On March 1st-2nd Yakov Fain, Victor Rasputnis and Anatole Tartakovsky from Farata Systems gave their Master Class Advanced Flex training here in Brussels.
It is something that is missing in the official Adobe curriculum: when you reach a certain level of knowledge of a technology, you need to dig some advanced aspects that are usually not taught in the normal curriculum (ie. best practices, frameworks overview, fine tuning,…). That’s why this training was really nice: they were able to cover advanced (and complex) subjects, give tips and illustrating all of them with their own experiences. This was truly beneficial, compared to a purely theoretical training (if you understand what I mean)! Another good (and funny) point was the fact that the three of them sometimes have a different point of view and are able to present things on different levels, from a complex technical description to more simple words. They also presented their own open source alternatives to existing products or solutions (ie. Clear Toolkit) which was very interesting.
So I highly recommend you to follow this training if they are coming to a town near you – They are going to Paris (France) in June 28-29 2010. And try to convince Yakov that frameworks are not evil… LOL
A last word, they wrote a book on “Enterprise Development with Flex” if you are interested (see below).
On March 9, 2010, Ben Forta was in Belgium (with Serge Jespers and Claude Englebert) for a RIA event in Liège. So Steven and I couldn’t miss the opportunity to ask him some questions about ColdFusion. Here is the interview.
For the first time in the history of Scotch on the Rocks they will run an award ceremony to honour the best of what the ColdFusion communitywithin the EMEA(Europe, Middle East and Africa) territory has to offer.
This is definitively a very good idea as most of time my CF friends are talking about US ColdFusion Rock Stars – you know who you are guys, no offense - but we have also great guys within the CF EMEA community… I must admit that Twitter helped me a lot to discover those people – who said that social networking is useless?
You can do nominations in the following categories:
Best ColdFusion blog
Best ColdFusion developer to follow on social media
Those 2 are really worth to download. But what are refcards? DZone.com Refcardz are free cheat sheets for developers to help being more productive giving a quick access to documentation, APIs and technical tips.
March 22nd – Adobe Flash Builder 4.0 will be released!
Here we are, Steven Peeters and me are bringing back to life the Belgian ColdFusion UserGroup. To make it a success, we need the help of all CF developers currently working in Belgium: with probably more than 200 of you around here, there are no excuses Of course, non CF developers are welcome, our doors are widely opened! Here is the official invitation:
CFUG Belgium – Kick-off meeting and exclusive ColdFusion event
No, this is not a hoax! We invite you to join us for an exclusive ColdFusion event. The ColdFusion User Group has gotten a brand new kickstart! You’ll get the chance to meet the new driving force behind the scene, meet some new friends who are equally passionate about ColdFusion or catch up with some old acquaintances.
Marta Gal kindly accepted to give a presentation on “ColdFusion MX application running on CF8, Fusebox 4, Import/ Export of real estate data with XML OpenImmo Standard”. She fell in love with ColdFusion in 1999 has always remained passionate about the technology. She created several successful international ColdFusion FuseBox projects and is currently developing business intelligence software with ColdFusion, PL SQL and Ext JS.
It wouldn’t be an exclusive event without something exclusive to show you. We have something special in mind involving ColdFusion Builder. There will be of course FREE drinks, raffle and opportunities to do some networking afterward.
The event is free of charge, but seats are limited, so REGISTER NOW!
WHEN: Thursday April 01, 2010, 07:00PM
WHERE: Adobe Systems Benelux BV
Park Lane Building F, 1st floor, Culliganlaan 2F
Diegem, 1831 BE
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