A free full-day, hands-on training session, where attendees can learn how to build their first Flex application using the latest Flash Builder 4 beta software. This training is designed to help experienced ColdFusion developers get started in understanding how to add rich UI to existing and new ColdFusion applications.

Dates / Times
November 13 - 20, 2009
Event: 9am - 4pm
Registration: 8:30am

Registration & Locations!
http://www.adobe.com/go/flextrainingforcfdevelopers

Hi Everyone,

I've posted the recording from October's meeting.  It's Luis Majano presenting on the ColdBox framework.

If you are unfamiliar with how ColdBox works, this is a good primer.

http://groups.adobe.com/posts/ec679e5c3d

We'll be learning about the ColdBox Framework.  Just in time for myself.  I've got a request to setup a wiki, so it looks like CodexWiki is built on ColdBox is the best open source option out there for CF Developers.

BADDAUG, SILVFUG and San Flashcisco groups are meeting on Wednesday as well.  They are going out for drinks at the Cheiftain irish bar http://www.thechieftain.com/ after.  So, for those who make it out to BACFUG, if you want to grab a drink I'll be heading over to the Cheiftain after the meeting.

Don't forget to register for ColdFusion DevCamp on November 7th.  We are less than three weeks away.  http://www.cfdevcamp.org

Tom and Jon the organizers from 360Flex are hosting a two day in-depth Flex training.

Cost: $149

More info at http://www.360flexpress.com/

Date: November 7 and 8.  Yes, this is the same weekend of ColdFusion DevCamp.  Tom and Jon appologize for the conflict.  But, look at it this way. We've got so many great events going on that they are starting to overlap. :-)

Also, If you have not attend a 360Flex, the next one will be in San Jose in March 7 -10, 2010

http://www.360flex.com/

Dan Wilson just blogged on the Model-Glue site about the idea of doing an intensive training over 2 days (weekend) on Model-Glue 3.

From Dan's Blog....
"We've been knocking around the idea of a roving Model Glue training center. We've already done this in Claremont, CA to members of the Inland Empire ColdFusion User Group and folks got a lot out of it. That particular course was done over a single day, to prove out the material and to be useful to the IECFUG.

For the next phase, the vision would be to travel to an area and run a practical, intense training in OO and Model-Glue 3 over a weekend.

Please comment on this post and let me know if you would attend a ModelGlue 3 Workshop for a weekend.  If so, how much should we charge to cover Dan's travel costs/food for the event, etc.?

ColdBox is an event-driven, conventions based, ColdFusion Framework.  It provides you with a set of reusable code, tools and best practices that not only make ColdBox an MVC framework but an Application Platform.  Come learn how ColdBox can increase your productivity, standardize your applications and make you enjoy building ColdFusion Applications more than ever.

This month our raffle prize will be a free online instructor lead course by Webucator.  They offer the same experience as being in a classroom but online via Adobe Connect.  Low ratio of student to intructor, ask questions, share your work with the intstructor, etc.

Hey Everyone,

Everything is moving forward nicely with the ColdFusion DevCamp.

Location is locked in.
Sponsors are coming on board (few more needed ,but we are more than 1/2 way there)
People are signing up. (i'm been promoting via Meetup.com, Linked-in, via local University CS depts)

Now I need your help.  This is a community event so I'm hope we can all pitch in and envangelize the event.

I'll be at MAX next week and I'm printing up postcards to promote the DevCamp. http://www.cfdevcamp.org/post.cfm/postcards-have-been-ordered-for-max

Can you help spread the word?  If you are at MAX, be sure to mention ColdFusion DevCamp to other attendees.

Are you registered for DevCamp yet?  If not, you can register here.  http://www.cfdevcamp.org/page.cfm/registration

If you can't make it, please encourage work mates or other developers and designers you know to attend (No CF experience required).

Don't know what I'm talking about?  Find out more info about ColdFusion DevCamp ...  http://www.cfdevcamp.org/page.cfm/about-cfdevcamp


Thanks for your help

Sid

Hey Everyone,

I mentioned this at the last  BACFUG meeting, but want to make an official announcement.

Registration is open for ColdFusion DevCamp

Join us in SF on November 7th  (9:30am to 7:00pm) & build something cool with ColdFusion 9!

This is a Bring Your Own Laptop event. Registration is free.  It will be a code jam/hackfest whatever you want to call it. 

Should be a lot of fun.  You can bring your own idea for an app or join a team to collaborate and learn about ColdFusion 9.

How often do you get to code next to Sean Corfield?

For more information and registration go to http://www.cfdevcamp.org

If you have any questions drop me an email.

Thanks
Sid

This month we have Sean Schroeder and Matt Levine

Presenting Mura CMS: What's in it for me?

RSVP Here

Come out and enter to win Adobe software worth up to $2100, for PC or Mac.

Hey Everyone,

I'll be presenting tomorrow at the online ColdFusion Meetup at 3pm (PST). 

RSVP Here

This is a do over of my talk last month on Mango Blog.  The audio got messed up so no recording was made available.  If you can make great, otherwise Charlie will post the recording here.

Flash and Flex Developer's Magazine has gone virtual.  You can download the latest copy for free at http://www.ffdmag.com/prt/view/about-the-mag/issue/1066.html

I've been reading back issues and can say it's quite interesting.  I'd say it's 60% Flash focused and 40% Flex.   I'm not a heavy Flash programmer so every article has something new for me.  The Flex stuff is good.  Not as technical or in depth at the Flex Quarterly, but still good.

Coders at Work includes engaging, candid, amusing, and at times controversial interviews with some of the most influential programmers of our era including

• Donald Knuth, author of The Art of Computer Programming and creator of TeX
• Brendan Eich, inventor of JavaScript and CTO of Mozilla
• Jamie Zawinski, author of XEmacs and early Netscape/Mozilla hacker
• Fran Allen, pioneer in optimizing compilers and the first woman to win the Turing Award

Apress is pleased to offer a 50% eBook discount to our User Group members. Please email the User Group liaison, Lisa Lau.  for this exclusive eBook discount code, or to request a complimentary review copy.

Thought I'd send out a reminder for this months CF events.

East Bay CF User Group
August 4th (this Tuesday) 7pm in Pleasanton at New Horizons offices.
Why use a Framework.  A roundtable discussion of the pros and cons of using a framework.  Your experiences either using or trying to sell a framework to co-workers/managers, etc.
RSVP: http://groups.adobe.com/posts/40fdb01517

CFUnited
August 12th to 15th in Washington DC.
http://cfunited.com/2009/

Living in the Cloud
August 19th 6:30pm in San Francisco at the Adobe Offices.
Sean Corfield will reprise his talk from CFUnited for all of us who can't make it to DC this year.
RSVP: http://groups.adobe.com/posts/39f748f374

Mango Blog - Install, Skin and Extend
August 20th 3pm - CFMeetup (online via Connect)
http://experts.acrobat.com/cfmeetup.
I'll be doing my FIRST presentation for a CF User Group.  I've discovered Mango Blog and I'm really liking it.  My talk will focus on install or migrating from BlogCFC or WordPress, options for skinnning your blog and ways to extend it.

Last announcement,  If you are attending MAX please indicate that you are a bacfug member and enter my name "Sid Maestre"

If 5 people do this I'll get a free pass for MAX.  No... it's not for me. I've already registered, but I'll give it away at our Sept meeting as a raffle prize.

Thanks again to Brian for presenting last night.

He shared experience moving his custom code base into Model-Glue, Transfer and ColdSpring. 

My take away.... "don't be the guy looking for a replacement server on Craigslist at 3 am, because you didn't properly load test your app."

Connect Recording available at http://groups.adobe.com/posts/411df274d0