Entries for month: November 2009

Advice on hiring a ColdFusion developer

Employers often comment how tough it is to find and hire ColdFusion developers.  There are ColdFusion developers on the market and I've spoken with them at user group meetings.  We often discuss job opportunities that are floating around online.  Several of them had interviewed, but where not hired by these companies.  I assume the same companies that complain about the scarcity of ColdFusion developers.

So, why do ColdFusion positions remain empty, while unemployed ColdFusion develoeprs remain idle? 

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Beginner Mate Workshop at 360 Flex San Jose

I've very excited about presenting at 360Flex San Jose.  I'll be leading a 1/2 day workshop on Sunday that will cover the basics of the Mate Framework.  Laura Arguello and team ASFusion, the creators of Mate (Ma-Tey) have volunteered to review my materials for the workshop.  So, you'll be learning best practices from the source.

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ColdFusion Podcasts, past and present

ColdFusions podcast have evolved a lot since 2005.  The recent resurgence of podcasts has prompted me to post about podcasts past and present.

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Flex Training for ColdFusion Developers

A free full-day, hands-on training session, where attendees can learn how to build their first Flex application using the latest Flash Builder 4 beta software. This training is designed to help experienced ColdFusion developers get started in understanding how to add rich UI to existing and new ColdFusion applications.
 
Dates / Times
Friday, November 20
Adobe SF, 601 Townsend Street, San Francisco, CA 94103

Event: 9am – 4pm
Registration: 8:30am
 
Main Website / Registration
http://www.adobe.com/go/flextrainingforcfdevelopers

Stop apologizing for ColdFusion

Ok, i'm calling on everyone connected to the ColdFusion community to stop apologizing for ColdFusion.  Nothing makes me cringe more than hearing a ColdFusion developer bring up the "ColdFusion is Dead" attack in order to defend ColdFusion.  The person you're talking to didn't bring it up... YOU DID.  In fact there is a good chance the person you are talking to has never heard of the charge leveled against ColdFusion.

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