Stack Overflow to use jQuery

I've been watching the Stack Overflow site and it's developers pretty closely, because I hope to help bring a little bit of the ColdFusion community to their site once it's online; and I would encourage you to do the same. I saw this note on their blog, that they will reportedly be using jQuery as part of their application stack, and I thought I would just take a moment to pimp that to the CF and larger Adobe Community.

To be quite honest, I haven't taken the time to learn jQuery myself yet -- but it's on the list and I will... someday.

in Adobe | AJAX | 2 Responses Posted 2008-06-15 10:42

The Countdown Begins

Over on the CFUnited Blog, Liz asks us to answer a few questions related to CFUnited. Here are my responses:

What are you looking forward to most?

Being surrounded by thousands of other CFML developers. I love the sense of community I get from attending CFUnited. This year will be my second (consecutive) in attendance, and I've already made plans to meet a few community folks I've been talking with on Twitter for a while now. CFUnited is also the only formal CF training I get every year, and it's great to see what everyone is up to and learn some tips and tricks to improve my own code. This year, I'm particularly hoping to pick up some new ColdSpring tricks from Mark Drew's Better Living Through Configuration presentation, as well as improve my OO approach by attending Peter Bell's RAD OO presentation. Most of all, though, I'm pumped to see what new stuff Joe Rinehart will be presenting on Model-Glue 3.

Which speaker will most likely end up on your camera?

As many as possible! The only one I'm scheduled to see more than once is Mark Drew, so I suppose my chances of snagging his picture are a little better.

What do you plan to do outside conference time?

I'm staying with a friend and old college roommate. I'm sure we'll be up to all the old antics, which mostly means drinking some beer and playing Rock Band until the early hours of the morning. I have tons of friends in the area, so hopefully I'll get to catch up with all of them.

Fill in the blank: I will mainly be around the ______ booth.

I have to pick just one? I never really hang out at one spot, unless it's got great wifi signal.

Do you have a new project you are working on and will reveal it at CFUnited?

I wish! I am working on something kind of secret, but can't even dream that it'll be ready by CFUnited.

in CFUnited | 2 Responses Posted 2008-06-05 11:56