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Flex Module to Replace Flash Forms

I am curious why no one has posted any articles on the IIS/Apache Flex Modules... Adobe made available on labs a plugin to compile Flex code server-side, just like Flex 1.5 did... with that said, it's probably simpler to write Flex than Flash Forms, and by far more powerful... so why haven't we seen any ColdFusion / Flex Module examples? Performance? I haven't tried it yet (guilty as charged), but I will put together a few examples to prove my theory... yes, they say it's not for production use, or at least they won't support it .. but if it works w/o a bug performance hit, can you imagine the possibilities? Maybe a cf-wrapper, a custom tag that already includes some of the higher level code allowing you to replace your old-slow-pain-in-you-cheeks flash forms? Who's with me?

WPF/E renamed to Silverlight

Microsoft renamed the Windows Presentation Foundation / Express to Silverlight ... finally, cuz the WPF/E was the longest name for a technology ever! Not sure about this Flash Killer thing ... I do like the WPF, but it is Windows Vista / XP + .NET3.0 dependent ... and the Express part of it is cross-browser / cross-platform, but somewhat restricted and can't touch Flash's power and 97% market penetration.
Check out this great article for more info on Silverlight.

cf.objective() 2007 in two weeks

CF.Objective() is coming up. Like I said last time, the speakers lineup is amazing, it's less expensive than most conferences, and you will get tons of advanced topics: Ajax, ColdSpring, Transfer, Flex ... Some brand new Scorpio news ... hope to see you there.
I will be speaking on Flex and the Cairngorm micro-architecture ... fun stuff.

btw, Mark said he will finish my Transfer composite keys support by then, so this post makes is official! :) I can't wait.

Transfer 0.6.3 Released

Transfer 0.6.3 was released today. tql support is now official, and the next one in line is composite keys. Keep an eye on this project! I will be posting more and more about it.

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