Simon Free - AIR, ColdFusion, Merapi

In this interview, recorded at CFinNC 2009, Dan Wilson speaks with Adobe Community Expert Simon Free about Merapi, a bridge between applications written in Java and those running in and created for Adobe AIR. Simon describes how he built a desktop AIR application that talks, through Merapi, to a Java library that controls a Lego Mindstorm robot. Simon also describes some of the practical use cases for Augmented Reality (AR) -- applications which involve the overlay of virtual imagery on the real world -- and FLARToolkit, a software library for building AR applications.

Todd Sharp, SlideSix.com and the Adobe Platform

In this interview, recorded at CFinNC 2009, Dan Wilson speaks with Todd Sharp, the creator of SlideSix.com, a multimedia enabled presentation sharing community that has been featured on popular technical blogs such as TechCrunch and Mashable. Todd provides a a detailed walkthrough of the SlideSix.com architecture and describes some of the powerful new Flex and ColdFusion features he used to develop the site.

Adam Lehman, ColdFusion and ColdFusion Builder Product Manager

In this interview, recorded at CFinNC 2009, Dan Wilson speaks with ColdFusion Product Manager Adam Lehman on the rebirth of the ColdFusion platform. Evolving from its early days as a C++ product, to becoming a fully Java-based implementation for the enterprise, ColdFusion today commands a growing community of 800,000 developers. The language-become-platform is being touted by industry pundits not only as a productivity tool for Java but as a viable, standalone solution for building and integrating Rich Internet Applications within an SOA environment.

Corfield on ColdFusion

Corfield talks about the the CFML specification and explains the ways in which they hope to resolve code portability issues. Corfield is a strong proponent of open source and he has worked on open source projects for about fifteen years. The For ColdFusion Foundation (4CFF), Corfield explains, is intended to open source development in CFML and to provide a central location for key projects. The foundation is in its early stages, but Corfield says that they will be announcing their first few project transitions soon. Finally, Corfield talks about what's on the horizon for the CFML ecosystem.