An A.C.E. up my sleeve?

Well not really, since I can't call it that, but since it has been posted on the Adobe website I can finally admit that I am an Adobe Community Expert! With that in mind, I guess I better return to my regularly scheduled blog postings about ColdFusion, CFEclipse et-al! I am currently writing a couple of articles that you should hopefully see soon enough in some well known community publications (there I have said it, I have to do it now!) as well as delving deeper into big applications using Model-Glue and changes to Reactor to make it more fun to work with! So, hello world :)

4 comments - Posted by Mark Drew at 11:58 AM - Categories: cfeclipse | coldfusion | adobe

Re-Visiting the Parser in CFEclipse

As some people that have been using CFEclipse for a while might have realised, there is a parser that figures out the content in a CFML file. So far, this parser has been embedded with Eclipse specific code, so I have started re-factoring this into its own project so we can test various files and use it as a project by itself. The idea is that I can scan whole folders for files and parse them and keep track of the errors and things that we would expect to find. Also, this re-factoring means that other developers and help me figure out speed improvements and bug fixes without getting caught up in Eclipse code. I haven't finished porting it (but its nearly there) and you can check out the code from: http://svn.cfeclipse.org/org.cfeclipse.cfml.parser/. You should be able to check it out into Eclipse and run the org.cfeclipse.cfml.parser.tests.ParserTest.java class passing in an argument for the location of the files you want to parse. There are still compilation errors with it, so if you want to have a go, you can get the code and get fiddling. One thing to note, is that you need to use your http://trac.cfeclipse.org username and password to get the code.

3 comments - Posted by Mark Drew at 2:49 AM - Categories: cfeclipse

My CFUnited presentations available on Adobe Connect

During the CFUnited 2008 Conference in DC, most speakers were able to record their presentations onto Adobe Connect. This is a great feature for most presentation styles (of course not all, since you might want to have a discussion, rather than a presentation), rather than just filming the speaker. Here are the Adobe Connect presentations that have been posted so far:

• CFEclipse reloaded: http://partners.adobe.acrobat.com/p69604765/
• Coldspring: Better living through configuration http://partners.adobe.acrobat.com/p37989763/

You can see the other presentations posted here and here Let me know what you think!

0 comments - Posted by Mark Drew at 6:07 AM - Categories: cfunited | cfeclipse | coldfusion | coldspring | presentations | adobe | CFConferences

CFEclipse Reloaded presentation moved

If you are planning to come to my CFEclipse:Reloaded presentation at CFUnited on Saturday morning, I have good news for you, I have moved it to the afternoon, basically swapped it with Sandy Clark. This means that you can get a lie in in the morning! So to re-iterate, I shall be presenting at 4pm in room 152B on Saturday, rather than 9:45 am. (Before that I shall be presenting ColdSpring: better living through configuration in the same room from 2:45)

0 comments - Posted by Mark Drew at 11:51 AM - Categories: cfunited | cfeclipse

My CFUNITED 2008 Meme

Its going round, like a bad cold, so I thought I would also chip in with my CFUnited 2008 meme! What are you looking forward to most? Meeting up with people from the community and hanging out in DC! Which speaker will most likely end up on your camera? Probably Peter Bell, that guy can write and talk like there is no tomorrow! What do you plan to do outside conference time? Well, I am looking for a tattoo place to get some stuff added to my arm, and then it will probably be a bar where the rock is loud and the beer is cold. Any suggestions from locals? I might also head up to Rockville to check out a record shop that Henry Rollins used to frequent. Fill in the blank: I will mainly be around the ______ booth. "Beer" Do you have a new project you are working on and will reveal it at CFUnited? Yes, its part of my FreshAir presentation!

2 comments - Posted by Mark Drew at 3:35 AM - Categories: cfunited | cfeclipse | coldfusion | CFConferences

CFUnited! What a busy conference!

Next week, CFUnited DC gets on the way, and what a busy conference it will be! Having checked my schedule it looks like it will be a real marathon for me. Here is my schedule: Wed 1:30 - 2:30 : ColdSpring: Better living through configuration Wed 8:30pm - 9:30pm : Improving quality through code reviews and mentoring Thurs 9:30 - 10:30: Fresh Air: Getting to grips with Aptana and AIR applications Fri 9:45-10:45: CFEclipse Reloaded Fri 11:00 - 12:00: Jing Demo (5 mins) Fri 11:00 - 12:00: Railo Demo (10 mins) Sat 9:45-10:45: CFEclipse Reloaded Sat 2:45-3:45: ColdSpring: Better living through configuration You might ask what the Jing and Railo Demo's are about, well, you are just going to have to turn up and find out! :) Hope to see you all there!

2 comments - Posted by Mark Drew at 3:04 AM - Categories: railo | frameworks | cfunited | cfeclipse | coldfusion | coldspring | CFConferences | AIR

CFEclipse Reloaded presentation now online

I have put up my CFEclipse Reloaded presentation online for your viewing pleasure under my Presentations. It includes a lot of information on how to edit your frameworks explorer as well as how to fix the language dictionaries if you find errors. You can check it out there as well as my other presentations or you can download it directly

0 comments - Posted by Mark Drew at 11:19 AM - Categories: cfObjective | cfeclipse | coldfusion | presentations