Getting back up to speed with things?

[Chris Johnson-27]

Over the past several years, work has revolved around 2 large projects for different companies that both used CF7.

Both being very low on funds for a developer, time has been of the essence, which left no time for keeping up to date with CF8, CFCs, etc.  

Finally at the point where I can take a breath, I'm amazed with how much has zoomed right past me.

Now moving into CF8, I've gotten a chance to play with CFPDF and other great tags, but still need to buy and read the latest CF8 WACK books.

I'm still horribly behind the curve, using out-dated <cfapplication> instead of Application.cfc, not using CFC's more often, etc.

I also haven't even dared venture into Flex-land yet.

For someone who's got about a decade of CF coding behind him, but with limited opportunities to use the latest and greatest, what would be the recommended course of study?

In need of some serious up-to-date immersion :)


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[Casey Dougall-2]

On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 12:51 PM, Chris Johnson <ugg@...> wrote:

>
> In need of some serious up-to-date immersion :)


cfunited?


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[Cameron Childress]

CFUnited is a great suggestion.  I would also start with the (free)
online documentation at http://livedocs.adobe.com

Also, FYI - both CFCs and Application.cfc existed in CF7 - they are
not new to CF8.

-Cameron

On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 12:51 PM, Chris Johnson<ugg@...> wrote:

> Over the past several years, work has revolved around 2 large projects for
> different companies that both used CF7.
>
> Both being very low on funds for a developer, time has been of the essence,
> which left no time for keeping up to date with CF8, CFCs, etc.
>
> Finally at the point where I can take a breath, I'm amazed with how much has zoomed right past me.
>
> Now moving into CF8, I've gotten a chance to play with CFPDF and other great tags, but still need to buy and read the latest CF8 WACK books.
>
> I'm still horribly behind the curve, using out-dated <cfapplication> instead of Application.cfc, not using CFC's more often, etc.
>
> I also haven't even dared venture into Flex-land yet.
>
> For someone who's got about a decade of CF coding behind him, but with limited opportunities to use the latest and greatest, what would be the recommended course of study?
>
> In need of some serious up-to-date immersion :)

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Cameron Childress
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