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Andrew Powell has been architecting and developing Web applications for over 10 years using ColdFusion, Java, ASP.NET and ASP. His background includes experience running IT Departments for firms in the executive search and aviation consulting fields. You can read his blog on everything ColdFusion, Java, Spry, & Flex at www.infoaccelerator.net.
I am going to go ahead
and contend that although
a good number of
ColdFusion developers can
grasp and understand Flex
very well, there are also
a good number of
ColdFusion developers who
have no business going
anywhere near Flex. Why
do I say this? I am a big
fan ...
A lot of developers get
forced into writing SQL
as part of their jobs.
Should they be doing it?
I don't think so. It's
not necessarily the best
of ideas, and in MOST
cases should probably be
avoided at all costs.
Besides, developers
cannot be experts in
every lang...
AJAX (Asynchronous
JavaScript and XML) is
nothing new. The
technologies behind AJAX
have been around for
quite a while. Jesse
James Garrett just gave
the amalgamation of XML,
DOM, and JavaScript a
catchy new name. Many CF
developers hear buzzwords
like AJAX and We...
Does XML need to be
regarded as a good idea
whose time has come and
gone? There are plenty of
capable replacements
availabe when using AJAX
and Flex. Some examples
that come to mind are
JSON and AMF. Both of
these formats require
smaller payloads and less
processi...
Is XML overrated? This is
a question not asked
lightly. It is a heavy
and bloated question,
much like XML itself. XML
has been around since
1997. It is document
based and it is extremely
verbose. It requires a
higher payload across the
network and cannot be
native...
One thing that constantly
bugs me on projects is
when I am asked to work
on the user interface. I
can do CSS, but it is,
admittedly, not my
strongest suit. I can do
some graphics work, but
not my strongest suit.
Recently, with the
introduction of
ColdFusion MX 7.0.1,
Macromedia began fully
supporting a Mac OS X
Server installation of
ColdFusion. OS X Server
used to be supported only
in a development
environment installed on
top of JRun, Tomcat, or
some other J2EE
applic...