Ron West

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 querie... (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 dras... (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... (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 lear... (more)

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 wil... (more)