Make sure to join us August 12 for our regular monthly meeting. We will be starting off the evening as usual by covering some basic ColdFusion training topics during the first hour. August training topics will be:

• Getting started with CFCOMPONENT
• Working with XML in ColdFusion
• JQuery and ColdFusion

In the second hour, Mark Piller will present on the subject of building Flex applications with ColdFusion. He is going to describe integrating an alternative approach to LiveCycle and demonstrate the benefits of the integration. The group will learn about developer productivity tools, remoting and data management concepts. Mark has been working on some exciting stuff in this space, and we are fortunate to get this opportunity!


About Mark Piller: Mark Piller is the founder and Chief Architect of Midnight Coders, an innovative and forward-thinking company specializing in RIA integration technologies, professional services and training. Mark has over 15 years of software development experience. For the past five years he has been specializing in building software infrastructure products designed to integrate Flex, Flash, and AJAX applications with a variety of backend systems, including .NET, Java, PHP, and Ruby on Rails. Mark is very passionate about ease-of-use of software and prides himself in creating technologies that clearly demonstrate that quality.

Starting with our June 2008 monthly meeting, the Dallas/Ft. Worth User Group begins meeting at the Paladin Consulting Inc. office on the south side of 635 LBJ Freeway between Webb Chapel and Josey in the ClubCorp building. Look for the "ClubCorp" sign at the top of the building.

When you arrive you will notice there are two towers, and we meet east tower adjacent to the AMC movie theater. I suggest parking between the towers and entering the front door of the building on the west side. Once you come inside, take the elevator to the 11th floor and enter the Paladin office. We meet in a room right at the front - you won't miss us!

If you have any problems getting in (such as arriving late to find building doors locked), please contact Dave Shuck on his cell phone @ 940-231-4333 and we will send someone to help you.

The address of the office is:

Paladin Consulting, Inc.
3030 LBJ Freeway, Suite 1140
Dallas, TX 75234
Phone: (972) 783-1995

More details and a link to a map can be found here.

All, we are still looking for suggestions for the May meeting's "10 minutes on..." slot. In case you are new or missed this previously, this is a 10 minute spot on whatever *you* want it to be, presented by Dave Shuck. Keep in mind as you are suggesting topics, that they should be short concise topics about a specific feature, code usage, or general technology that could be amply covered in a limited time slot. That said... please add your suggestions in the comments below!