We had a good turnout last night, and a full meeting. We talked about all the latest software Adobe has sent down the pipe, and how they make our lives as ColdFusion developers easier.
Paladin Consulting sponsored the meeting, providing pizza and drinks. We had plenty of goodies. Paladin brought us the neatest little books, filled with post-its. Ken even shared a massive collection of CF-related open-source-related stickers. Selma donated a 2 inch tall Darth, who now rules the Dark Side of Seth's cube. Adobe sent some new CS 5.5 t-shirts, which Ken and Tom took home. See what you missed? :-) By the way ... we'll be giving away a Adobe license next month. Up to $2000 (pretty much everything except for Master Collection) Upcoming meetings: May (date TBD but likely May 25) - "Build your App with the (Phone)Gap" - How you can build apps for multiple mobile devices using one code base via PhoneGap (yes, apps you can sell!) We'll also look at PhoneGap Build, a cloud-based build solution. We'll look at how you construct service-oriented mobile apps with ColdFusion. We'll take a deeper look at Dreamweaver CS5.5, which has support fir PhoneGap baked-in. June (date TBD but likely June 22) - "Cloud Fusion" - Running ColdFusion in the cloud, specifically the Amazon cloud, with a focus on the Elastic Beanstalk of technologies. Will take a look at all of the ColdFusion "engines" and the advantages and disadvantages of each. (Note: this meeting will be a bit early, as we are having an early meeting in July) July 11- Special guest: Luis Majano, developer of the ColdBox platform. Maybe he'll give us his secret energy drink recipe. (He hasn't said he has one, but he must.. he's a framework and OO boss. Not to mention he has a family with a young child. And he manages a CFUG. And has his own company. How???????) Come get some of this ColdBox goodness. Really. Even if you're using another MVC framework, you'll get a ton of insight into enterprise patterns just by listening to him talk. While you're at it, sign up for his ColdBox training.. details (and discount code!) coming soon. Still need speakers for August and onward. :-) Contact me if you're interested. Billy Cravens -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "Houston ColdFusion Users' Group" discussion list. To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit http://groups.google.com/group/houcfug?hl=en ColdBox training coming to Houston in July from the creator of ColdBox, Luis Majano! Use discount code "CFUG" for $175 off. More info at http://bit.ly/ColdBoxHouston
