As anyone who has frequented my blog in the past is probably aware, I haven't been doing much blogging lately. Work at Broadchoice has continued to be very intense, and what little time I have away from code has been spent slaughtering zombies in Left 4 Dead! On top of this, I haven't been doing much work with ColdFusion lately, as all of my effort has been directed into learning and coding in Flex, AIR, and Groovy. So I've actually been a bit uncertain about what I have to say that anyone else might care about.
I've decided that my blogging slackness has to change! So I'm hereby laying out a preemptive New Year's Resolution that I will be back to blogging more in 2009.
The focus here will likely expand to include entries on learning and using AIR, Flex, and Groovy since that's been the core of what I've been doing for the last several months. I'd also like to talk about some more general topics that apply regardless of language: things like object-oriented programming, test-driven development, refactoring, and application design. I realize that many folks out there haven't yet taken the plunge into Flex or AIR, so I'll try to keep those topics loose and ensure that any underlying themes are (hopefully!) useful to both RIA and non-RIA developers. With AIR and Flex rapidly gaining traction, I think 2009 will see a large number of ColdFusion developers at least looking seriously at these technologies and learning them, if not using them on full-blown applications.
ColdFusion 9 is also coming and will most likely be released some time in 2009, and hopefully earlier rather than later! When I can, I want to start writing about some of the new features that have been announced for the next release, including Hibernate support, AIR integration, and language enhancements. I think that some of these may trigger fairly fundamental changes in how CF apps are built and maintained, and I have no doubt that there will be an avalanche of blog posts and discussion forum threads on these topics once Adobe pulls the curtain back.
Do these sound like topics folks in the CF blogosphere would be interested in reading about? Am I missing anything that folks might want to hear about that I haven't mentioned? If so, please comment and let me know.
In the meantime, I'm already working on a few new posts in tandem and will get them ready for publication shortly. Thanks for sticking with me through the slow period! I hope everyone has had a good holiday so far, and has a great New Years.
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# Posted By Dustin Chesterman | 1/4/09 3:32 PM
Sounds great. Flex has been creeping into my workspace as well so may as well be proactive on it :)
# Posted By Walt | 1/9/09 12:58 AM
I'm interested in hearing more about Groovy, for sure. (Flex/AIR kinda goes without sayin')
# Posted By Adam Bellas | 1/9/09 2:31 AM
I'm very anxious to hear about Flex and AIR in a voice that I can relate to, being a CF developer who is thinking these technologies might be my team's future. Keep that stuff coming!
# Posted By Nando | 1/13/09 9:35 AM
Brian,
I know how hard it can be to keep up a blog! Thanks very much for making a renewed attempt. I know how you feel regarding the uncertainty, but I feel that whatever you have to say when you are at this point in the learning curve would be VERY valuable to those of us who are a little behind you. I'll be carefully reading every blog post you make concerning Flex and Swiz. Thanks very much for jumping in here.