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MSU Webmasters will meet tomorrow, Tuesday, April 13, at 1:30 pm in the International Center Library.  We are deviating from our normal Thursday meeting so that a national expert on Cold Fusion can address the group.

 

Topics:

 

n       MSU’s Sesquicentennial Web site, S150 Web graphics, and your site

n       Who’s the Webmaster for that site?  Discussion of directory of MSU Webmasters

n       Sneak preview of computing.msu.edu

 

Presentation:

 

Reconsidering CFML in Modern Web App Development

By Charlie Arehart, Chief Technical Officer, New Atlanta Communications (http://www.newatlanta.com)

 

If you've been around Web development for a few years, you've probably heard of ColdFusion and CFML, the markup language it popularized. Perhaps you've dismissed both and would wonder if either has a place still in modern web app development.

 

There have been many changes in CFML to keep up with the times, and it's no longer proprietary. There's even a free CFML server, capable of all the latest  technologies from XML to Web services to component- oriented dvelopment. CFML can even integrate deeply with Java and J2EE and, now via BlueDragon, .NET.

 

In this presentation, veteran CFML developer, trainer, and writer Charlie Arehart will make the case for CFML. He actually "wrote the book" on the subject as contributor to last year's "CFMX Bible" from Wiley, and he has a  regular column in the CF Developers Journal (which he formerly tech edited). Now as CTO of New Atlanta, makers of Blue Dragon, he continues to present to conferences, fortune 500 companies, and any other groups with an investment in CFML--or who may come to appreciate its renewed strenghts on J2EE and NET.

 

This talk will not be a sales pitch for his company's product or services. It's a sincere and reasoned look at the case for CFML today, especially for those who would normally dismiss it. The times are indeed changing, and many are finding that CFML's ease of use has a new lease on life.

 

If you have questions in advance about the presentation, Charlie can be reached at [log in to unmask] He appreciates the opportunity to present before this esteemed group at MSU.