ColdFusion UG Tour coming to St. Paul June 11

Posted on : May 31, 2009 11:36 PM | Posted by : Troy
Related Categories: Conferences,ColdFusion

I'm thrilled to report that Ben Forta is visiting the Twin Cities again as part of the Adobe worldwide user group tour for the upcoming versions of ColdFusion and Flex. I got the official word a few weeks ago and have been head down in planning mode ever since. Figuring attendance will bust down the doors at Easel Solutions, we needed a bigger venue, so I made a bunch of calls, sent emails, and even visited one potential location. In the end we choose the University of St. Thomas, St. Paul Campus and I think it is going to work out great.

I want to thank the TCCFUG's co-manager, Ben Ellefson, for major work on the event registration website. It's now live and I urge you to get this on your calendar and register now. This is one user group meeting you will not want to miss, plus you'll be fed and could win an IPod touch to boot.

Hope to see you there!

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Whirlwind trip to BFusion/BFlex was a success

Posted on : September 9, 2008 3:26 PM | Posted by : Troy
Related Categories: Conferences,ColdFusion

Just got back from the BFusion/BFlex conference and wanted to summarize my weekend. I joined a few local CF developers and we drove 11+ hours to Bloomington, Indiana to attend this FREE 2-day conference put on by some of the Adobe User Groups in conjunction with Indiana University.

Day 1 was ColdFusion focused, and I was in the Intermediate Track. We spent a full day of hands on training learning about the Mach II framework. This was my first formal exposure to a framework and it was great to get a recap of OO principles and see them in action.

Day 2 was Flex focused and I was in the Beginner Track. We started building a basic photo gallery application following the actual Adobe Flex course materials. I only stayed until noon as we had to get back on the road for the long drive home. Plus, I had a similar training back in April at the local Flex Camp in Minneapolis, so I don't think I missed too much.

Highlights of the trip:
- good intro to Mach II, hope to start using it on a small app at work
- my 2nd exposure to Flex, I really need to put this into a work app soon!
- met some new CFers and had a good time at The Upland Brewery restaraunt
- got started on Twitter and now following over 20 others
- scored tons of swag for giveaways at CFUG (CF tag posters, Fusion Authority frameworks issue, Flex Authority first issue, etc)
- won a new book: ColdFusion 8 Developer Tutorial
- arrived there and back home safely as we covered approx 1400 miles by car

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