Two ColdFusion & Github Weekly updates in a row! Where to start? Well, CFMeetup: GIT for Dummies and the slightly more enlightened by Tim Cunningham is a great place. It was recorded yesterday. I didn't attend but will watch it this weekend. Railo announced they are doing their nightly builds and BER on Github. There is a nice why we use git post called "How we use Git at Algodeal". The ColdFusion Jedi mentions he is "quite enamored with Git now and am using it for new projects". Here is the update of Github/Coldfusion activity...
Wheels is mentioned as a full stack framework sometimes. What does "full stack" mean? Full stack frameworks "often gathered multiple libraries useful for web development into a single cohesive software stack for web developers to use." The quote is from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_application_framework
If Wheels is a single cohesive stack, why all the plugins?
It has been over a busy month since the last ColdFusion and Github update. A lot has transpired.
CFUnited's keynote by Adam Lehman and Terry Ryan, highlighted Github adding ColdFusion as a language for one of the numerous ColdFusion highlights over the last year. Terry demo-ed and announced Apptacular on github. Apptacular is a ColdFusion Builder Extension for scaffolding applications straight from the database.
Several projects announced they are on Github: cfMud is now up at GitHub, WebSockets with ColdFusion, and CFWheels Assetbunder 1.0 Released!
It was blogged IBM DeveloperWorks is starting a podcast and their first release is over git.
Github is enhancing their wiki. I think using Github for coding tutorials will see a rise by creating branches and wiki pages for walkthroughs. This will allow others to contribute and clarify tutorials.
Github hit One Million repositories.
CFMeetup will have a session over Git next week.
Now the movers and shakers on Github for ColdFusion projects....
Title sound familiar? Well, I am borrowing it from Raymond Camden's post about his Aug 12, 12PM EST ColdFusion Online Meetup speaking engagement covering AIR, JQuery, and CFML.
I will be presenting the same day at 6PM EST my CFUnited presentation over CFWheels. It will be slightly different, since I will be showing the litepost/wheels application I have been working on.
If you want to get a head start, you can take a look at the application I will be highlighting. on Github
Visit http://www.meetup.com/coldfusionmeetup/calendar/14365384/ to RSVP. It isn't necessary but makes me look good :-)
I am working on porting Litepost to Wheels. Wheels had a Litepost competition awhile ago but didn’t follow the Litepost comparison idea.
Litepost was conceived to compare different frameworks using essentially the same code. Once done, you will be able to compare how the same app is done in ColdBox, Fusebox, FW/1, Mach-II, Model-Glue, and Wheels.
I am wanted to quick show how the Wheels Object Relational Mapper makes database calls very simple and intuitive.
