The topic has been in flux as we have been shifting around presentations for this meeting.  As of the time of this email, we have a special guest pending as well.  More to come on that soon.

As it stands at the time of this post, the November meeting will generally revolve around the usage of the Mach-II and ColdBox frameworks with some additional discussion of ColdSpring and Transfer.

We will have two sessions tonight, with Tom Woestman doing a "getting started" presentation on ColdBox.  Dave Shuck will be covering a simple "getting started" application with Mach-II.  Additionally, Dave will also show a sample application that makes use of ColdSpring and Transfer if time permits.

If you have been wanting to learn more about ColdFusion frameworks or have knowledge to contribute to this subject, or simply enjoy discussing all things ColdFusion, I urge you to come out!

Make sure to join us Tuesday September 9, 2008 for our monthly meeting.  This month we will have a special guest presenter.  Steve Bryant, manager of the Tulsa CFUG, will be doing a hands-on demonstration of cf_sebForm.   The cf_sebForm custom tag simplifies development of simple forms. It provides a simple syntax to manage both client and server side validation, separates logic and display, and integrates with CFCs. The output is unobtrusive and skinnable. In this short presentation you will see how to use cf_sebForm to create a simple contact forms, add/edit forms, integrate with CFCs, manage validations (both client/server and business logic), upload files, and reduce spam.

Steve Bryant is the founder and current manager of the Tulsa CFUG. He has been programming ColdFusion since the 20th century and is the author of cf_sebForm, SpamFilter.cfc, and the DataMgr component set. He got his BA in Philosophy at Oklahoma State University and still has no idea how that led to a career in web development.

As always, our sponsor Paladin Consulting will be providing food and refreshments, so come hungry!   For directions and specific meeting details, check our Meetings Page.

Make sure to join us August 12 for our regular monthly meeting. We will be starting off the evening as usual by covering some basic ColdFusion training topics during the first hour. August training topics will be:

• Getting started with CFCOMPONENT
• Working with XML in ColdFusion
• JQuery and ColdFusion

In the second hour, Mark Piller will present on the subject of building Flex applications with ColdFusion. He is going to describe integrating an alternative approach to LiveCycle and demonstrate the benefits of the integration. The group will learn about developer productivity tools, remoting and data management concepts. Mark has been working on some exciting stuff in this space, and we are fortunate to get this opportunity!


About Mark Piller: Mark Piller is the founder and Chief Architect of Midnight Coders, an innovative and forward-thinking company specializing in RIA integration technologies, professional services and training. Mark has over 15 years of software development experience. For the past five years he has been specializing in building software infrastructure products designed to integrate Flex, Flash, and AJAX applications with a variety of backend systems, including .NET, Java, PHP, and Ruby on Rails. Mark is very passionate about ease-of-use of software and prides himself in creating technologies that clearly demonstrate that quality.