I've said this before and I think I'll be saying it for a while yet, ColdFusion is not a database server, and should not be used as one. Or put differently, if your DBMS can do the job, let it do so. Case in point: Earlier today I was giving someone a hand with an application, and was looking at...
My latest book, "Sams Teach Yourself Regular Expressions in 10 Minutes", is now available and shipping. This new title is modeled on my best-selling "Sams Teach Yourself SQL in 10 Minutes", is targeted at the same audience, and follows the same format and pace of study. Checking in at a svelte 150...
Sean Corfield blogged a reference to a rant against "Teach Yourself X in N Minutes|Hours|Days" books (see http://www.corfield.org/blog/past/2004_03.html). Sean (and Brian LeRoux) seem to agree with the rant's basic premise, and there is some validity to their concerns (I agree, some "Teach...
I moderated an "Ask The Expert" session on Web Services at Flash Forward. The session was pretty well attended (considering that Flash Forward is predominantly a design oriented event), and the questions and discussion was positive and insightful. But there was an overriding sense of "tread...
A thread on cfcdev today discussed whether ColdFusion debugging should ever be activated on a production server. The bottom line is no, never turn on debugging on a production server (you should never need to debug on a live server anyway, that's what development and testing servers are for). But...
I'm on my way to San Francisco for Flash Forward. There has been a schedule change, and my session is now on Wednesday instead of Friday. Should be fun!
Remember The Lorax Who speaks for the trees? The Wocket in my Pocket, And Mulberry Street? Or big hearted Thidwick, Sipping pink ink, Green Eggs and Ham, The Thinks you can Think? One Fish, Two fish, Red fish and blue, If I Ran the Circus, If I Ran the Zoo? Solla Sollew trouble, VOOM for cleaning...
IBM has posted a technology preview of its Macromedia Flex plug-in for WebSphere Studio. See http://www.alphaworks.ibm.com/tech/wsadflex.
Looks like I missed the SYS-CON announcements for their "ColdFusion Developer's Journal Readers' Choice Awards" (press release at http://www.sys-con.com/2002/PR/02252004.cfm). My "ColdFusion MX Web Application Construction Kit" won the "Best Book" category, and my "Advanced ColdFusion MX...
I took a few days off, and went to London with some of the kids for a wedding. I did not take a computer with me on this trip, and now that I am back my inbox is nothing short of terrifying! It's actually kind of sad when taking a few days off means paying for it big time later. :-(