In this issue of ColdFusion conference and training news: * Hal Helms is unable to attend CFUNITED-06 * Hostmysite raffle off XBOX 360 at the main event! * CFDynamics Attendee Get Together... RSVP is a must! * User Group Manager Meeting Tuesday June 27th * CLASS NEWS: Testing ColdFusion by John Paul Ashenfelter AND Paul Kenney * REGISTRATION PACKAGE -ONLINE COPY * CFLive - Thursday 12:30pm - Nate Nelson More Advanced SQL Programming * Interview with Raymond Camden - Introduction to ColdFusion Components
SEE ALL RECENT CFUNITED NEWS AND PAST. Get CFUNITED news fast as soon as it is posted! Subscribe to our blog today! RSS feed or email. http://www.cfunited.com/blog/ CFUNITED is the premier ColdFusion Conference near Washington DC 6/28-7/1/06 (Four whole days!) Check out speakers and topics at http://www.cfunited.com/ - Michael Smith TeraTech, Inc "It is the largest conference for CF targeted specifically for developers. It is run by developers for developers. I can learn from other developers real world experience and real user case studies so I can see what my collegues at other organizations are doing. And it is just a great time to be had by all." -Barbara ONeal, Conference Alumni Conference and training news **************************** * Upcoming TeraTech classes Cost $349 see http://www.teratech.com/training/ for more details and registration FB101 - Intro to Fusebox Sep 12 2006 FB201 - Intermediate Fusebox Sep 19 2006 CF102 - Intro to ColdFusion Sep 26 2006 CF201 - Intermediate ColdFusion Oct 10 2006 CS201H - CSS hands on TBA * Pre-conference classes Cost $449 see http://www.cfunited.com/classes06.cfm for more details and registration Location: Bethesda North Marriott and Conference Center CFUNITED NEWS! * Hal Helms is unable to attend CFUNITED-06 Unfortunately Hal Helms will be unable to join us this year and we are working to replace his talks with Speakers like Simon Horwith, Nick Tunney, Jeff Peters, and Sean Corfield. More information coming soon. We apologize if our event materials do not reflect the last minute changes. * HostMySite.com is giving raffle participants the chance to win an XBOX 360! Stop by the Thursday Evening Event for chances to win even more great prizes. See what other prizes sponsors are giving away! www.cfunited.com/prizes.cfm * LAST CHANCE! You are invited to attend the official pre-CFUNITED dinner and networking event, hosted by CFDynamics, the premier coldfusion web hosting company. The event will be held on Tuesday, June 27 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at Dave & Busters Restaurant, located at 11301 Rockville Pike, 3rd Floor, North Bethesda, Maryland. Please join us for a night of socializing, billiards and fantastic food and drinks! The cost will be $30 per person. Please R.S.V.P. to [EMAIL PROTECTED] if you are planning on attending. The dinner will consist of six delicious entrees with a cash bar and all you can play billiards. Well have tons of prizes and giveaways, so be sure to RSVP now & youll receive a BONUS raffle ticket! We hope to see you there! RSVP this week to ensure your seat at the event! * User Group Manager Meeting Tuesday June 27th http://www.cfconf.org/ug_managers_2006/ Why come to this meeting? "Ive attended the UG managers meeting the past couple of years. Not only do you pick up valuable ideas for how to run your group better, broaden its appeal and liven up the meetings, but you also get to hang with some of the quirkiest characters in the community. It takes some special qualities to be a UG manager and believe me, these folks are, um, special! If you are coming to CFUnited, you need to make space in your schedule for the UG managers meeting." ~Bob Flynn * CLASS NEWS: Just in, The CU213_6-26-06 Testing ColdFusion taught John Paul Ashenfelter will also be taught by Paul Kenney who actually wrote cfcunit! sign up today! www.cfunited.com/classes06.cfm * REGISTRATION PACKAGE -ONLINE COPY Hi Attendees! Most of you have received your registration packages. If not, DON'T WORRY! We have a copy of everyone's badge and t-shirt on site. It is easy for us to hand you the materials you need to be checked in to the event. For those of you who do have your packages, have your badge ready for a quicker entrance. Thanks! View the registration package online http://www.cfunited.com/AttendeePage.cfm * 76% of our Pre-Conference Classes are full. Be sure to reserve your seat today! http://www.cfunited.com/classes06.cfm * 853 people are already registered for CFUNITED-06! *CFLive Hear CFUNITED speakers from your office via breeze talks every Thursday 12:30pm - 1pm EST. Learn new tips and ask questions live. See past talks http://www.cfunited.com/breeze_talks.cfm or download via Podcast http://www.cfunited.com/blog/cflivepodcast.xml CFLive! Nate Nelson More Advanced SQL Programming Thursday, June 22, 12:30 PM US/Eastern Thursday, June 29 Live from show Link will be available soon www.cfunited.com/breeze_talks.cfm * Only 6 days left until CFUNITED!!!! * Can't afford to come for 4 days? Or can't take time off work during the week? Come to our Saturday only CFUNITED event. Or watch via web video after the event. ****************************************************** And now our CFUNITED spotlight interview. Michael Smith: This time we are talking with Raymond Camden about his CFUNITED-06 talk "Introduction to ColdFusion Components". So why should a developer come to your session Raymond? Raymond Camden: ColdFusion Components are really the main way a developer can take his or her code to the "next level" of development. In this extended session I will cover both the syntax as well as show numerous examples and suggestions for using CFCs. MS: How will my code be better if I use CFCs? RC: Beginning developers tend to rebuild code they have used before. They do this because their earlier code wasn't properly abstracted, so it's not reusable. CFCs are one way within ColdFusion to reuse code. MS: What do you mean by "abstracted" - that sounds complex! RC: It really isn't. Here is a simple example. The total value of a shopping cart is each line items unit price times the quantity. That is one simple business rule. However - you use this logic in multiple places on your site. You "abstract" it by simply packaging it up into one file. Then every place that needs this logic calls that file. Let's then say that on Mondays you want a 10% deduction applied to the total. If you modify that one file, every place that uses it will see the new logic. MS: So are CFC hard to learn? RC: Like most things in ColdFusion, they are easy. Using them right though takes a bit of time. Once you learn the basic syntax, there is a lot of thinking that needs to take place on how to organize them. MS: What tags do I need to use to write a basic CFC? RC: There a few basic tags and functions. They are , , , , , , createObject(), and I'm sure I forgot one or two. The CFML behind CFCs really aren't that complicated. MS: Is there anything people need to know before they come to your talk? RC: Nope! MS: Will you have any code sample or demos in your talk? RC: Heck yes. MS: Cool - see you at CFUNITED! CFUNITED-06 is Wed 6/28/06 - Sat 7/1/06 in Bethesda MD, just outside Washington DC. It costs $649 until 1/31/06 then $749. For more information on CFUNITED see http://www.cfunited.com/ --- Introduction to ColdFusion Components ************************* This three hour session will delve into the basics of building ColdFusion Components (CFCs) as well as discuss various methods of CFC development. We will have many examples that you can take home with you to help you start building your first site with CFCs! Speaker Bio: Raymond Camden is the Director of Development for Mindseye, Inc. A long time ColdFusion user, Raymond is a member of Team Macromedia and one of the managers of the Acadiana MMUG. Raymond is a co-author of the Mastering ColdFusion series published by Sybex Inc, the ColdFusion MX Developer's Handbook, and a co-author to the "ColdFusion Web Application Construction Kit". He also presents at numerous conferences and contributes to online webzines. He is a contributor and technical editor of the ColdFusion Developer's Journal. He and Rob Brooks-Bilson created and run the Common Function Library Project, an open source repository of ColdFusion UDFs. You can reach him at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Raymonds blog is at http://ray.camdenfamily.com. **************************************** * Speakers include top names like Simon Horwith, Charlie Arehart, Michael Dinowitz, Ray Camden, Ben Forta and many more respected CF authors and presenters. * Great tracks: * Bootcamp - Basic ColdFusion and Flash topics * Advanced - Advanced ColdFusion topics * Manager/Empowered - Fusebox and Project management topics * Flex/RIA - Flash, Flex and other technologies integrated with CF topics * Accessibility / usability - section 508, CSS and disabled access * Deployment/Platform - tuning, install issues, OS, picking a database * Included in your full conference registration is the following: * Attendance for 4 days (6/28/2006-7/1/2006) * Keynote and General Sessions * All conference sessions including repeat sessions on Saturday * Entrance to Expo Area * Networking Events * Badge and Badge holder with bar scan code * Free Lunch for each show day (Dinner is not included) * Access to all presentations after the event, including all the recordings. * Promotional bag with materials including show guide, CD, coupons, etc. * Opportunity to participate in all raffle drawings * Can't stay 4 days Wed - Sat? Optional 3-day and Saturday only packages available too. Saturday will consist of repeats the most popular sessions from the week - something many attendees asked for last year! * The price is $849 for all four days of CFUNITED-06 Price expires 4-day 3-day Saturday-only Early Bird 01/31/2006 $649 $549 $249 Timely Bird 03/31/2006 $749 $649 $299 Regular 06/16/2006 $849 $749 $349 Late 06/28/2006 $949 $849 $399 Door 06/29/2006 $1049 $949 $449 Be one of the first 850 registrations and you will get the Awesome Laptop Bookbag instead of the average tote. Register today at http://www.cfunited.com/ -- Michael Smith, TeraTech Inc - Tools for Programmers(tm) TeraTech voted Best Consulting Service by CFDJ readers! 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