Document Driven Applications w CF and PDF
Using .NET in your CF Applications

Framework: Transfer ORM Overview

John Allen is a senior web application developer at Fig Leaf Software, currently working on a redeployment of www.nist.gov

Developing with Eclipse and CF Extensions

A veteran ColdFusion developer since 1997, Charlie Arehart is a longtime contributor to the community and a recognized Adobe Community Expert. He's a certified Advanced CF Developer and Instructor for CF 4/5/6/7 who has written over 60 articles for the Adobe DevCenter, FusionAuthority Quarterly Update, CommunityMX, and ColdFusion Developers Journal. Now an independent contractor living in Alpharetta GA, Charlie provides high-level troubleshooting/tuning assistance and training/mentoring for CF teams (carehart.org/consulting). He run the Online ColdFusion Meetup (coldfusionmeetup.com, an online CF user group), is a contributor to the 3-volume CF8 book series by Ben Forta, and is frequently invited to speak to developer conferences and user groups worldwide.

Framework: RAD Object Oriented CF Development
Framework: Practical Code Generation

Peter Bell is a passionate advocate of code generation and meta-programming in ColdFusion and writes the popular Application Generation blog (http://www.pbell.com). He has lectured internationally on using ColdFusion for application generation and to create software product lines, and runs a company (http://www.systemsforge.com) that generates custom applications for web developers - quickly and cost effectively.

Using and Extending the CF 8 AJAX Framework

Steve "Cutter" Blades is the Senior Web Developer for Dealerskins, a web development firm that specializes in providing solutions for the automobile dealership industry. Cutter was introduced to ColdFusion in 2000, when he began working for a small, regional hosting company on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. Now living and working in Nashville, TN, Cutter is a very active member of the ColdFusion community, speaking to the User Group, actively participating on several lists and forums, and sharing from his blog (www.cutterscrossing.com). Cutter has also been active with his support of the ExtJS library, the underlying foundation of most of the CF8 Ajax component set. He has written several tutorials, cross posted on the ExtJS site and his blog, covering the use of the paging datagrid and other components.

Cutter also enjoys spending time with his wife and daughter, reading, movies, and singing whenever he can.

Improving Performance, Scalability, and Robustness

Mike Brunt has been coding web applications since 1993 and began using ColdFusion at version 1.54 in 1995-6. He designed and created the first on-line international industrial equipment mart in 1997 (Power Bank International) at the request of a Cummins Engine Company subsidiary. In 1998 he worked with Kodak and Lucent Technologies to create a pioneering web based TeleRadiology cross-consult portal when Radiologists and Primary Care Physicians could review patient medical images. Allaire recruited Mike in 1999 to join a ColdFusion-JRun consulting team. This team was dispatched world-wide to help Allaire then Macromedia clients design and troubleshoot ColdFusion applications. In 2001 Mike co-founded his own company ? Webapper Services LLC along with another Macromedia consultant, Patrick Quinn. From 1999 to the present day, Mike has been very focused on the server-side of ColdFusion helping users worldwide to troubleshoot applications and to create strategies which ensure Enterprise level ColdFusion applications can be scaled effectively and efficiently.

Advanced Charting and Graphs with ColdFusion
Google Search Appliance Customization with CF

John Burns is a certified advanced Coldfusion developer with over 10 years of web development experience, with 8 years focused on Coldfusion. He works for Wyle, a leading provider of specialized engineering, professional, technical, and information technology services to military and civilian government agencies, as a Coldfusion and Flash developer, and a server administrator. He has worked on various projects for Department of Defense customers and internal company projects.

Leveraging Yahoo API's
Manipulating Images in ColdFusion 8

Raymond Camden is the owner of Camden Media, Inc, a web development and training company. A long time ColdFusion user, Raymond has worked on numerous ColdFusion books including the ColdFusion Web Application Construction Kit and has contributed to the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update and the ColdFusion Developers Journal. He also presents at numerous conferences and contributes to online webzines. He founded many community web sites including CFLib.org, ColdFusionPortal.org, ColdFusionCookbook.org and is the author of open source applications, including the popular BlogCFC (www.blogcfc.com) blogging application.

Raymond can be reached at his blog (www.coldfusionjedi.com) or via email at ray@camdenfamily.com. He is the happily married proud father of three kids and is somewhat of a Star Wars nut.

Integrating SMS and Instant Messaging with CF
Developing Applications for Mobile Devices
Creating Google Mashups with ColdFusion

Open Source Content Management with FarCry
Framework: FarCry Overview

Jeff Coughlin is the owner of Versatile Internet Solutions (http://versatileinternet.com), a web application solutions provider. At Versatile Internet Jeff manages and develops applications primarily in the healthcare industry to meet clients? needs using Adobe-based products such as ColdFusion and Flex.

A Certified FarCry Instructor and a Certified Advanced ColdFusion MX Developer, Jeff is the Hartford Connecticut Adobe User Group manager and is an active member in multiple ColdFusion and FarCry mailing lists. He has written several ColdFusion and FarCry CMS tutorials. Read more about information about Jeff, his tutorials, and blog at http://jeffcoughlin.com.

Code Reuse - The Evils of Copy and Paste
Secure and Accessible AJAX

Daniel Daugherty is currently the Technical Manager at CACI leading a team of developers on a contract for the Department of State. He has been doing development in ColdFusion since version 3.01. He has been designing and building web application for over 8 years. This work has ranged from enterprise development for Government and fortune 500 companies to small management application(s) for Associations and Non-Profit organizations.

Framework: FuseBox Integration with ColdSpring
The Power of MySQL

O?uz Demirkap? is a Senior Software Architect at NicheClick Media. He started developing CGI web applications in 1994 and has been developing ColdFusion since 1997. He has either been CTOs or Senior Developer of many well known commercial and blue chip companies both in Turkey and Germany. He ran the CFTR ? ColdFusion Turkey User Group for six years before moving to the US. He is a well known ColdFusion evangelist and has spoken at many user group meetings in Europe. His main areas of interest lie in ColdFusion, Flex, Frameworks technologies and i18N & L10N, CMS, portal, e-commerce solutions.

My First AIR + CF Application
Content Mgmt on a budget with CF and Contribute
Search Engine Optimization
Introduction to Adobe Spry
Data Visualization and Simulation with ColdFusion
Integrating SMS and Instant Messaging with CF
Creating and Manipulating PDF Files in Coldfusion
Working with Microsoft Office Documents

Steve Drucker, CEO of Fig Leaf Software, has been implementing innovative, award-winning web sites with Adobe tools since 1996. Most recently he completed a ground-up rearchitecture and reimplementation of the Voice of America web site (www.voanews.com) using Adobe ColdFusion and the CommonSpot Content Server from Paperthin, Inc. VOANews.com is comprised of 44 sites in 44 different languages supporting 500K content items, 120m+ hits/month and output to web/rss/windows mobile/wap/blackberry devices. He has been a featured speaker at several trade shows including the Adobe MAX Developers Conference and CFUnited. Steve has developed over a dozen courses -- including acting as course architect and lead developer for Adobe's recent revision of the official Advanced ColdFusion 7 and CF 8 courseware. Most recently he penned a one day hands-on course featuring ColdFusion, AJAX, and Spry. Steve became a certified Adobe instructor in October 1997, and earned an "Adobe Master Instructor" rating in 2003. Recently Steve has been focusing on Search Engine Optimization (SEO), courseware development with Adobe Breeze / Captivate, developing for handheld devices, having fun with Adobe Acrobat, and playing Frisbee with his 6 year old son. Steve has a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Maryland, College Park.

Implementing Test Driven Development with MXUnit

Marc is a long-time ColdFusion and Java programmer (Sun Certified), currently working in the brokerage industry. He swallowed the JUnit Kool-aid a long time ago and is excited to finally have a unit testing framework for ColdFusion that meets all his needs. His primary professional interests are building "really big, complex systems", team-building, and process improvement. He is married, with children. His rare spare time is usually spent with scotch and a cigar.

Using CF to Develop AIR Applications
Introduction to XML

Advanced Application and Server Troubleshooting

Vlad Friedman is the CEO of Edgewebhosting.net (EWH), an Adobe Alliance Hosting Partner and a CFDJ Readers' Choice Award Winner in the "Best Web Hosting" category for several years running, has been providing high capacity managed complex and clustered hosting to corporations, organizations and associations of all sizes since 1998. EWH's robust and reliable hosting platform supports hundreds of servers and 20,000+ websites housed in one of the most redundant self-owned data center facilities in the world.

Integrating CF with Microsoft Sharepoint
Developing AJAX Applications with ColdFusion 8

Dave Gallerizzo is the vice president of the Consulting Services Division at Fig Leaf Software. As a vice president, senior developer and technical director, Dave oversees the growth and development of the company's consulting services, Web application development, and systems integration capabilities. As an Adobe and Google Certified Instructor, Dave brings a deep understanding of Web application development to the leadership team. Prior to joining Fig Leaf Software in 1997, Dave designed and implemented custom client-server software for several Washington D.C.-based trade associations. Dave has also spent 20 years in the Marine reserves, including two combat tours in Iraq. Dave holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the University of Maryland, College Park.

ORACLE Tricks and Techniques

Framework: Advanced Model-Glue
Case Study: United Way (CF and Flex) - LECTURE

Doug Hughes is a veteran programmer and the president of Alagad (http://www.alagad.com), a successful small business specializing in web application development, training, and consulting. Doug authors or contributes to several well-known ColdFusion projects such as Reactor and Model-Glue.

Working with Microsoft Office Documents

SQL Server Tricks and Techniques

Mark Kruger is the president and owner of CF Webtools in Omaha Nebraska. He is is a recognized "Coldfusion guru", and his blog Coldfusion Muse (www.coldfusionmuse.com) is widely read by other Coldfusion experts around the country and the world. Mark participates as an expert on community forums, panel discussions at conferences and is often invited to speak at conferences and user groups on subjects related to Coldfusion. Mark's company CF Webtools employs 13 developers. CF Webtools customers include the State of California, Lincoln Financial, ACS Inc, ICD Publishing and over 30 others. Mark co-manages the Nebraska Coldfusion User's group (with about 60 members).

Introduction to Adobe AIR
What's New in ColdFusion 8 - Part One
What's New in ColdFusion 8 - Part Two
Developing AJAX Applications with ColdFusion 8
ColdFusion Performance Monitoring and Alerts

Adam Lehman is the ColdFusion Evangelist at Adobe Systems Incorporated based out of Washington, DC. Prior to joining Adobe, Adam was the Senior Web Engineer for the U.S. Department of State where he managed a team of developers and architected enterprise ColdFusion-based applications. Adam also founded and managed the Department of State Adobe Developer User Group for over two years. His background also includes several years designing and programming e-learning applications for Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Adam has been developing web applications specializing in ColdFusion for over a decade. His work has been featured in Macromedia's DRK (Developer Resource Kit) and his other areas of expertise include application security and Oracle database development.

Framework: ColdBox Overview

Intro to coding in Flex 3 with ColdFusion 8
Using CF + LiveCycle Data Services

Jason Perry is the Director of Training for Fig Leaf Software and a certified Adobe Flex instructor.

Framework: Fundamentals of Mach II

Framework: Intro to Model-Glue 3 (Gesture)

Using the Yahoo! UI Library
Integrating with Salesforce.com

Stephen Rittler is the president of Countermarch Systems LLC, a company dedicated to improving alumni relations in higher education through the proper application of CRM tools, social networking and process improvement through technology. His company has developed effective solutions for clients in education, government, publishing and manufacturing. He is a Certified Advanced ColdFusion MX developer and has contributed to the CF community through his writing, management of the Philadelphia ColdFusion User Group and presentations on a variety of topics.

Ten Tips for Managing a successful CF project

The following CF project managers discuss their experiences in a moderated panel discussion:

• David Gallerizzo
• Shlomy Gantz

Consuming and Creating RSS Feeds

Theo is currently a Senior Web Developer and Instructor of technologies such as; ColdFusion, Flex, Flash, AIR, and SQL. He has been programming and teaching for over 20 years and started developing in ColdFusion and Flash back in 1999. Since the pre-release of Flex 2.0 he has begun to spread the ?Good News? about Flex and Flex development ... and now AIR. Since then, he has never looked back.

AIR and SQLite

Terrence Ryan is currently an I.T. Director for the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. He has worked with ColdFusion since 2000. He was responsible for the administration and policy for Wharton?s development and production environment, setting best practices and policies for a team of award winning developers. He?s published several open source applications including ?CFAir,? a proof of concept application that allows ColdFusion applications to automatically publish as AIR applications.

You can contact him through his website (http://numtopia.com/terry) or via email (terry@numtopia.com).

What you don't know about cryptography
Web application hacking for web developers

Dean is a Managing Consultant at Foundstone. He is responsible for conducting web application penetration testing, threat modeling, code reviews, secure software development lifecycle (S-SDLC) design and implementation, and project management. Dean also provides client education services as a lead instructor of these Foundstone courses: Building Secure Software, Writing Secure Code: Java/J2EE, and Writing Secure Code: ColdFusion.

Dean has ten years of software development experience in a variety of industries, including banking, education, and quality control. Since 2001, he has focused on secure software development and web application security. Prior to working at Foundstone, Dean held the position of manager of web application security for a corporate cash-management application service provider. In this position, he implemented the company?s first secure software development and deployment guidelines, development frameworks to support secure coding paradigms, tools used for the semi-automated remediation of application vulnerabilities, and static code analysis tools to expedite conducting secure code reviews.

Dean co-founded and remains active in the Atlanta ColdFusion User Group (ACFUG) and is an active member of the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) Atlanta Chapter.

Dean attained the Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) designation in 2004 and the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) designation in 2006.

Creating and Working with PDF Forms in ColdFusion
Improving Performance, Scalability, and Robustness

Bob Segal joined Fig Leaf Software in January 1999, and currently serves as a senior developer and development team leader. A Macromedia Certified instructor, Bob teaches several courses, including Fast Track to ColdFusion, Advanced ColdFusion Development and Fast Track to SQL, for which he co-wrote the training materials. Bob is a certified ColdFusion developer and a contributing author to the ColdFusion Developer's Journal and Professional ColdFusion 5.0 Programming from Wrox Press. Bob has degrees in Engineering, Business, and Marketing Communications.

Implementing Test Driven Development with MXUnit

Bill has been programming web applications since the time CGI was considered really cool and Perl was the new language for the web. He currently holds an MS in Software Engineering from George Mason University and spends the better part of his professional time, solving real-world problems for the Federal Government - using, exploring, and integrating software engineering methods and tools, including, ColdFusion, Java, XML, UML/MDA, CM, Agile and Test Driven Development processes. He is fortunate to have tolerant and loving wife and kids.

Building ColdFusion Components
Massimo's Custom Tag Extravaganza!

As CTO, Mike oversees the strategic direction and implementation of Preparis? software products. Prior to joining Preparis, Mike founded BrightStrategy Inc, a boutique IT strategy firm serving mid-market to Fortune 1000 clients, where he executed the strategic direction and daily operations of the company. Before BrightStrategy, Mike served as the Team Leader for Fig Leaf Software, directing the implementation of high end technical solutions for both private sector and government clients. Mike began his career at CSC Consulting as a consultant assigned to several large scale software implementations for clients such as HP Compaq and Schlumberger. Over the past 10 years, Mike has gained a strong reputation as a subject matter expert on software development, database design, and IT strategy. He is regularly invited to present at conferences nationwide and carries several industry certifications in Oracle, Adobe, and Microsoft technologies. He holds an MBA from The University of Chicago and a BE in Electrical Engineering and Mathematics from Vanderbilt University.

Using Apache Derby - The built-in CF8 Database
Working with Exchange

Scott is a Senior Software Architect at Alagad. He has been working with ColdFusion since version 5 and has been a Macromedia/Adobe Certified Advanced ColdFusion Developer since ColdFusion MX. He has developed and fostered a passion for Flex, and her half-sister AIR. He is the author of Flogr, a Flex based ColdFusion log reader. Scott is also a blogger, author and frequent speaker at User Groups and conferences on various Flex and ColdFusion topics.

Framework: FuseBox Overview

Mike Tangorre is a senior software developer at Fig Leaf Software. Mike has over 10 years experience in programming - encompassing a wide range of languages and technologies, including: ColdFusion, Java, C++, SQL, XML, Fusebox, Coldspring, Commonspot, and Flex. Mike is a member of Team Fusebox; he is an advanced certified ColdFusion developer; and he holds both a Bachelors degree and Masters degree in Computer Science. Mike is currently working on-site at the National Park Service where he overseas one of the largest Commonspot CMS implementations. When not working, Mike enjoys spending time with his wife Emily, their daughter Lila, and their English Bulldog, Herbie.

My First AIR + CF Application

Jeff has over a decade of experience developing Internet applications for a myriad of clients, including Conde Nast, Harley Davidson, Toys 'R Us, IBM, Dow Jones, American Express, and Morgan Stanley. As an instructor, he is certified to teach all of Adobe's courses on Flex, ColdFusion, and Flash development. He has been working with Flex since the earliest alphas of Flex 1.0. Jeff has worked as author and technical editor for several books, including Adobe Flex 3: Training from the Source and Object-Oriented Programming with ActionScript 2.0, and sits on the editorial board of Web Developers & Designers Journal. Jeff is a senior consultant at Digital Primates IT Consulting Group.

Deploying CF in a Cluster and J2EE
N-tier ColdFusion scalability

Jochem van Dieten is ColdFusion consultant for Prisma IT in the Netherlands. Specializing in integrating the ColdFusion parts into the overall IT infrastructure he combines a broad knowledge of networking, operating systems, application servers and databases with an in-depth knowledge of ColdFusion. Jochem is an Adobe Community Expert for ColdFusion who can frequently be found hanging out on the cf-talk mailinglist or the Adobe forums.

Creating and Working with PDF Forms in ColdFusion
Full-Text Searching with ColdFusion and Google
Server Configuration, Monitoring, and Troubleshoot
Building / Deploying Secure CF Applications

Dave founded Fig Leaf Software with Steve Drucker in 1992. As Chief Technical Officer, Dave Watts drives the technology vision and enhances Fig Leaf's competitive edge by developing the company's performance tuning services and keeping an eye on all things tech. Recognized as an expert in the ColdFusion community, Dave has been developing browser-based applications with ColdFusion since version 1.5. He co-authored The ColdFusion Web Application Construction Kit, first and second editions. As a Macromedia Certified Instructor, Dave combines exceptional teaching with course development. Dave specializes in the integration of ColdFusion with external technologies and is a certified Adobe Flex and LiveCycle instructor.

Using LiveCycle DS and BlazeDS with ColdFusion
Framework: Fundamentals of ColdSpring

Matt Woodward is Principal IT Specialist for the Office of the Sergeant at Arms at the United States Senate. Matt is a long-time ColdFusion Developer, an Adobe Community Expert for ColdFusion, manager of the Capitol Hill User Group (http://www.capitolhillusergroup.org), and co-host of the ColdFusion Weekly Podcast (http://www.coldfusionweekly.com).

Section 508 Accessibility

Michele Zozom is an experienced web manager, trainer, and senior IT project manager with more than 12 years experience designing, developing and managing web based applications using Adobe products. Her areas of expertise include interface design, usability and accessibility. She is currently the Web Services Manager for Immigration and Customs Enforcement for the Department of Homeland Security. Before joining ICE, she managed Web Services for the Executive Office for United States Attorneys, where her team developed an intranet portal and content management system as well as several web applications utilizing ColdFusion and Oracle. Her work in accessibility began in 1996 when she developed an intranet for the Department of Education that was not only fully 508 compliant, but also delivered an engaging user experience rich in multimedia. Her focus is on creating a compelling user experience and managing the design process to ensure accessibility. Michele has been teaching Web Design and Accessibility for 10+ years.