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cf.Objective() 2009:
The Only Enterprise ColdFusion Conference...

Tracks for 2009

In 2009, we are offering four tracks, based on feedback from attendees:

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• Architecture and Design in Software
  Just like a sturdy building relies on planning, proven concepts and a solid foundation, the best ColdFusion applications rely on solid architecture to ensure a stable, maintainable product. The Architecture and Design in Software track brings together some of the greatest Software Architects who will provide the foundation for robust applications.
  • Advanced ColdFusion Server Administration - Adobe
  • Advanced ORM in ColdFusion 9 - Terry Ryan - Adobe
    
  • Extending Adobe Bolt with CFML - Adam Lehman - Adobe
    
  • An Object Oriented Approach to Validations - Bob Silverberg
  • Building an Object Oriented Model - Bob Silverberg
  • Introduction to OO Modeling and Design - Brian Kotek
  • Leveraging Enterprise Open-Source Java in ColdFusion - Brian Kotek
    
  • What to do When OO Fails you in ColdFusion - Brian Meloche
  • Writing Testable Code: Real-World TDD - Marc Esher
  • The Best of Both Worlds: Java Backends with CFML Frontends - Matt Woodward
  • RAD OO in Code - Peter Bell
  • Leveraging Basic Object Oriented Concepts and Design Patterns in ColdFusion - Phill Nacelli
  • Setting Up Robust Communication Between Flex and ColdFusion - Samer Sadek
    
• Leveraging Java Presenter Pattern with ColdFusion - Sean McCabe
  
• RIA: Flex/Ajax/AIR
  Rich Internet Applications (RIA) are not just a buzzword anymore. They are an integral part of many organization's business model, both on the web as well as the desktop. If you are new to RIAs or a seasoned pro, this track will provide you with you invaluable information on creating rich experiences for your user base via Adobe Flex, Adobe AIR and Ajax.
  • ColdFusion and Flex: Present and Future - Terry Ryan - Adobe
  • Extending AIR & Flex With Merapi - Andrew Powell
  • jQuery & AIR: Desktop Development for the Front End Designer - Andy Matthews
  • Developing Flex Applications with the Swiz Framework - Chris Scott
  • Exploring Real-time apps with ColdFusion and Blaze DS / Live Cycle Data Services ES - Dan Blackman
  • Advanced CF8 Ajax - Dan Vega
  • Build a ColdFusion powered AIR application - Dan Wilson
  • Getting started with BlazeDS - John Mason
  • Javascript Death Match: JQuery v. Prototype v. EXT-JS v. Spry - Kurt Wiersma
  • Mate Flex Framework: What's in for me? - Laura Arguello
  • AIR: What can the desktop do for you? - Samer Sadek
  • Building Custom Events in Flex - Scott Stroz
  • Developing AIR applications with JS - Simeon Bateman
  • Introduction to Flex - Theo Rushin Jr.
• Process and Methodology
  At the core of any successful project are two commonly overlooked factors: Process and Methodology. Learn to effectively plan and implement your development efforts on projects large and small with sessions targeting development methodologies, environment planning and Framework implementation.
  • Code Reviews & Mentoring - Adam Haskell
  • Planning your migration to a Framework - Brian Ghidinelli
  • Subversion for Smarties: Do More With Subversion - Cameron Childress
  • Mark Drew and Chris Scott's mystery science 3000 ColdSpring session - Chris Scott and Mark Drew
  • Object Relational Mapping with ColdFusion - Jason Delmore
  • Taking Code Reuse to a Higher Level - Jeff Chastain
  • Web Application Project Management - Jeff Chastain
  • Setting up a Solid ColdFusion Development Environment - Kurt Wiersma
  • ColdBox Platform: More than MVC - Luis Majano
  • ColdSpring, better living through configuration - Mark Drew
  • Model-Glue TBD - Mark Drew
    
  • Rapid OO Development with ColdFusion Frameworks - Mark Mandel
  • Introduction to Building Applications with Transfer ORM - Mark Mandel
  • Designing & Architecturing Multilingual (i18N) Applications - Oguz Demirkapi
  • Mach-II 1.8 "Simplicity": Features That Make Your Applications Easier and Quicker to Develop - Peter J. Farrell
  • Atomic Reactor - Mark Drew
• Integration and Tools
  Most ColdFusion applications are not an island unto themselves. Robust applications need to interact with databases, web services and external programs. As well as learning to consume data from various sources and extend ColdFusion via other languages, the Integration and Tools track will also give you an inside look at the IDEs and projects that help you build extensible, maintainable applications.
• ColdFusion as a Service (CFaaS) - Terry Ryan - Adobe
• CFML Portlets - Adam Haskell
• Approaches to Automated Security Testing - Bill Shelton
• Move over MySQL, Make room for PostgreSQL - Brian Ghidinelli
• Using the Salesforce AppExchange API from ColdFusion - Dave Watts
• Authorization: Attacks and Defenses - Dean Saxe
• Payment Processing Paradigm - Gail "Montreal" Shoffey Keeler
• GlassFish and ColdFusion - Jared Rypka-Hauer
• ColdFusion Application Security: The Next Step - Jason Dean
• PDF Documents and Forms in ColdFusion 8 - Jeff Coughlin
• Indiana Jones and the Server of Doom - Mike Brunt
• Hardening Your ColdFusion Server - Pete Freitag
  
• Using Open-Source Logging and Caching Packages to Make Your Applications Faster and Easier to Debug/Monitor - Peter J. Farrell
• Behavior-Driven Development with cfSpec - Sean Corfield
• ColdFusion and Adobe LiveCycle ES - Steve Drucker