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Some videos from Adobe Max 2008 in San Francisco

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:29:00 GMT

Adobe kicks off Day 1 in San Francisco (keynote highlights and commentary from attendees)
From Adobe Flash Catalyst to Adobe CS4, see highlights from Day 2 (keynote highlights and commentary from attendees)
What was your geek-out moment of the day? (Day 1)
What was your geek-out moment of the day (Day 2)

ColdFusion Developer opening in Holland

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:09:00 GMT

I've been living and working in Holland for about 7 weeks now, and am loving every minute of it. Come work with me and other top-notch CF developers on exciting projects that will keep you interested for the long-term.

They have nice benefits, a fun working environment, and "perks" like getting to go to Adobe MAX Europe and to Luxembourg for a camping trip on company money.

Come join me: http://peoplexs.com/comp/ColdFusionDevelopers.htm

Who's gonna be a Adobe MAX Europe?

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:05:00 GMT

If so, post anything (i mean anything) below, and maybe I can buy the first round :D

I've only been in Europe (Holland) a month and a half, and don't know any CF'ers (other than 2 coworkers) in the area. I'm from Texas, so everything in Europe is "in the area" to me. Let me know.

how many bytes can a CF function be?

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:04:00 GMT

Apparently, the answer is 65535 bytes.

I had a huge laugh today when we got this error...

"500 cfReports2ecfc1683660545$funcRUN (Code of a method longer than 65535 bytes) cfReports2ecfc1683660545$funcRUN (Code of a method longer than 65535 bytes)"

... when trying to run a function I had just refactored for some inherited code. It had the dreaded problem that none of the function-local variables were scoped. So, I dutifully added cfset Var local = StructNew() to the top of the function and spent about 4 hours prepending all relevant variables with "local."

then, we got this error and noticed the huge, complex function has 2189 lines of CF code. I'm guessing CF server was able to compile the code, but just isn't allowed to run a function larger than 65535 byte.

Has anyone else ever seen this? (i did a short Google session, but didn't turn up anything)

Yes, I know this function needs to be rewritten badly to shorter functions, yadda, yadda... but I couldn't help sharing.

Adobe Max 2008 Day 2

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:09:00 GMT

Well it’s the end of Day 2 at 2008 Adobe MAX and I have to say I was impressed. I really like the look of the new ColdFusion IDE “Bolt” and it really looks like its gong to work well with CF9 and Flex, which to me is a huge plus. Ive been using CF Eclipse for a while now but a true ColdFusion extension its going to be great. The ability to type datasoure=” and have a lookup to available data sources is really nice. The right click and generate a CRUD from the IDE looks like what we can do in Flxbuilder already but is still nice although with all the noise of Hibernate ORM integration it surprises me that we didn’t see right click of a table, from a datasource and a CRUD generation using hibernate and CF. Although Ben did mention “Other frame works” I can only assume this is still to come.
I’m also really looking forward to Adobe Catalyst ( formerly Thermo ) as I’d really like to be able to produce some more applications that don’t look like standard Flex apps.
I attended 2 labs High Powered ColdFusion by Dave Watts and Extending Flex components with Matt Boles. Both were great sessions but it was the Flex session which in the first 10 mins I saw a solution that would help me cut down code by fixing some hacks I used to get around things I wasn’t sure you could do.
Lastly the sneak peaks did show a server side implementation of actionscript as a .sas file that is compiled on the fly and includes but the usual Flex code for displaying the data and the server side code for retrieving the data from the data base. This is interesting but I don’t think we will see this available for some time as currently CF and AS are a really nice fit.
Bolt information/Beta signup: http://labs.adobe.com/wiki/index.php/Bolt
(shame about the .php ? )
Oh and I forgot to mention there are plugin’s for Flex support into Visual studio 2008: http://www.ensemble.com/

Adobe Max Day 1

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 05:12:00 GMT

Well MAX is definatly bigger then I initially thought. It was the biggest turn out at any MAX event topping 5000 attendees. The opening session was full of Flash and the recent Flash 10 release ( including many mentions of AIR 1.5 ) and even included a visit from Arnie’s wife Maria Shriver ( First Lady of California ). Strangely absent was any news of ColdFusion although Flash being Adobe ‘s best known product ( other then Acrobat ) its not surprising that’s what they focused on.
I was almost sad as they talked about Flash on the iPhone ( as I just got a new Blackberry ) and while they say they don’t have it yet I highly doubt Adobe haven’t done there part and actually have it running on the device.
I was impressed with the CF un-conference and got to meet, in person Ben Forta, Ray Camden, Sean Corfield and Brian Meloche.
I finished the night with the Meet the CF team and the CMFL BoF’s which was great to meet the team and hear Ben give away some hint’s relating to CF9. Not really hints but anything cool he refused to answer I took as a hint ? It was great to hear Gert from Railo and other members of the committee discuss the standardisation of core cfml functions as choice gives freedom and I hope the 2 big open source CFML engines ( Railo and Open Blue Dragon ) can help promote cfml as a alternative to php.
I’m really looking forward to tomorrow key notes with Ben regarding Centaur.

Oh and I got this neat CF shirt.

Adobe Max 2008

Sat, 15 Nov 2008 22:57:00 GMT

From the first moment I learnt of Adobe Max ( Vegas 2006 ) I wanted to go. It wasn't until this year that I became as big a fan Adobe due to a position change and working with Flex and Coldfusion. San Fran is a gret city its the second time I have been here and the weather is just great. I'm really excited and can't wait to see/meet some of my internet idols and look forward to news regarding Coldfusion 9 and Flex 4.

See you there

klotz r 50

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 16:44:00 GMT

www.klotzr50.com

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thank you www.klotzwarehouse.com

after burn oil

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 16:33:00 GMT

www.afterburnoil.com

After Protection Engine Lube Klotz warehouse Dual Formula For Engine and Fuel system 1-2oz bottle (you can smell the special sweet Berry smell protection right out of the Bottle.) Great for 2 or 4 stroke engines.

After Run oil Useage: Helps keep engine running in top condition. Protects bearings and internal parts from corrosion. Prevent gum and varnish build-up. Just pour into exhaust port or glow plug hole after each running. Use 3-6 Drops or More as needed.

The After Run oil is a Synthetic Lubricant with an anti wear Lube with rust protection that has a quick Burn off for resisting carbon Build up, Helps keep engine running in top condition. Protects bearings and internal parts from corrosion. Special formula to prevent gum and varnish build-up.

• Extreme film strength protects Engine parts from metal to metal contact.

• Clean Burn technology for low smoke and prevents plug fouling.

• Formulated oil displaces moisture prevents corrosion and protects, internal parts.

• For use in combustion engines as a After Lube Engine Protection and for short or long term storage.

Fuel system additive Useage, light weight-viscosity synthetic lubricant with high flow ability and improved lubrication. After Protection Engine Lube provides easier starting, smoother transition from low to high speed, and reduced engine temperature on climb-outs, plus added fuel economy. Reduces friction and provides greater protection against wear, while reducing carbon build-up for more stable top-end, wide-open throttle operation. Blends with methanol alcohol and gasoline.

November Monthly meeting 11/11/08 - Frameworks discussion w/ Mach-II and ColdBox

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 20:17:00 GMT

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!

Looping over objectElements in an arraycollection

Sat, 08 Nov 2008 02:15:00 GMT

I asked a simple question on flexcoders today:

I have a simple array collection. Ie. a ColdFusion query being passed back to Flex eg:

select  firstName, lastName, age
from    person

So in flex it's:

Ac[0].firstName = Paul  ect

But I don't know ac[0].columName so is there a way to loop over the properties of the object at ac[0]?

Thanks to Fotis Chatzinikos who game me this answer.

for (var key:String in object)
{
    data = object[key] ;
}

where object is your arraycollection item ie. ac[0]

This was a simple solution that I just overlooked. I’m going to mock up an example of what I was using this for in the next few days.

3 Fun Games to Kill Boredom

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 21:44:00 GMT

LAST STAND:

By Night, defend yourself, and baracade by fighting of Zombies, and by night scavange for Weapons, Survivors, and Repair your defence. Using basic WASD movent, and point and click to shoot and R to reload, this game will help you kill both time, and boredom.

PLAY IT AT: http://armorgames.com/play/269/the-last-stand

THE N GAME:

Guide your Ninja like character through countless levels in this addicting game. Avoid mines, heat seeking missles, and lasers, while collecting gold for time that continues through each level using Arrow for movement, and Z or Shift to jump.

PLAY IT AT: http://www.addictinggames.com/ngame.html

PORTAL: FLASH VERSION:

Based on the popular Valve game, this 2D flash version of Portal gives you most of the same challenging levels to keep your brain thinking. Using the mouse to aim your portal gun, AWD for movement, Q to launch blue portals, E to launch yellow portals, you'll be obsessed with this game.

PLAY IT AT: http://portal.wecreatestuff.com/portal.php