cf.Objective() 2010 Newsletter: Early Deadline Approaches and 7th Pre-Conference Class Added!
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10-14 People 15% off
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20+ People Contact us!
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Building Secure CFML Applications (April 21)
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Coldbox:100 Training (April 21)
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Mach-II and OOP from the Ground Up (April 20-21)
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Programmers Guide to Mura CMS (April 21)
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Rapid Development with Model-Glue 3 (April 20-21)
April 21 - One Day
Course Description
Hacking a website is one of the best ways to learn about web application security. In this one-day hands-on course you will learn about a wide range of security topics essential to every ColdFusion developer.
The course will begin by covering the principles and foundations of application security. Next you will learn about vulnerabilities by exploiting them in a vulnerable example application. As you hack each vulnerability you will also dig into the source code behind it, and fix it as we discuss countermeasures to prevent these vulnerabilities from showing up in your applications.
Jason Dean
Currently employed by the Minnesota Department of Health, Jason Dean has been working in Information Technology for 12 years, focusing on application security for the past three. A veteran of the U.S. Coast Guard trained in both physical and information security, he held a secret security clearance and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Information Technology Management from American Military University. He keeps busy managing a ColdFusion User Group at the Department of Health, sitting on the board of the Twin Cities ColdFusion User Group, speaking at conferences and user groups, training, and blogging at http://www.12robots.com.
Pete Freitag
Pete Freitag has over ten years of experience web applications with ColdFusion. In 2006 he started Foundeo Inc, a ColdFusion consulting and products company. Pete helps clients develop and architect custom ColdFusion applications, as well as increasing the performance and security of existing applications. He has also built several products ranging from a ColdFusion Spell Checker to a Web Application Firewall for ColdFusion. Pete holds a BS in Software Engineering from Clarkson University.
April 21 - One Day
Course Description
Requirements
Below is a listing of some of the course requirements or assumptions you will need:
- Laptop or Personal Computer Basic CFC knowledge Intermediate ColdFusion Knowledge Basic understanding of web applications
- Basic knowledge of CSS,XML,HTML,JavaScript and AJAX
Luis Majano
Luis Majano is a Computer Engineer currently employed at ESRI (Environmental Systems Research Institute) in Southern California. He was born in San Salvador, El Salvador and is the president of Ortus Solutions, a consulting firm specializing in Adobe ColdFusion & Java development. His background includes over 9 years of software development experience, architecture and system design. He is the creator of ColdBox (www.coldboxframework.com), an open source Object Oriented ColdFusion framework, CodexWiki (www.codexwiki.org) and open source enterprise wiki system and is the Adobe ColdFusion user group manager for the Inland Empire. You can also read his blog at www.luismajano.com
April 20-21 - Two Days
Course Description
You've heard the buzz about ColdFusion 9's ORM integration but may be wondering how to get started using it in your applications. Here's your opportunity to learn all about it from two seasoned ColdFusion veterans.
This comprehensive two-day workshop will cover what you need to know to get up and running using ColdFusion 9's ORM features in your next project. Through interactive learning and hands-on labs, we'll start with the basics, continuing through building two complete working applications. Along the way we'll discuss best practices and potential pitfalls of this powerful new technology.
The majority of the class will be spent with you writing code on your own workstation, so not only will you absorb more through "learning by doing", but you'll also go home with plenty of working code examples that you can bring into your future projects.
No previous knowledge of ORMs or Object Oriented programming is required, but a basic knowledge of CFCs would be helpful.
For more details, visit http://www.ColdFusionOrmTraining.com/
Mark Mandel
Mark Mandel is a full time consultant and lead developer on several open source projects, most notably Transfer ORM, ColdSpring, JavaLoader and ColdDoc and has been has been working with ColdFusion for a number of years, including at his very own dot com back in the late 90's.
Mark can often be found blogging at www.compoundtheory.com, which has housed his thoughts on ColdFusion, Java and various aspects of software development for several years. He can also be found as a regular poster on ColdFusion mailing lists as well as generally causing havoc in the #coldfusion channel on Dalnet irc network.
When he's not too busy writing open source software and consulting he enjoys spending his extra time training martial arts in a wide variety of disciplines and reading way too much fantasy literature.
Bob Silverberg
Bob Silverberg has been developing software for nearly twenty years, the past
ten of which have been devoted to web application development with ColdFusion.
He runs a small development company from his home in Toronto, where he divides
his time between client work, open source development and taking care of his two
young sons. He is an active participant on a number of ColdFusion mailing lists
and blogs at www.silverwareconsulting.com.
April 21 - One Day
Course Description
Learning and becoming proficient in RIA languages, such as Flex and AIR, is a critical skill for most web application developers, and many of the top companies are actively in search for Flex developers. If you're experienced in ColdFusion, the MXML and Actionscript languages will look very natural and easy to pick up, and using Flex with ColdFusion will simply rock your world. In this full day session, we will help you get started. During this hands-on session, we will cover several areas:
- Setting up Flex Builder / Flex extension for Eclipse
- Upgrading the Flex SDK
- Intro to MXML and Actionscript languages
- Building your first Flex application
- Building your first AIR application
- How to communicate with ColdFusion
- The Flex Component Lifecycle
- Debugging and Profiling your work
- Quick intro to some of the popular frameworks, their history and how they compare
John Mason
John Mason is the founder of the Atlanta Flex User Group (affug.com) and the Online Flex Meetup (flexmeetup.com). He hosts and is a regular speaker on the RIA Podcast (riapodcast.com), and he blogs at codfusion.com. John works at FusionLink, a ColdFusion and Flex Hosting company based in Atlanta, Georgia, and is currently the lead developer of the Merlin Manager project (merlinmanager.com), an AIR based management tool for ColdFusion servers. You can follow him on twitter at john_mason_
April 20-21 - Two Days
Course Description
Come to cf.Objective() 2010 a couple of days early and learn Mach-II and OOP from the ground up!
Team Mach-IITM is offering a two-day pre-conference workshop that helps developers learn how to build rock-solid object-oriented CFML applications using the Mach-II framework. This workshop is ideal for CFML developers who want to take their development skills to the next level by using object-oriented techniques and the power of Mach-II.
This two-day workshop includes a total of 14 hours of training time, not including breaks and lunch.
New and Improved Mach-II Workshop
We have made a number of improvements to the workshop since we first offered it two years ago at cf.Objective() 2008. The presentations have been streamlined in order to allow for maximum hands-on coding, and we dig into the latest features introduced in Mach-II 1.8 ("Simplicity") as well as new features in Mach-II 1.9 ("Integrity").
In addition, this year each participant is provided a lab computer with all software and hands-on labs pre-installed. At the end of the workshop all materials will be provided on a thumb drive so participants can take their work with them.
And the best news is that we have reduced the price of the workshop by 45%!
Requirements
Below is a listing of some of the course requirements or assumptions you will need:
- The workshop, which is not an introduction to CFML, was designed for developers who are able to build complete procedural applications in cfml.
- Basic knowledge of CFCs is helpful, but not required, for this workshop. A primer for CFCs will be emailed to participants approximately two weeks before the workshop.
- Participants are NOT expected to bring a laptop/notebook computer.
Pre-configured computers are provided for all participants at the workshop
location. This will minimize setup and configuration issues and allow for
maximum hands-on training time.
For more information please click here.
Peter Farrell
Hailing from the frigid tundra of Minnesota, Peter J. Farrell has a Bachelor of Music degree from the Peabody Institute at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. While studying music, Peter took his life-long interest with computers to a new level and started learning about web development technologies. He has been working with CFML since 2001 and is the lead developer of the Mach-II framework.
Peter is a Senior Technologist for GreatBizTools, a human resources consulting firm. He and his wife, Allyson, live together in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
Kurt Wiersma
Kurt is an ColdFusion and Java developer who has been working with ColdFusion since version 4.5. By day Kurt works for the American Academy of Neurology and by night he consults on web applications for small to medium size businesses. In his spare tech time, he is a member of the ColdSpring and Mach II open source projects. He recently started a open source project called, AppBooster, which aims to show best practices for using several different frameworks with ColdFusion.
Matt Woodward
Matt Woodward is Principal IT Specialist for the Office of the Sergeant at Arms at the United States Senate in Washington, D.C. He has a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Nebraska, a Master of Music degree from Wichita State University, and a Master of Science degree in Computer Information Systems from the University of Phoenix.
Matt has been working with CFML since 1996, and is a member of the Open
BlueDragon Steering Committee, the CFML Advisory Committee, the Free Software
Foundation, the League for Programming Freedom, and the Association for
Computing Machinery. Matt lives with his girlfriend in Bothell, WA.
Number of days: 2
April 21 - One Day
Course Description
This one day, hands-on training will cover several different aspects of working with Mura CMS as a developer. We'll cover:
- Programmatically working with content in Mura CMS
- Working with Mura CMS objects
- Understanding the Mura CMS event model
- Integrating Existing or 3rd Party Applications
- Building Mura CMS Plugins
- Extending and customizing Mura CMS while staying on the upgrade path
Matt Levine
Lead Developer and Architect of Mura CMS/Blue River Interactive Group
CTO/Partner
Matt is the architect of and lead developer of Mura CMS.
Matt's expertise lies in best-practice, object-oriented programming. He leads
the technology team at Blue River as CTO, blending a pragmatic approach with
robust, scalable frameworks to create top solutions for Blue River clients such
Apple, Intel, CSX, VTech, and others.
April 20-21 - Two Days
Course Description
Model-Glue is a rapid development MVC (model-view-controller) framework for ColdFusion. Version 3, code named Gesture, is an evolution of the Model-Glue franchise and introduces a number of workflow enhancements that enable you to build better designed applications much more quickly.
In this class, we'll step through building an application using the most cutting-edge techniques in Model-Glue application development. Focusing on hands-on practice rather than theory, this course will demonstrate proven techniques for efficiently assembling complex applications with a minimum amount of effort. Taught by the directors of the Model-Glue framework, you can be assured of the most up-to-date training from the folks who guide and shape the framework itself.
At the end of the class, you will have a greater understanding of how to architect and construct Model-Glue applications using the most current standards and practices.
Class attendees will ideally have had some previous exposure to object-oriented development concepts, and will need to supply their own laptop computer.Dan Wilson
As principal partner of DataCurl LLC, Dan Wilson manages all aspects of the
consulting practice and serves as program manager for TheHealthChallenge.com, a
health and wellness product for organizations.
Before launching DataCurl,
Dan held senior program and development positions in Online Publishing,
Telecommunications and Health Care.
Dan is an avid technologist and
presents at popular conferences around the world on ColdFusion, Flex and Rapid
Development Techniques. You can find his thoughts on technology matters at http://www.nodans.com.
For fun, Dan bikes, hikes,
surfs, plays volleyball and helps small businesses improve their marketing and
sales.
Ezra Parker
Ezra Parker has been developing with ColdFusion since 2000, and works as an independent consultant and contractor. He is currently the Associate Director for the Model-Glue framework, and serves as the Co-Manager of the Inland Empire ColdFusion User Group. He also publishes a blog at http://www.cfgrok.com.