Doug Boude (rhymes with 'loud')

THE DAY CFUNITED DIED

2010-07-31T01:27:00-05:00

As you ALL know, this was the last CFUnited ever, and as an attendee, I am certain that this fact was actually a positive influence on how the conference played out. The camaraderie that is always an integral part of this event was magnified by the ever-present fact that we just don’t know when we may be able to assemble ourselves in these numbers again. I know for myself (and I do believe that

The Elusive Gnurd Bird

2006-07-18T16:48:00-05:00

This animal is a unique parallel species of homo sapien more properly classified as homo sapien³. Unlike any other species, this one rarely procreates amongst its own kind and is typically a genetic mutation resulting from a homo sapien union. As rare as the discovery of a mating pair of Gnurds is, it is even rarer that their own offspring possess the mutation that makes them a Gnurd. Though Gnurds a

CFUNITED - Coldspring and AOP made simple

2006-06-30T13:29:00-05:00

If you've been anywhere near a blog or even another CF developer lately, it's quite likely you've at least heard of Coldspring, and you may even be aware that it is a 'framework'. In an informative session entitled 'Inversion of Control and Coldfusion: Using Coldspring', speaker Dave Ross succeeded in conveying a good basic understanding of what Coldspring does and why you should consider it as part of your app

CFUNITED - Top 10 Security Threats

2006-06-29T18:45:00-05:00

Adam Lehman works for the State Department, and knows very well the intricacies of hardening a ColdFusion application. In this enlightening and informative session. he walked us all through the top 10 most common security holes found in applications in general, and then expounded upon ways to address these holes for CF applications. Let's count them down together.

Number 10. Insecure Config

CFUNITED - MVC Unraveled

2006-06-29T17:58:00-05:00
I spent the first hour of my morning listening (and gladly so) to Joe Reinhart preaching the need for us all to focus on just comprehending exactly what MVC is. Personally I felt like he started the presentation a few feet over most of the audience's head, using terms that were quite comfortable for him but new to many of us. Not his fault, and to his credit he did take the time to define many of the terms for

CFUNITED - The Frameworks Debate Continues

2006-06-29T12:23:00-05:00
Most of you may be aware of the debate over frameworks that has been raging off and on since at least CFObjective back in March of this year. In the one corner, representing all that is opposed to the preaching of frameworks to the masses is Simon Horwith. In the other corner, representing framework evangelists and followers from all over the globe is Hal Helms.

I first became aware of this schism a

CFUNITED - Recursive Functions presentation

2006-06-28T17:35:00-05:00
Andrew Schwabe gave an outstanding presentation of a subject that can be somewhat difficult to wrap one's mind around: recursive functions.

Having already traversed the learning curve involved with this subject, I went hoping to learn something new and was not at all disappointed. Andrew approached the subject in a very simple and understandable manner, taking the observer from zero to 60 in one smoo