his CFMX XML talk at CFUN-04. Jeff has been coding ColdFusion since
1995, and has co-authored several books on Internet application development.
Michael Smith: Why should developers be interested in XML, Jeff?
Jeff Tapper: The eXtensible Markup Language (XML) is incredibly powerful because
of its flexibility. While many think of XML as a revolutionary way for
businesses to exchange data, that is but one of the very important roles that
XML fills today. XML-based documents are often being used to share common data
between different technologies, such as allowing a single configuration file to
work for both a ColdFusion back end and a Flash front end of an application.
MS: What are other uses for XML?
JT: Others are using XML to create Microsoft Office Documents (such as Word,
Excel, etc.), and...
[the rest of this interview is at http://www.cfconf.org/CFUN-04/news.cfm or at
Fusion Authority http://www.fusionauthority.com/
CFUN-04 is Saturday 6/26/04 - Sunday 6/27/04 in Washington DC area. It costs
$199 until 3/31/04 then $269. For more information on CFUN see
http://www.cfconf.org/cfun-04/.
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CFMX XML tricks and traps by Jeff Tapper
ColdFusion has powerful XML support: some of its power is made available by
simple tags and functions, and some requires a little digging around. In this
session, you'll learn how to read and write XML data, how to perform searches
and apply transformations, and how to access the internal XML processing in
ColdFusion for even more power.
Jeff Tapper is the Chief Technologist for Tapper.net Consulting. He has worked
on a myriad of projects, for clients that include Toys R Us, IBM, Allaire, Dow
Jones, American Express, M&T Bank, Verizon, and Allied Office Supplies, among
others. As a Macromedia Instructor, he is currently certified to teach all of
Macromedia's courses on ColdFusion and Flash development.
Jeff has been a member of the ColdFusion development community since 1995, and
has co-authored several books on Internet application development, including:
"Allaire Spectra e-Business Construction Kit," "Advanced Macromedia ColdFusion 5
Application Development," "Dynamic Publishing with ColdFusion MX," "Actionscript
2.0 Dictionary," and most recently "Object Oriented Programming with
ActionScript 2.0." He is also a frequent speaker at Macromedia Development
Conferences and user groups.
Jeff formed Tapper.net Consulting to focus on developing Rich Internet
Applications and empowering clients through mentoring.
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This year's conference has 32 nationally known speakers including Charlie
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CFUN-04 Washington DC area 6/26 - 6/27/04:
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