Session 1: Flex 3 in RIA Development

This session will cover the basic overview of Adobe Flex 3 and about developing Rich Internet Application using Flex by N.S.Devraj.

Session 2: It's Going To Be Brilliant ‐ Adobe CS4 Launch Party

Be one of the first to see the next big thing from Adobe on 27 Sep 2008 with Chennai Adobe ColdFusion User Group. Join in to see and hear first hand how something very special will help you get to brilliant faster. Save the date and get a good look at what's to come.

If you would like to participate in the Adobe CS4 special webcast on 23 September, 2008, you can sign up here at http://adobe.istreamplanet.com/.

I'd like to thank Simon Free for his presentation to India CFUG. The presentation can view online at https://admin.adobe.acrobat.com/_a200985228/p92985093/.

Chennai ColdFusion User Group Next Meeting is on July 25, 2008 and will discuss about CF Software Architecture for Web 2.0. In this session Simon Free will discuss how best to architect your CF code so that it can be easily extended to be used with the default CF8 AJAX features, as well as Flex and Lifecycle. Simon will take a simple application and see what steps you must take to extend it to work in these technologies.

This will be an online meeting and you can find more information about meeting at CFUG India.

This summer, O'Reilly Media announces the Flex Cookbook Cook-Off contest to celebrate the recent publication of Flex 3 Cookbook: Code-Recipes, Tips, and Tricks for RIA Developers written by Josh Noble, Todd Anderson, and a selection of authors whose recipes were plucked from the Adobe Flex Cookbook web site.

From June 2-August 1 we invite you to submit your best code recipes for the chance to win some great prizes. Four winners will be chosen during the contest period. The prizes Include:

Grand prize: A ticket to Adobe MAX in San Francisco, California and $500 (US) in O'Reilly Media books.

Community choice award: $350 (US) in O'Reilly Media books.

Second prize: Every Adobe Developer Library book published by O'Reilly Media.

Third prize: Five O'Reilly Media books of choice.

Contest runs between June 2 to August 1, 2008 and Winners are to be announced on Sept 1, 2008.

To submit your entry, go to: http://www.adobe.com/go/flex_cookbook

More Information at: http://www.insideria.com/2008/06/flex-3-cookbook-cookoff.html

India ColdFusion User Group is giving Free ColdFusion training in Hyderabad for Developers and IT Professionals to give further insight into the ColdFusion Technology. This Training is intended to encourage the People to learn ColdFusion to build compelling Rich Internet Applications (RIA) and components based on ColdFusion technologies.

ColdFusion is a technology that enables you to build sophisticated Web applications quickly and efficiently. It uses a markup language similar to HTML, so the learning curve is short. In this comprehensive introduction to ColdFusion MX, Mr. Ayub Khan shows how to use this powerful program to build scalable, durable web applications. Working along with Ayub, you'll not only review skills such as working with databases, using forms, storing persistent data, creating dynamic charts, uploading files, and using email features, but you'll also get a chance to apply this knowledge by building specific applications. This in-depth tutorial illustrates how you can make the most of ColdFusion's common workflow and best practices in your own web development.

Date: 24th &25th May 2008.
Place: Hyderabad
Contact :Click Here

You can find more details about the training content at http://www.cfug.in/.

Yesterday, Ben Nadel gave a great connect presentation to both Chennai and Hyderabad ColdFusion User Groups about his ClearCode Standards Project. The Presentation went really great and it will be really useful to create and deliver application with better coding standards and conventions in ColdFusion. He clearly explained about the Code readability, alignment, Spaces between values, assignment statements, functions and scope variables case and standards.

I'd like to thank Ben Nadel for his excellent presentation and also want to thank Clark Valberg and Ayub Khan for making this event a great success for India CFUG.