Kevin Hoyt

ColdFusion 8 introduced a number of new and impressive Ajax features. The most notable of which is probably the complete Ajax-based forms generation, which uses Ext 1.1. There are a couple drawbacks to the ColdFusion 8 implementation however, most notably that it is Ext 1.1 when the current release is Ext 2.0, and that you have to have ColdFusion 8. Dan Vega has come to the rescue though with a project he calls cfExt. During a pre-release tour user group stop in Cleveland, OH, I had the chance to connect with Dan and get his thoughts on the project, its origins and its direction.
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As I was preparing for the pre-release user group tour, I was surprised at just how much content around the new Flex 3 features was already available. The Flex engineering teams have been working diligently to be more transparent for the benefit of our customers - and it shows. The main problem I encountered while browsing all these samples, was that they seemed to be put together by different engineers, which meant that each had it’s own style and formatting. I’ve pulled many of these samples together as it relates the AdvancedDataGrid and new charting features, and made them available for viewing and download.
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We put the wraps on the Flex 3 and AIR 1.0 pre-release user group tour last week. I had the privilege of visiting eight different user groups over two weeks. There’s a lot of new stories to tell, not the least of which is the snow storm that slammed into Milwaukee, WI and Lansing, MI. The real story to developers however is the code, so here’s a walkthrough of the presentation to include a few snippets.
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