So what's in it?

It's not a FAQ. Rather, some will recognize this as my long-existing list of tools and resources, which this weekend I decided to rechristen it as CF411. The domain name above simple redirects to that part of my site, now also called: CF411.

Far more than just tools, it also has dozens of categories of resources: CF job resources, self-help resources, professional assistance resources, tutorial sites, conferences, hosting alternatives, certification prep resources, other sites listing CF resources, and much more.

And the tools list has several dozen categories, both those written in CFML (like caching, debugging, file uploading, and code generating tools, as well as CMSs, all the frameworks, and all the CFML engines, to name just a few), and just as many tools not written in CFML but useful for us (including database tools, editors, http debugging, log analysis, load testing, monitoring, and source code tools, to name a few), whether free or commercial.

Like my UGTV, I offer CF411 as a contribution to the community, to save people spending a lot of time looking/asking around for stuff. I hope it becomes another one-stop shop for people to find what they need (well, I use the term "shop" loosely. As always, it's all free).

What's in a name?

I hope the new name will just be easier for people to remember/think of the next time they see a question asked that they know is (or think may be) answered on my list, telling folks: "You should check out CF411."

I was torn about bothering with a new domain name. I didn't need to bother with my UGTV site: you can google that phrase and my site comes up first (even with Microsoft having launched their own UGTV), but I just figured it might be easier for people to reference in conversation, and some might naturally look for a domain name.

As always, I welcome contributions if you think of something (a category or a tool/resource) that I've not listed.

I'll begin blogging again soon to highlight more of the many categories.

http://highscalability.com/useful-cloud-computing-blogs

By cloud computing, most think of Amazon EC2 and S3, but there really are more options, as shown in one resource listed on that entry.

I should note I didn't create that list. Someone else did. I don't generally do an entry just pointing to that of another (we often see way too many dupes in the CF blogosphere that way), but in this case it's a non-CF blog and therefore many readers here may not see it otherwise.

Also, some will know that I do like to do such resource lists myself, whether as blog entries of that sort, or as resources lists offered on my site, so I really appreciate this blogger's efforts here.

Hope that may help someone interested in the topic of cloud computing. (And yes, if someone would ask if this might be a good topic for the Online ColdFusion Meetup, it would be, and we've had a few sessions on the topic. You can find them either by doing a search for "amazon" on the UGTV site (which has more than just Meetup recordings, of course) or by scanning the list of all previous CF meetup recordings.

"Refactoring in ColdFusion: From Procedural to OO", with Dan Wilson

Thursday, Aug 28, 6:00pm US EDT (GMT-4)

Meeting description, details, optional RSVP

This is a makeup event, which was previously attempted on June 12 but failed due to technical difficulties.

As always, we're looking for more speakers. The topics need not be either new or advanced. Each topic finds an audience among the 1500+ members of the group. If you may be interested or know someone who is (or you may want to suggest someone you think I should ask), have them view this past blog entry or get in touch with me.

Ray is at noon, Dan is at 6.

See the CF meetup site for details.

For more on the mistake, and an apology to those who may now have to miss out, as well as how to access the recording of the meetings, see my discussion of the mistake on the CF meetup discussion board.

Again, sincere apologies everyone.

"CFC 201", with Ray Camden

Thursday, Aug 21, 12:00pm US EDT (GMT-5)

Meeting description, details, optional RSVP

"Fun With ColdSpring", with Dan Wilson

Thursday, Aug 21, 6:00pm US EDT (GMT-4)

Meeting description, details, optional RSVP

Please note the switch in times from the original posting of this. Ray is at noon, Dan is at 6. My fault, and my apologies.

As always, we're looking for more speakers. If you may be interested or know someone who is (or you may want to suggest someone you think I should ask), have them view this past blog entry or get in touch with me.