Over the next few months ColdFusion developers across the globe will be
handed the keys to a next-generation Internet application development model.
The culmination of over four years of work, which began even before the
current release of ColdFusion went into development, it will generate a
revolutionary way to develop and share application data and business logic
over the Internet.
For many who have been involved with CF since the early years, this model
will be welcomed, and those of you who are just about to embark on your CF
tour of duty are in luck. The ColdFusion MX (CFMX) development architecture
will make developing and maintaining CF applications a whole lot easier. In
addition, Macromedia has enriched the CF toolset to include the easiest
procedures to deplo... (more)
Web services promises to change the landscape of distributed computing
forever. Soon computer systems will freely exchange data independent of their
language, architecture, or platform. Applications will be available on a
per-use basis, and the current business model will be drastically modified as
service-based computing expands the Internet into the next phase. In the
technology adopti... (more)
The Web services phenomenon has finally arrived. All of the developer
conferences and symposiums are talking about how Web services will
revolutionize the world. Well, it takes action to start a riot, and this
article should set your wheels in motion. In this article, you'll learn how
to locate available Web services, and systematically integrate discovered
services into your existing ap... (more)
XML has already solidified its position in the Web application space as the
solution for data extensibility, and we are becoming increasingly aware of
Web services and its potential to revolutionize the distributed application
architecture. What we have yet to discover is exactly how this is all going
to happen.
We know that the Web services architecture allows for easy integration
betw... (more)
ColdFusion has always been about easy access to information. From a
programmer's perspective, it gives a fast and efficient way to access data
and present it to end-users. As we all know, accessing data for presentation
is easier if it's organized properly. We started with queries, added lists
and arrays and now we have structures. Because structures are the newest
organizational scheme ... (more)