Thanks to the guys over at CFFrameworks.com, I will be doing my first ever workshop and presentation about ColdBox. The title for this workshop is "Down & Dirty with ColdBox". When: Wednesday, 18th July, 2007 @ 7:00pm PM GMT (2:00pm EST) Please register your interest online here. The URL for the event is: http://adobechats.adobe.acrobat.com/coldbox I will cover the basics and the whys behind ColdBox, installation, goodies, eclipse integration, code generation and more. I just send a script of the presentation to the CFFramework's guys, so they should post it soon.
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