• Chapter 1: HFDP for CF - Intro and The Strategy Pattern
  Presenter:  Dave Shuck
  Date: 9/8/2009
  Description:  We will begin our new series of presentations as we walk though Head First Design Patterns in CFML. HFDP is widely regarded as a valuable resource for learning about development design patterns. Our goal for this series will be to take one chapter at a time, creating the examples in CFML, and exploring how each pattern might be useful for us as CFML developers. The plan is to send my HFDP book home with someone at each meeting, giving them the opportunity to create the presentation for the following meeting. That person will bring the book back when they present and pass it onto the next person and repeat that process until we have covered the book. This month, Dave Shuck will be leading off with Chapter 1, which covers a general introduction of design patterns, and an exploration of the Strategy Pattern.
  URL: http://experts.na3.acrobat.com/p50727167/
  Duration: 00:38:45
  
  
• Chapter 2: HFDP for CF - The Observer Pattern
  Presenter:  Adam Presley
  Date: 10/13/2009
  Description:  This month, we will continue our progress in what I am coining Head First Design Patterns for CF as Adam Presley will be covering Chapter 2 - The Observer Pattern. He will be showing a ColdFusion implementation of the topic.
  URL: http://experts.na3.acrobat.com/p34878675/
  Duration: 00:40:14
  
  
• Chapter 3: HFDP for CF: The Decorator Pattern
  Presenter:  Adrian Moreno
  Date: 11/10/2009
  Description:  This will be a continuation of our series: Head First Design Patterns for ColdFusion (CFHFDP). We are taking each chapter out of the HFDP book and writing ColdFusion implementations of each pattern that is covered. So far we have broken down the Strategy Pattern and the Observer Pattern. November brings us to Chapter 3 - The Decorator Pattern. Adrian Moreno will be presenting this topic as our main session of the night.
  URL: [recording not currently available]
  
  
• Chapter 4: HFDP for CF: The Factory Pattern
  Presenter:  Dave Shuck
  Date: 12/08/2009
  Description:  HFDP4CF - Chapter 4: The Factory Pattern - In this presentation, Dave Shuck will be walking through the topic of the Factory Pattern in the HFDP book and covering the examples using ColdFusion. This presentation will include real world examples of how his development team employees this pattern in their enterprise today.
  URL: http://experts.na3.acrobat.com/p80423634/
  Duration: 01:08:09
  
  
• Chapter 5: HFDP for CF: The Factory Pattern
  Presenter:  Tom Woestman
  Date: 12/08/2009
  Description:  HFDP4CF - Chapter 5: The Singleton Pattern - Tom Woestman will be covering the chapter explaining how the Singleton Pattern can be used in the CFML world. As with the other chapters in our series, Tom will be demonstrating the samples using ColdFusion.
  URL: http://experts.na3.acrobat.com/p72462372/
  Duration: 00:27:58
  
  
• Chapter 6: HFDP for CF: The Command Pattern
  Presenter:  Guillermo Cruz
  Date: 1/12/2010
  Description:  This month, we continue our quest to work though the Head First Design Patterns book, taking each chapter apart and seeing how they relate to us as ColdFusion developers.  This month Guillermo Cruz will be presenting Chapter 6, covering the Command Pattern.  Make sure to join us!
  URL: http://experts.na3.acrobat.com/p40193462/
  Duration: 00:38:05
  
  
• Chapter 7: HFDP for CF: The Adapter/Facade Patterns
  Presenter:  Adam Presley
  Date: 2/09/2010
  Description:  This month, we continue our quest to work though the Head First Design Patterns book, taking each chapter apart and seeing how they relate to us as ColdFusion developers.  This month Adam Presley will be presenting Chapter 7, covering the Adapter and Facade Patterns.
  URL: http://experts.na3.acrobat.com/p52951992/
  Duration: 00:36:16
  

Title:  January Monthly Meeting: The Command Pattern - HFDP Chapter 6 Guillermo Cruz

Date and Time:  January 12, 2010 at 06:30pm

Address:
Paladin Consulting, Inc.
3030 LBJ Freeway, Suite 1140
Dallas, TX 75234
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Speakers:  Guillermo Cruz

Agenda:  This month, we continue our quest to work though the Head First Design Patterns book, taking each chapter apart and seeing how they relate to us as ColdFusion developers.  This month Guillermo Cruz will be presenting Chapter 6, covering the Command Pattern.  Make sure to join us!

Topic Description:

Throwing things over the fence - The command pattern is a pattern that allows us to be able to encapsulate method invocation and know that what needs to happen will. Simply by sending a command object to an Invoking object (who knows nothing of how the receiving object does its work) it can call an encapsulated method that will set of what you wanted done. Think of how logging is important but does not have to happen real time (in most cases) but it must be done. Why not throw it over the fence knowing that it will be done and you can continue with what you need to get done.