For those who missed the MeetUp presentation on “Introduction to Java EE and Servlet Containers for ColdFusion” by Jamie Krug, here is the link to the recorded presentation:
https://admin.na3.acrobat.com/_a204547676/p51126187/
Archive for category Tutorials
Announcing a new Meetup for The Online ColdFusion Meetup!
Our 12pm (US ET) talk on Thursday July 8 will be Getting Started With Adobe AIR (aka how to build cool ‘stuff’)” with Matt Gifford aka coldfumonkeh.
TOPIC DESCRIPTION: (provided by the speaker)
So, you want to build a killer desktop application, but unsure about your application descriptor or how to manage it? Perhaps you want to build a cross-platform tool to destroy all others and harness the power of your ColdFusion applications, but don’t know your AS3 from your elbow? During this session, we will embrace the RIA functionality and features on offer when developing desktop applications with Adobe AIR. From the initial creation of the project, we will cover the core foundations of building your desktop application using Flex, how to incorporate your existing ColdFusion skills and back-end components to power your application, and how to keep your users happy by writing the auto-update feature to constantly give them the best of the best. Ideal for anyone new to AIR or Flex, and a must for anyone who wants to take their development skills to the next level and create feature-rich desktop applications.
Announcing a new Meetup for The Online ColdFusion Meetup!
Our 12pm (US ET) talk on Thursday July 1 will be “Building CFBuilder Extensions”, with Raymond Camden.
TOPIC DESCRIPTION: (provided by the speaker)
Raymond Camden will discuss how you can extend the power of ColdFusion Builder. His session will cover snippets and extensions, both how to use them and how to create them.
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Tour de ColdFusion
Jun 25
Adobe launched “Tour de Coldfusion“, an Air application similar to “Tour de Flex” with sample code for ColdFusion developers.
Announcing a new Meetup for The Online ColdFusion Meetup!
Our 12pm (US ET) talk on Thursday June 17 will be “Introduction to FuseGuard and Web Application Firewalls”, with Pete Freitag. (Editorial note from Charlie: Please note from the description that this will be both a general introduction to web app firewalls as a class and to a particular one, Fuseguard, presented by the maker of FuseGuard.)
TOPIC DESCRIPTION: (provided by the speaker)
Web Application Firewalls are becoming a more and more a crucial part of web application architecture. Learn about the different types of Web Application Firewall’s, and why you might want to deploy one in front of your ColdFusion Application. We will then get into some of the specifics of FuseGuard, a web application firewall written purely in CFML.
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Announcing a new Meetup for The Online ColdFusion Meetup!
Our 6pm (US ET) talk on Thursday May 27 will be “Load Testing Your Site with JMeter”, with Kurth Wiersma.
TOPIC DESCRIPTION: (provided by the speaker)
Come see how you can setup the Apache JMeter, a free to tool for load testing. In session we will explain why you should be loading testing applications before you release them into production. We will also discuss some tips for how to conduct an accurate load test that can give you actual metrics that help you make more efficient applications.
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Announcing a new Meetup for The Online ColdFusion Meetup!
Our 12pm (US ET) talk on Thursday May 27 will be “Search Engine Optimization for the ColdFusion Developer”, with Jeff Gladnick.
TOPIC DESCRIPTION: (provided by the speaker)
In today’s world, the bulk of our traffic to the websites we create comes from search engines. And with the exception of failed business models burning through VC money, more traffic equals more money.
But few developers bother to do even basic search engine optimization, which can dramatically improve their websites performance on Google and the like. The good news is that the basics of SEO is relatively easy to do, especially inside of most CFML applications. We’ll go over the fundamentals of SEO and how you can easily integrate these principals into your application. We’ll also discuss some free programs you can use to track your progress, and some other techniques to keep you in Google’s good graces.
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Some time ago I implemented a tool on my own site to throttle when any single IP address (bot, spider, hacker, user) made too many requests at once. I’ve mentioned it occasionally and people have often asked me to share it, which I’ve happily done by email. Today with another request I decided to post it and of course seek any feedback.
by Charles Arehart
URL: http://www.carehart.org/blog/client/index.cfm/2010/5/21/throttling_by_ip_address
Announcing a new Meetup for The Online ColdFusion Meetup!
What: “A Brief Introduction To Cryptography”, with Jason Dean
When: Thursday, May 20, 2010 6:00 PM
Our second talk this week will revert to our normal Thursday schedule. Our 6pm (US ET) talk on Thursday May 20 will be “A Brief Introduction To Cryptography”, with Jason Dean.
TOPIC DESCRIPTION: (provided by the speaker)
In this presentation we will look at the basics of cryptography. We will discuss how encryption and decryption work and some of the basic principles of cryptography. We will cover the basics of symmetric and asymmetric cryptography, cryptographic keys and key management, cryptographic modes of operation, and the uses of cryptography. We’ll finish with a short demonstration of how cryptography can be used to store and retrieve encrypted data in ColdFusion.
Announcing a new Meetup for The Online ColdFusion Meetup!
What: “Dependency Injection Redefined – ColdSpring 2.0: Narwhal ”, with Mark Mandel
When: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 6:00 PM
This week we have a special Wednesday session. Our 6pm (US ET) talk on *Wednesday* May 19 will be “Dependency Injection Redefined – ColdSpring 2.0: Narwhal”, with Mark Mandell. (Because he’s in Australia, this will be in fact Thursday morning his time. He couldn’t make his Friday morning for us.)
