vs. REST, direct vs. indirect integration, integrating with external applications, and data replication.
Join the meeting at http://experts.acrobat.com/cfmeetup/
#1 by Brian Meloche on 4/22/08 - 9:06 PM
#2 by Charlie Arehart on 4/23/08 - 8:28 AM
As he notes above (and more important for the night), the URL for attending the meeting itself is indeed experts.actobat.com/cfmeetup/. Just thought some may appreciate learning more about the meetup before the meeting. Thanks, and see you then, Dan.