For many web developers, whenever JavaScript is mentioned it provokes a rye smile; JavaScript is one of those programming languages that is rather avoided than embraced. This is not the fault of the language itself, but rather the browsers. Read more – ‘JavaScript Frameworks – Let There Be Light’.
In the past, the US has held a near monopoly not only in ColdFusion-based user groups, but also conferences, with CFUnited, cf.Objective() and the more general Adobe MAX leading the way. Read more – ‘ColdFusion Is Hotting Up in the UK’.
ColdFusion, a key technology behind rapid application development, has been a much maligned technology in the web development arena for sometime now. However, through the efforts of Ray Camden a ColdFusion Developer Center has been created on the Yahoo Developer Network. This is great news for ColdFusion and follows on the back of the integration of the Yahoo User Interface (YUI) Library into the version 8 release of ColdFusion codenamed Scorpio. The YUI is one of the best JavaScript libraries out there and includes great documentation. Read more – ‘ColdFusion 8 and the Yahoo User Interface Library’.
