August
25, 2000
A
new professional group for internet developers is starting in Tucson. The Tucson ColdFusion User Group has been
formed for web programmers and developers who use the ColdFusion
database-interaction language in creating web sites. With the addition of this
group, Tucson’s ever-growing presence in the high-tech industry becomes even
stronger.
ColdFusion, created by Allaire, is a complete Web application
server for developing and delivering scalable e-business applications. Sites
built and run on ColdFusion include www.crayola.com, www.potterybarn.com, and
www.fao.com, the website for FAO Schwartz. Local web sites using ColdFusion
include the Greater Tucson Economic Council (www.futurewest.com) and www.tucsontechjobs.com,
plus many others.
The
kick-off meeting of the Tucson ColdFusion User Group is September 13, 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. The meeting will be held at 4444 E Grant Road, Ste. 104 (Grant and
Swan, the offices of the Tucson Computer Society). There is no cost to attend,
and lots of great prizes will be given away, including T-shirts and posters!
Any web developer using an Allaire product is welcome to attend.
Speaking
at the meeting will be Raul Hayes, a former Java developer who has joined
forces with Allaire. Hayes will present “The
Allaire Business Platform: Technology Roadmap 2000,” detailing Allaire’s
future plans for its suite of internet-based technologies.
Raul
Hayes is one of the many new faces at Allaire, having come on board in June
2000 as a Sales Engineer for the Southwest territory. Before joining Allaire he
was a Java software developer focused on building web-based applications for
the call center industry.
ColdFusion
uses a tag-based scripting language that is ideal for programming Web
applications. Processed entirely on the server, the ColdFusion Markup Language
(CFML) cleanly integrates with HTML for user interface and XML for data
exchange. Both open and extendible,
CFML
supports more than 70 server-side tags, 200 functions, and 800 third-party
components, making it the most productive language available for creating
advanced Web applications.
For more information about the meeting, please contact Casey
Townsend at 520-791-3115 x 430 or email ctownse1@ci.tucson.az.us.
For more information about ColdFusion, please visit Allaire’s
web site at www.allaire.com.