Oliver Merk

There's been a lot of talk in the ColdFusion community lately about the newly released Flex 2. If you're new to Flex or haven't tried it yet, this article provides an introduction, from a ColdFusion developer's perspective, to what Flex is and is not. I'll also put Flex in the perspective of what you already know as a ColdFusion developer, so that your introduction to this exciting and powerful technology will have a familiar context. Like many of you, I've been using ColdFusion for several years, keeping up with the latest bells and whistles as they were introduced: the Java platform, CFCs, reporting, Flash forms. As an Adobe Certified ColdFusion Instructor, I made sure I kept up with these new features, even if I didn't use them day-to-day, simply because I knew I'd get questions about them. One thing has always remained constant though. I wrote code that would be ... (more)