Monday June 15, 2009 9:25 AM
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On Wednesday, June 17th, join us for what will be the biggest Adobe user group event in Cleveland history! All of the official Adobe groups: The Cleveland ColdFusion User Group, the Cleveland Flex User Group, the Cleveland Adobe User Group and the Cleveland InDesign User Group join forces for this big, big, BIG... SOOOOO BIGGG event that you'll want to be there!
The ColdFusion 9 and Flex 4 tours are here! Adam Lehman of Adobe, who was featured on CFConversations this week, will be our speaker for this event.
If you're in or near the Cleveland area, join us! It's at 6pm, and at the offices of:
Dealer Tire, LLC
3711 Chester Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44114
There will be food, beverages, and prizes, along with swag!
If you are planning to attend, it's imperative that you RSVP on the Cleveland CFUG website.
If you're not in the area, check out your user group website for more information about a tour date in your area.
Friday November 14, 2008 8:40 AM
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I just want to thank everyone who came out last night and listened to me ramble for an hour and half. The presentation went great it seemed that everyone had a real interest in the subject and the turnout was really great. I would love to work on this preso more and maybe give it to another user group via connect so if your interested please drop me an email. If anyone has questions about the presentation material please let me know.
Monday November 10, 2008 10:12 AM
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This is just a quick reminder for anyone in the Cleveland area. I will be giving a presentation on Thursday on ColdFusion components.
This presentation will cover the basics of ColdFusion components. Learn why they exist, what problems they solve and how they can organize and reduce development time. Components are an essential tool for today's CF Developer and after this presentation you will have a better understanding of when and how to grab this tool from your tool belt.
I hope you can come and check it and for those of you with questions, write them down and I will see you on Thursday. The link below has more details about the meeting.
http://www.clevelandcfug.org
Friday April 25, 2008 9:12 AM
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Last nights Cleveland CFUG was a cfObjective preview with 3 great presentations. If you were unable to attend I have great news for you. The meeting was recorded via
ColdFusion Meetup and can be found below. We were lucky enough to have 3 presenters last night and I thought all of them brought something to the table. You can head over the ColdFusion Meetup to get a description of all 3 presentations.
ColdFusion Meetup Recordings
Tuesday April 22, 2008 4:45 PM
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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/
Wednesday February 6, 2008 9:10 AM
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Yesterday we had a special meeting for the Adobe, ColdFusion and Flex user groups in Cleveland. The topic was Flex 3 & AIR and the presenter was Kevin Hoyt from Adobe. First off Just a big hats off to JD Schrock, Mick Keily and Brian Meloche for putting the meeting together. Also a big thanks to Dealer Tire for hosting the event.
If you have never heard Kevin Hoyt speak you really need to check him out next time he is in your area. Kevin is Platform Evangelist at Adobe Systems. The Pre-Release tour is all about educating people on the new features of Flex 3 and getting people excited about the release. I have to say that I have never really made a commitment to Flex but I think its finally time. If you have read my blog before you know I am a big fan of ActionScript 3 and have a copy of the bible (essential ActionScript 3). When I looked into Flex 2 during it's beta stage I still had questions with how do I get my data in and how do I style my applications. These and many more questions are starting to get answered.
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Tuesday February 5, 2008 9:21 AM
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After a great special meeting last month we follow it up with another one. Today Kevin Hoyt will be speaking to a pretty nice size crowd on Flex3 & AIR. I have actually saw Kevin speak before so I know today is going to be a great show. Here are the details from our leader, you can still make it so hurry up and RSVP.
This is a final reminder that we'll be having our big Flex/AIR user
group meeting tomorrow at 1pm at the offices of Dealer Tire, LLC,
which is located at 3711 Chester Avenue, Cleveland, OH, 44114.
Kevin Hoyt, Platform Evangelist with Adobe Systems, Inc., is
tomorrow's speaker. This is part of the big Flex/AIR pre-release tour
going on right now, and you can see us shown at http://flex.org/tour/.
If you are planning to attend, PLEASE RSVP. Our RSVP count MUST BE
ACCURATE. If you have RSVP'd and are still planning to attend...
there's no need to do it again.
But, if you have not RSVP'd, and ARE planning to attend, or have
RSVP'd but are NOT planning to attend, please add/update your RSVP
here:
RSVP Now!
As previously stated, this will be the biggest giveaway we've ever had
for a single meeting. We have Flex Builder, CS3, books, magazines,
shirts galore, and assorted schwag. Everyone who attends will get at
LEAST one thing, perhaps more.
Snacks will be provided at tomorrow's meeting: We'll have a Decorated
Cheese Tray (includes imported cheeses, fresh fruits, vegetables, dips
and crackers) with a cookie tray and an assortment of chips, pretzels,
and of course an assortment of drinks.. There won't be any wraps this
time around, as not very many people went for those for the
Forta/Lehman meeting last month. Snacks are courtesy of Adobe and
Dealer Tire.
Also, there will be a second February user group meeting of our three
groups. This will be a special RIA meeting event on Monday, Feb 25th
back at Lodestone. If you are planning to attend that event, please
RSVP here:
RSVP Now!
Wednesday January 9, 2008 2:54 PM
Word Count: 428
We are really starting the new years off with a bang. Ben Forta is returning to Cleveland with special guest Adam Lehman. There are going to be some great give aways so you do not want to miss this meeting.The real big one is the pass to cfunited. I really hope I win this so can head to a conference this year. Here are the details of the meeting.
Tomorrow at 1pm, we're pleased to have the return of Ben Forta to Cleveland! And, he'll have Adam Lehman of Adobe along as well! They will be talking about Lesser Known ColdFusion 8 Goodies, and there will be an extensive Q&A session where I am sure the future of ColdFusion and other Adobe technologies will be discussed.
We'll have food and other refreshments there. And... we have a ton of giveaways to those lucky to attend. Here's what we'll be drawing for tomorrow:
- ColdFusion 8
- A free pass to the CFUNITED 2008 conference (transportation and accommodations not included)
- Books from Peachpit and Adobe Press
- Magazines from Fusion Authority Quarterly Update
- Assorted schwag from Adobe and Teratech, including shirts, hats, bags, travel cups and all sorts of stuff!
It is VITALLY important that we have a firm RSVP total for tomorrow. If you are planning to attend, please use the
RSVP form. If you have already RSVPd, you would have received an email. There's
no need to do it again, unless you are not attending or if you are
bringing a different number. Please use this form and not the regular
RSVP form (this is simplified in the new site... which I may demo for
you tomorrow if we have time).
The meeting is scheduled to run from 1-4pm, and it's at the offices of
Dealer Tire, LLC, located at 3711 Chester Avenue, Cleveland, OH,
44114. Currently, we have 38 RSVPs. I am expecting more to show up
from Dealer Tire itself, so I expect we'll have a total close to Ben's
last meeting.
Wednesday January 2, 2008 9:36 AM
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If you are in or around the Cleveland do no miss this chance to hear Ben talk about ColdFusion8. This is a special daytime meeting so make your plans now. At this time I do not have any more meeting details but trust me, if Ben is speaking about ColdFusion you do not want to miss it. Here are the meeting details.
The January meeting will be held on
Thursday, January 10, 2008, from 1:00PM - 3:00PM, at the offices of Dealer Tire, LLC, located at 3711 Chester Ave., Cleveland, OH 44114. Dealer Tire is located just east of the I-90 Chester exit, and just west of the East 40th Street traffic light. Note: If coming from I-90 and Chester, prepare to do a U-turn at East 40th.
Speaker: Ben Forta
Topic: More on ColdFusion 8!
- We are pleased to have Ben Forta returning for a special daytime meeting on Thursday, January 10th, at a special time and location: Dealer Tire, LLC, located at 3711 Chester Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44114. We'll have more information about the meeting soon!
About our speaker:
- Ben Forta is Adobe Inc.'s Senior Technical Evangelist, and has over two decades of experience in the computer industry in product development, support, training, and marketing. Ben is the author of the best-selling ColdFusion Web Application Construction Kit and its sequel Advanced ColdFusion Application Development, as well as books on SQL, Regular Expressions, JavaServer Pages, WAP, Windows development, and more. Over 1/2 million Ben Forta books have been printed in a dozen languages worldwide. Ben co-authored the official ColdFusion training material, as well as the certification tests and official study guides for those tests, writes regular columns on ColdFusion and Internet development, and now spends a considerable amount of time lecturing and speaking on application development worldwide.
Monday August 13, 2007 11:25 AM
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Last week at our CFUG meeting we were lucky enough to have Mark Drew present CFEclipse to us. Here is a quick blurb from my posting last week about the presentation and a link to the presentation is below.
Tonight's Meeting
We are pleased to have Mark Drew, the lead developer of the CFEclipse project, to present to us on CFEclipse. Mark Drew will be presenting how to get to grip with the basics of CFEclipse, speeding up your development with Snippets and SnipEx and finally focusing on the CF frameworks explorer.
If you haven't taken a look at CFEclipse... I highly suggest that you do! It's a free open source ColdFusion plugin for the Eclipse IDE. We will be recording this presentation and making it available either right after the meeting or first thing tomorrow morning.
http://adobechats.adobe.acrobat.com/p51917266/
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