So You Know ColdFusion - What Next?

Firstly I must say I ... used to ... have quite a bit of respect for you - at least insofar as a CFML developer (note CFML and not strictly CF).

So where are all the books to assist us CFML (11.5 years) guys and gals to move to the next leve; - Scoprio notwithstanding.

Maybe there should be FDJ (Flex Developers Journal) or FFDJ (Flex / Flash Developers Journal). I personally don't understand why Flex is pushed so heavy in CFDJ, I know web 2.0 is important and web apps will become more like client apps, but for the CFDJ it seems like when you talk about web 2.0 it should be from the view point of CF.

Peter,

Like most of us, you are in the same bus. True, there are not as many books out on ColdFusion as it used to be. That has not stopped people from growing technically and professionaly in this community. There are plenty of CF related websites, blogs, forums out there that make learning and following the new trends available to anybody with a web connection! Sitting in front of you pc and waiting for a book to fall on your head will not make you a better developer. Getting involved in a positive manner, asking questions (there are plenty of folks; and I know from experience specially Simon; who will be more then glad to reply to an email or a question on their blogs if you seek it) and participating on forum discussions will. And best of all, it's free!

Best of Luck

I have to chime in here, since my company is one of many that hires Simon. In fact, we had him here in Arizona only a couple of months ago. I am HUGE CF fan. I have been deving on it for many years now, but FLEX is the future. WHY? Because you get so much more control over everything INCLUDING the CF server. Additionally, if your company wants RIA's, then FLEX is the answer. CF Flash based forms is Flex 1.5. It is slow and clunky. If you code in native Flex 2 and use CF to interface with your db's then you have a fast and simple application. I personally wish CFDJ would focus more on Flex and CF interaction as well as FDS. Simon, can you look at this real quick:

<cflock name="serviceFactory" type="exclusive" timeout="10">
<cfscript>
   factory = CreateObject("java","coldfusion.server.ServiceFactory");
   ds_service = factory.datasourceservice;
   dsources = ds_service.datasources;
   dsources["BPETSSnap"]["disable"] = "Yes";
   ds_service.restart();
</cfscript>
</cflock>

This goes back to the other post. The problem is that the ds_service.restart(); line restarts every datasource in CF. I have tried to specify ds_service.restart("BPETSSnap"); but that didn't work. What do you think it could be?

Thanks,
Mark Cadle
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I'm not sure what the hold-up is...as said in http://www.dealderby.com maybe they have re-thought their stance on how this is going to actually make the company any money. Or perhaps their lawyers pointed out the liability of providing agents a platform to stick their feet in their mouth. Whatever it is, it's hardly something I'd claim as being "Well done".

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I'e seen a few Flex jobs pop up in my town . I've been seriously using Flex the past few months and my one complaint was a lack of tutorials online.
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