Seattle CFUG Blog

Dec 22 2011 2012 Meeting Changes

I hope everyone is having a good holidays and will be able to get a break from work and enjoy life and family a bit over the next few weeks. I wanted to post a quick note that Starting in January we will be moving our monthly meeting dates to the SECOND THURSDAY of each month. We'll explain more ... (more)

Nov 17 2011 Planning for 2012

Hey all - I think everyone would agree that Seattle CFUG in 2011 has been one of the most informative and engaging yet - and I look forward to the discussions and learning that will take place in 2012. So as this year comes to a close I wanted to share a bit of what we're planning for 2012 and t... (more)

Jul 28 2011 Learning From Others: SQL Meeting Recap

Just wanted to follow up on Tuesday nights meeting as I left feeling fortunate to be able to share with and learn from such a great group of Seattle-area developers. The subject was "SQL Best Practices" but served more as a launching off point for everyone to discuss their own struggles, solutions, ... (more)

May 23 2011 May CFUG Meeting Tomorrow Night!

Hello SeattleCFUG Members! Come join us as we dig into Object Oriented Programming and work to understand some basic OOP principles and how it can benefit you in your application development. Our own Kris Korsmo will review some basic OO concepts like classes, objects, inheritance, encapsulation,... (more)

May 2 2011 Suggested OOP Reading For Next Month's Meeting

In preparation for next month's meeting where we will be discussing Object Oriented Programming in ColdFusion I'd like to offer up a few articles that my help some of you get up to speed beforehand. Even if you're an OO master in CF I'd encourage you to read some of these articles as they pose some ... (more)

Apr 26 2011 jQuery Presentation Resource Site

Resources from Greg Stallings' jQuery Presentation A couple months back Greg Stallings gave a superb presentation on jQuery to the Seattle CFUG crew. Complete with code and examples, he put a tremendous amount of work into it and passed it on to the group for future use. We are now publicly listi... (more)

Apr 23 2011 ColdFusion in 2011 & Upcoming CFUG Topics

As the new Seattle CFUG co-manager I thought I'd give everyone a heads up about how 2011 has been going so far and some of the ideas we have for the rest of the year. In case you've been living under a rock, 2011 is shaping up to be the most exciting year yet as a CFML developer. With two strongl... (more)

Feb 18 2011 February CFUG Meeting - jQuery!

Hello Seattle CFUG Members! Our February meeting is right around the corner! This month we will be discussing another hot topic as selected by the group, jQuery! Our own Greg Stallings will be presenting. Greg will be presenting on JavaScript and AJAX essentials using jQuery and ColdFusion. ... (more)

Jan 29 2011 Excited for Seattle CFUG in 2011

Hey guys - I just wanted to mention how excited I am for the Seattle CFUG group in 2011. We had a good turn out this last week with some great questions and conversation and it's a great sign of meetings to come. It seems we've got a wide mix of experience and skill level represented at group rig... (more)

Jan 24 2011 January 2010 Meeting Update

Hey Guys - Based on feedback from the group, this month we will focus on productivity and making our jobs easier with ColdFusion Builder. We encourage you to show up with your laptop and be ready to run through some demos. This will be a hands on session so download the CF Builder trial and ins... (more)

Aug 23 2010 Next Meeting Topic: ColdFusion Security

Next week we will be discussing secure ColdFusion development. Check out the meeting information in the Events section.... (more)

Apr 8 2010 Flex 4 Launch Party

http://www.seattlecfug.com/events... (more)

Feb 1 2010 Powered by Java!

Ever had a bit of functionality in your CF app that you just couldn't get to run fast enough? In our next meeting (2/4) we will demonstrate just some of the ways to expose the power under the hood in CF using Java.
... (more)

Dec 4 2009 Free Books!

As we discussed at the last meeting, we have the opportunity to take advantage of free books from O'Reilly and Manning publishers. I will bring the following to the next meeting:

Adobe Fireworks: CS4 How-Tos
Flex 3 Cookbook
JavaScript: The Good Parts
Head First SQL

-Merr... (more)

Dec 1 2009 Meeting this Thursday!

Heads up...

Our next meeting is this Thursday. Head over to the events section to read about our speaker and raffle!
... (more)

Nov 25 2009 ColdFusion On Wheels Framework Version 1.0 Released

Hey everyone. A couple months ago Merritt did a presentation of the ColdFusion Coldbox Framework which was super informative and really solidified for me that I needed to seriously consider using a application framework to help speed up my development process in ColdFusion. While Coldbox has a ... (more)

Oct 20 2009 CF8 Installers

For anyone confused by Adobe's lack of CF8 download support, be patient. From what I could dig up online, the removal of the links for CF8 installers was an error and is going to be fixed this week. Check again tomorrow.

If Adobe fails to put the installers online, and you need a ... (more)

Oct 16 2009 CF9 and Snow Leopard

I just installed CF9 on a new MBP and everything went fine until I tried to run the web server connector to get my new install talking with the built-in Apache 2.2. When I ran the ColdFusionLauncher, and added in my Apache settings, Apache would crash. After some trial and error, I notic... (more)

Sep 29 2009 October CFUG: coding frameworks

6:30 – 7:00
Intro to CF: A look at the ColdBox framework for beginners
- By Merritt Chapman

7:00 – 8:00
We will review the progress that has been made so far with the new group website and discuss the pros and cons of using different frameworks such as Mach-II, ColdBox, or everyone... (more)

Sep 2 2009 September 2009 CFUG meeting

Hello fellow coldfusioners!

Our meeting this Thursday will have three main parts:

1. Roundup of CFUnited (thoughts, impressions, stories, etc.)

2. Intro to CF: Installing and configuring ColdFusion (this will probably have to be a multi-part topic but let’s see how it goes)
<... (more)

Aug 4 2009 CFUG in August - what's new, what's great?

Roundtable discussion about CF9:

For example:
--Does adding Solr mean that Verity support is going to be dropped?
--Is anyone going to use ORM?
--Did you know that the Ajax components are getting revamped?
-- Is there any performance hit writing in script versus tags?

I... (more)

Jun 1 2009 CFUG in June: Cfthread, Firebug & Raffle!

Happy summer everyone! Ok, happy spring, but oh it sure feels like summer! But we have lots of good reasons to come to CFUG this month:

6:30 to 6:45pm: Intro to ColdFusion: Focus on CFTHREAD tag, presented by Merritt.

6:45 tp 7:30: Using Firebug, presented by Tony

7:30pm: Raffle... (more)

May 5 2009 Early CFUG meeting this Thursday - CF stickers!

Hello All!

Our early meeting time -- 5:30pm -- worked well for several people last week, and we'll do it again this month.

Come share CF code and questions and get CF free stickers and pens from Adobe!

Seems like most of us are too busy to dine beforehand, but if you drop by the... (more)

Mar 3 2009 March meeting

Hello All!

We had a great meeting last month - lots of animated discussion about different ways to code CF. :)

Come have your say this week! Or just sit back and watch the fun. ;)

Seems like most of us are too busy to dine beforehand, but if you drop by the Blue Moon Burger join... (more)

Feb 2 2009 Meeting this week, Feb 5th at 6:30

Hello and happy new year!

Our last meeting we shared some great coding tips and this week's Cold Fusion User Group meeting promises more of the same.

Bring your favorite tips and / or most puzzling questions. We'll share code and learn together.

Burgers at Blue Moon at 5:30 are ... (more)

Dec 1 2008 December 4th: Favorite ColdFusion tips, tricks & raffle

Do you have some special ColdFusion tips, tricks & practices up your sleeve (or on a thumb drive)?

Share some of your favorites, and earn raffle tickets!

Yup, that's right, we'll be raffling off a copy of ColdFusion 8, and you can buy tickets or you can earn them by sharing your favori... (more)

Nov 6 2008 No November meeting

There will be no meeting this November.

See you in December!

Also note: we will not have a meeting in January as the first Thursday is New Years Day.

Thanks!
Maya... (more)

Sep 30 2008 October CFUG: RIAs, Flex & AIR

We're going to combine with Seattle's PHP user group for a presentation on RIAs, Flex & AIR this Thursday, October 2nd.

Although some of the program will be about how to use Flex with PHP, we already know it is *much* easier & faster to do with ColdFusion. But the presentation should stil... (more)

Aug 28 2008 September 2008 CFUG meeting

Hello everyone,

This is a reminder that our next meeting is September 4th.

We haven't finalized the topic yet, but it is likely to focus on security issues - there are so many things to guard against these days! We thought we'd go over some of the most effective and simplest technique... (more)

Jun 19 2008 August Meeting - Free ColdFusion?!

We all know that ColdFusion is the best platform in so many ways, except for the (upfront) cost. Well, that is set to change: there's a new FREE way to run ColdFusion coming!

Railo (www.railo.ch) is a CFML engine that runs on a wide variety of Java servlet engines, and provides a cost... (more)

May 28 2008 June 5th CFUG: Tagfest & Raffle

What is your favorite new or little known ColdFusion Tag? Do you know some neat tricks with CFSaveContent? How about using CFVariable? What about the new CFDIV, CFWindow, and CFLayout tags?

Pick a tag you like and do a 5-15 minute presentation on it and win free raffle tickets! Let me know i... (more)

Apr 27 2008 May 8th Meeting: Ajax & Other Ways to Clean Code

We're going to meet on the SECOND Thursday in May instead of our usual first Thursday. This means we're meeting on the same day as the Flex User Group, so we're going to spend a few minutes chatting with them before we get our Ajax program underway around 7pm.

CF8 and Ajax offer some great n... (more)

Mar 24 2008 April 3rd Meeting: Web Security & Error Trapping: Mysteries & Solutions

Hello fellow Cold Fusioners!

For our next meeting (in 10 days!) we will be focussing on Web Security & Error Trapping.

Instead of one expert giving a presentation, I'd like everyone to contribute either a question or a solution and we'll go over them together.

It would be grea... (more)

Mar 17 2008 CFUG rides again! April 3rd Meeting Announcement, with extras!

Hello Cold Fusion User Group Members!

As many of you have noticed, it has been a tumultuous winter in Seattle's CFUG land. Our reins of leadership have been passing from one programmer to another faster than you can code randomized "Holy *****, Batman!" script in Cold Fusion - and that's fast... (more)

Mar 6 2008 Meeting tonight 3/6

Regular meeting will be held as scheduled tonight at 6:30pm.

Adobe
801 North 34th Street
(Freemont)
Plaza Building Conference Center

Hope to see some of you there!

Dana... (more)

Feb 7 2008 Tonight's meeting (Feb 7) ..any ideas for topic(s)?

Does anyone have any ideas for the meeting tonight?

-Pete... (more)

Jan 3 2008 CFUG meeting 1/6/08 canceled

I'm sorry but due to illness (of myself) and also other leadership members not being able to make it, we will not be able to hold our regularly scheduled meeting tonight.

Please do plan to attend the upcoming AIR/Flex3 rollout meeting this coming January 21 at 6:30pm, Adobe Offices.

We... (more)

Nov 30 2007 Dec 6, 2007 meeting is ON!

Yes, we WILL have a meeting Thursday, Dec 6, 2007 at the regular location Adobe Seattle offices. Pete Lyons will show us a little something about the new cfimage tag. Please come with your ideas for future meetings.

Mark your calendars! --> Next month:

Thursday Jan 6, 2008 6:30p... (more)

Oct 31 2007 Nov 1 Meeting Canceled

The meeting regularly scheduled for this Thursday, Nov. 1, 2007 is canceled.

Furthermore, I regret to announce that our new fearless leader will be leaving us to return to Denver.

If you have any suggestions for topics for the next meeting, please reply to this notice (or to me or Pete... (more)

Oct 31 2007 November Meeting Cancelled

Do to the possibility of Halloween hangovers, we have decided to cancel Thursday's CFUG meeting. Sorry for the late notice.

The good news is that the site is back up. We can look forward to our last meeting of the year in December & a whole new start in the new year.

I'm returning to C... (more)

Sep 4 2007 September CFUG Meeting is this Thursday!

Don't forget the September CFUG meeting this Thursday, Sept 6 at 6:30 in the Adobe Bulding, 801 North 34th Street (Freemont), lower level auditorium.

We'll have a live, unrehearsed installation of CF 8 and a demonstration of at least one of the new CF8 features, cfphoto.

A full copy of... (more)

Feb 5 2007 April 23: Official Forta CF8 "Scorpio" tour information!

Special Seattle CFUG Presentation
Ben Forta: CF8 "Scorpio"

Monday, April 23, 2007
6 p.m. social mixer
7 p.m. program

Adobe Conference Center
801 North 34th Street (Freemont)
Map: http://www.seattlecfug.com/AdobeMap.html

Come join us for what should be one o... (more)

Jan 14 2007 Ben Forta confirmed for April 23, 2007!

Breaking news -- Forta confirmed for 2007!

Ben Forta, well known technical evangelist, speaker and author of more than ten books on computer subjects such as programming websites, databases and the java programming language, will be speaking at a special meeting of the Seattle ColdFusion User... (more)

Dec 13 2006 New CFUG email address

I have changed the CFUG main email address. You can now reach us at:

manager at (seattlecfug./com)

My personal email remains the same, so for those of you who have it please feel free to use it...... (more)

Dec 9 2006 Schedule for 2007 released

Updated at the January 2007 meeting!

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Greetings--

All of us had a great time at the holiday party this last Thursday. Attendance was triple, and much merriment was had! Happy Holidays!

So now is the time to seek our sights on the 2007 CFUG year a... (more)

Sep 27 2006 October meeting new topic

Functional Verification with Selenium - Ryan Miller

Changing topics from our nominally scheduled "infrastructure and scaleability", we now will take a look at a great program for all developers. Special thanks to our PDX CFUG friends for the suggestion.

Selenium is a free tool to run f... (more)

Aug 20 2006 Adobe hosts our CFUG!

The Seattle ColdFusion User's Group
Sponsored by Schooner Technical Media Training: Adobe's Authorized Training Partner in the Pacific Northwest http://www.schoonertech.com

Greetings!

Next Meeting:
Thursday, September 7, 2006 - 6:30 p.m.

New Location:
Adobe Seattle Of... (more)

Aug 15 2006 We're meeting at Adobe now!

That's right folks -- we have new space at the Adobe offices in Freemont! More details to come, but it has everything including WiFi, conference tables, projectors, the works...
Edited by garrettw on Sep 4, 2006 at 09:26 AM... (more)

Feb 23 2006 2006 master Schedule

March 14: Vince Bonfanti from New Atlanta: Blue Dragon on .net
April 6: Back to basics-- CFQUERY, CFOUTPUT and the like
May 4: AJAX & CF
June 1: CF Reporting
July 6: Mobile interfaces (WAP)
August 3: Making your web app beautiful. User interface design: Flash & others=
Septem... (more)

Feb 14 2006 Running CFML on .net! New Atlanta President and Founder to speak

February 14, 2006

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

For more information contact:
Garrett Wiedmeier
206-613-3215
info@seattlecfug.com

PRESIDENT AND FOUNDER OF NEW ATLANTA TO PRESENT BLUEDRAGON .NET PRODUCT

SEATTLE, WA—Vince Bonfanti, President and co-founder of New Atlanta, ... (more)

Feb 13 2006 Ben Forta to speak February 13, 2006!

5 1/2 hours to go. Sweet!... (more)

Jan 8 2006 Ben Forta to speak February 13, 2006!

January 9, 2006

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

For more information contact:
Garrett Wiedmeier
206-613-3215
info@seattlecfug.com

WELL KNOWN “TECHNICAL EVANGELIST” AND WRITER BEN FORTA
TO SPEAK AT SEATTLE USER GROUP MEETING

SEATTLE, WA—Ben Forta, well known technical ev... (more)

Dec 26 2005 January 2006 Meeting

Here's now the official program:

NEXT MEETING:
Thursday, January 5, 2006, 6:30 p.m.
Downtown Seattle Association
500 Union Street, Suite 300
Seattle, WA 98101

SQL Server 2005 versus MySQL versus PostgreSQL

A follow-up of sorts to our very popular SQL session we had a... (more)

Dec 7 2005 January 2006 Meeting

Shall be Thursday, January 5, 2006 at the DSA at 6:30 p.m., per usual.

Of note we have free guest WiFi at the DSA now, so bring those laptops and make my network cry from your massive traffic!

Traber and I are still putting together the program, and hope to have it firmed up sometime t... (more)