I recently mentioned that we were working on a ColdFusion update that would add Mac OSX Leopard support, as well as support for 64bit OSs (beyond the current Solaris support). ColdFusion Product Marketing Manager Kristen Schofield has just announced that the beta for this update has begun.
I mentioned Fusion Authority Quarterly (FAQU) when the inaugural issue was published back in mid-2006. Since then I have glanced at each issue as I have received them, but have not really given them as much attention as I probably should have. Until now, that is. I recently had a short flight...
Steve Drucker of Figleaf Software recently presented an online Acrobat Connect session on AIR, concentrating on getting started and building HTML/JS/Ajax AIR apps (and of course he uses ColdFusion as the back-end). And, very considerately, he recorded the entire session - it runs about an hour, and...
This is the least favorite post I've had to make in a long time. I was scheduled to begin a week and a half of ColdFusion events in Australia this week. But, due to a personal issue that has come up, I have had to cancel at the last minute. I am really upset about this - it's been several years...
I've admitted this before, I am a big Lego fan (for the kids, of course!). I just saw this Eiffel Tower in the latest catalog. 3428 pieces, almost 4' in height, built to scale from the real tower's original blueprints ... I so need (yes, need) this one!
A year or so ago I posted an entry explaining why, as a rule, managing session state on the server (as ColdFusion does) was not ideal in Flex applications. I still stand by that assertion. But, many have pointed out that it is sometimes necessary to access ColdFusion session data from within Flex...
Scott Stroz has written a really useful article for the ColdFusion Developer Center entitled Using ColdFusion 8 with Microsoft Exchange Server .
As per Mike Chambers , this is the official AIR logo:
The second ColdFusion 8 cumulative hot fix pack has been released. This hot fix contains the 7 fixes from hot fix 1, plus 14 additional fixes.
MapQuest has opened up their AS3 APIs for developer use. You need to register to gain access. Our pals at Universal Mind were instrumental in creating the APIs . Check out this demo .