New CFMeetup Event: "Pragmatic ColdFusion: Build, Test, Deploy", with John Paul Ashenfelter

What: "Pragmatic ColdFusion: Build, Test, Deploy", with John Paul Ashenfelter

When: Thursday, Dec 6, 12:00pm EST (GMT-5) (What time is that for you? See this table which shows it at EST, and you can choose your city from the list offered to see your time.)

Meeting URL: http://experts.acrobat.com/cfmeetup/
Duration: Approx. 1 hour
Meeting will be recorded. URL will be posted after meeting on the Meetup Message Board, which can also be reached directly via http://tinyurl.com/2dbdnk

We'll again have two speakers on Thursday, Dec 6. At noon, we'll have John Paul Ashenfelter on "Pragmatic ColdFusion: Build, Test, Deploy". More on the 6pm talk will be shared in its separate entry.

Description:

Many developers are aware of tools to automate and empower software development tasks, ranging from source control software to test suites and continuous integration tools. Frequently however, the realities of making deadlines and concerns about complexity or learning curves lead developers to use the same old practices they always have used. This session shows you how to quickly and simply put an open-source, standards-based system in place that can

* manage source code using Subversion * reset the database to a known state for repeatable testing * run code-level unit tests with CFCUnit to improve code quality * automate user-level functional and acceptance tests in the browser using Selenium * automatically build and deploy code to the appropriate environment using Ant

We'll start with a working demonstration of the automated process, provide an overview of each tool, and discuss the various ways to take these tools and apply them into your current development environment. The main focus will be on using Ant and various plugins to orchestrate the testing and automation process.

About John Paul Ashenfelter:

John Paul Ashenfelter is CTO of TransitionPoint.com, where he builds web-based business applications using a mix of open source tools, ColdFusion, and Java. He has been the technical lead on a number of ColdFusion projects for startups as well as regularly serving as an architect for existing ColdFusion sites converting to Fusebox. A ColdFusion developer since version 2.0, John Paul has written several books covering ColdFusion, contributed articles to CFDJ, and spoken at several ColdFusion conferences.

Notices:

As always, we do appreciate folks RSVPing if they plan to come (using the link on this email or at the meetup site), though it's not mandatory and it's not a commitment. BTW, no need to RSVP if you can't make it nor even explain why you can't. With 1,000+ members, there's really no reason to explain your absence. :-) We'll also appreciate your sharing your feedback after the meeting (also offered via a follow-up email or via a link on the site).

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Finally, again, the recording URL will be posted on the Meetup Message Board, which can also be reached directly via http://tinyurl.com/2dbdnk

Learn more here: http://coldfusion.meetup.com/17/calendar/6827400/