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Previous CFUG Meetings

The following is a list of the past meetings we have had:

Date Presentor Topic Description
02/23/2012 JC Gomez Introduction to Modernizr JavaScript for ColdFusion 9 This month Giancarlo Gomez will be showing us how to start taking advantage of HTML5 and CSS3 with Modernizr. Modernizr is an open-source JavaScript library that makes it easy for web designers to support different levels of experiences, based on the capabilities of the visitor's browser. This allows designers to take full advantage of everything in HTML5 and CSS3 that is implemented in some browsers, without sacrificing control over the user experience in other browsers. Start building sites with progressive enhancement in mind rather then with graceful degradation.
10/27/2011 None <CF_BOWLING> for last meeting this year We are going to do something different for this month's meeting; we will be doing <CF_BOWLING>. That is right. We have secured a bowling alley for our meeting. The plan is to have at least 2 teams. Each team bowls a frame (there are 10 frames per game). The highest scorer for that frame (based on the team) will receive 1 point. They will then be asked a ColdFusion question (also worth 1 point) which will be added to the teams score. At the end of the game the team with the most points, wins. Any ties will result in sudden death match ups. Once the winning team is determined, those members will be asked ColdFusion questions for points. The winner of those questions will be awarded the Adobe Software raffle worth up to $2,100.00. Others will receive other prizes.

Cost for bowling is $15.00 per person and includes shoe rental. The club will provide ONLY pizza however any drinks are at your own expense.

We really need a head count for this. So please RSVP to either Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=259498437420203) or the club managers (managers@cfug-sfl.org) if you wish to come.

Location:
AMF Davie Lanes
8800 W. State Road 84
Davie, FL
954-473-8822

This will be our last meeting for 2011.
09/29/2011 Acker Dawn Apple Introduction to cfUnitConsole Are you a fan of the cfDump tag? Do you like debug consoles? This month our own board member, Acker Dawn Apple, will be releasing a powerful ColdFusion code debug tool called the cfUnitConsole. Our CFUG group will be the beta release testing party before the public release. Come to see the power of cfUnitConsole, stay for the free code and leave with a mind full of ColdFusion.

The meeting is free and snacks are available at the location at your own expense.
07/28/2011 Giancarlo Gomez & Geoff Bergey Two Mini-Courses - Object Oriented jQuery Plugins, Prototype JS Classes & CFB 2 Extensions We will be doing two mini-seminars. The seminars are:
  1. Simple introduction to building object oriented jQuery plugins and creating prototype.js classes. Why they are good and examples of working ones
  2. An introduction to ColdFusion Builder Extensions. We'll cover what they are, discuss some current uses and build an extension from the ground up.


Meeting cost is $5.00 per person to cover expenses.
06/30/2011 Bill Reese UI: A programmatic approach The main theme for this presentation is using new and old techniques to programmatically create and maintain multiple interfaces and controls for multiple sites using re-usable common code.

We will try to cover some of these topics as time and interest permit:
  • ColdBox
  • ColdFusion Advanced Custom Tags
  • ColdFusion Builder
  • Flash Builder (Flex Integration)
  • jQuery UI
  • Prototype

We are also giving away a free copy of Adobe Software.

Meeting cost is $5.00 per person to cover expenses.
05/26/2011 Josh Adams - Adobe ColdFusion Builder 2 Tour This presentation is part of the ColdFusion Builder 2 tour. Josh will be presenting all the new features in this edition and hopefully showing us some new tricks. Josh will also be giving away 1 free licensed copy of ColdFusion Builder 2.
04/28/2011 Acker Dawn Apple Using built-in ColdFusion methods "onMissingTemplate" and "onMissingMethod Employing the use of the built-in ColdFusion 8+ methods "onMissingTemplate" and "onMissingMethod". Learn how to do URL rewriting using the method "OnMissingTemplate" and learn how to control request flow using a CFC with a catch-all method of "onMissingMethod". Simple fun tidbits of ColdFusion to add to your development range-of-motion.

Meeting cost is $10.00 per person to cover expenses.
03/31/2011 JC Gomez & Drew Nathanson ColdFusion 9 CFC in CFSCRIPT & Intro to CFCHART Learn how to create CFC's entirely in CFSCRIPT and the advantages of using this over the normal mix model approach. The second half will be on using and working with CFCHART.

Meeting cost is $5.00 per person to cover expenses.
02/24/2011 JC Gomez & Drew Nathanson Introduction to Coldfusion Object Relational Mapping(ORM) Learn about this new feature in ColdFusion 9. Hibernate is a Java based process that handles database interaction differently without the use of SQL. This process has been implemented in CF 9 (called Object Relational Mapping - ORM) and you will learn how it works, why you should use it along with working samples.
10/28/2010 JC Gomez 2 Mini-Seminars - Coldbox and CSS This is a continuation from last months mini-seminars about Coldbox Framework and some CSS. This month's focus for Coldbox will be on how security interceptor work and creating views and actions. The second seminar will be on CSS and using Prototype/Scriptaculous.

Please be aware that will be the last Coldfusion Users Group Meeting for the year.

We are also giving away a free copy of Adobe Software.
09/30/2010 JC Gomez 2 Mini Semiars - CSS & Intro to Coldbox This meeting will be a mini seminars on two different subjects. First mini seminar is on how to create decorative buttons with CSS and the second will be an introduction to Coldbox Framework for Coldfusion. There is be a questions and answers period after each mini seminar is complete.
06/24/2010 Shawn Acker Using SQL Execution Plans with Coldfusion Universal tips to applying useful indexes and also a break down of how to read an SQL execution plan. Learn how to take your ColdFusion queries and read them via an SQL execution plan reader to gain the ability to create more accurate and useful table indexes. Also learn how to create indexed views to have pre-joined pre-aggregated data returned with little to no processing costs.
05/27/2010 Bill Reese Developing with Coldfusion Builder Learn how to start using ColdFusion Builder to develop your applications. Find out how to setup and configure ColdFusion Builder whether you work on one site or one hundred. You will also get tips and tricks to help maximize your experience with making the switch.
04/29/2010 Dr. Raul Salazar Android Application that uses Coldfusion How to create an Android Application that process XML dynamically from a web server and Coldfusion utilizing some of the features of CF 9.
01/28/2010 Drew Nathanson Javascript 101 - Back to the basics Learn JavaScript from the bottom up. We will be going over the basic JavaScript constructs, events and other related features. This is NOT a class on frameworks like JQuery, ExtJS or Prototype.
09/24/2009 Drew Nathanson Reading and Writing Excel Spreadsheets in Coldfusion Learn about how to open, read, write MS & Open Office Excel sheets. This feature is new in Coldfusion 9 but there is a CF_SPREADSHEET project which works in CF 8. Learn how to take advantage of different aspects of the project.
08/27/2009 Drew Nathanson Learn how to read and write EXCEL documents in Coldfusion Learn about how to open, read, write MS & Open Office Excel sheets. This feature is new in Coldfusion 9 but there is a CF_SPREADSHEET project which works in CF 8. Learn how to take advantage of different aspects of the project.
07/30/2009 Shawn Acker Ajax in Coldfusion 8 and Web 2.0 Ajax the Shawn Acker way. Learn how Shawn uses some ColdFusion 8, rejects some ColdFusion 8 and substitutes some of his own client-side technologies to get Web 2.0 done.
06/25/2009 Bill Reese Introduction to ColdFusion Powered Flex Development Learn several ways to get data from ColdFusion into Flex and how to create a simple interface and how to quickly create an interface in flex.
05/28/2009 JC Gomez Introduction to CSS and Prototype Learn about basic Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) and an introduction to Prototype and Scriptaculous (another form of JavaScript libraries).