Our August meeting will be a little different from the last few. This time, we'll have a remote presenter. Nathan Strutz is co-manager of the Phoenix CFUG, and when I saw him give this presentation last May it really opened my eyes to how much technical debt I have taken on over the years; and how I should approach similar situations going forward. I knew immediately that I wanted him to present it for our user group.

Don't let the fact that Nathan won't be here to present in person deter you, the presentation is top notch. And don't let the buzzword-rich title scare you, there is little to no code involved, and even a beginner can get a lot out of this presentation. Discussion will cover the concept of taking shortcuts and what they end up costing you in the long run.

If you still need encouragement to come out to the meeting, how about this? We'll be running our semi-annual software raffle -- your chance to win over $1,000 in Adobe software of your choice (and yes, you can choose a ColdFusion 9 Standard Edition license)!

Meeting details below. I'll update with a room number after my reservation is approved.

Just a quick reminder that we will be meeting on TUESDAY next week -- the 20th. Steve Rittler will be [presenting](http://www.phillycfug.org/post/july-meeting-no-longer-lost-with-coldfusion-orm-with-steve-rittler) on ColdFusion ORM. I've updated the original announcement with the room information, but here it is again for your convenience:

Former Philly CFUG manager Steve Rittler will be presenting for us once again. This time, he'll be presenting ColdFusion 9's new Hibernate integration.

Unlike every other CF9+Hibernate presentation I've seen, Steve manages to skip over boring fluff and jump right into the interesting, important details, and practical examples. If you are curious about ORM but don't know anything about it yet; or even if you know just enough to get yourself into trouble, this presentation should get you on the right path in no time (well ok, an hour).

Rumor also has it that Steve can answer all of the questions you may have about LOST.

Just a quick note to remind everyone that we're meeting tonight at Wharton's Huntsman Hall at 6:00. David Patricola will present on Model-Glue 3. See you there!

David is one of our local members, and has volunteered to present on Model-Glue 3.

Model-Glue, one of many open source, object-oriented, front-controller MVC frameworks offered in ColdFusion, allows developers to focus more on building the business rules of their applications and less on the boilerplate. Focusing on an Object-Oriented approach, it uses XML markup templates for site configuration tasks like default events, shared functionality, page formatting, and database connectivity. Built-in functionality also allows you to create scaffolding for common CRUD tasks, which you can then edit to suit your needs. Separating the business rules from the presentation of the data (as with any MVC framework) also makes it easy to create multiple themes and easily switch between them. The learning curve is fairly gradual and you can have a website up and running in 10 minutes.

David is a local Philadelphia ColdFusion developer by trade, and dabbles in PHP on the side. He has been working with ColdFusion for 10 years, and considers himself a CSS "wingnut." He is currently a Senior Developer at Thomas Jefferson University, and based on the fact that the head shot he sent me was cake.jpg and the expression on his face, I assume that he comes down squarely on the side of cake in the age old cake vs. pie debate.

Just a quick reminder that our next meeting will be this Thursday, at 6:00pm. We will be in the usual building, but in a different room. Details on that below.

Now that we have a feel for how many people will be attending most meetings, we won't be doing an RSVP every time. That said, the meeting is posted here and if you'd like to RSVP you may do so there (you must be logged in & a member of the group).

Apologies for the short-ish notice. I'll try to get back on my game and provide more notice next time. This month we're meeting a little earlier than usual. Our presenter, Daria, will be presenting at NCDevCon on May 22nd and 23rd, and asked if she could practice her presentation with us before then.

Daria will be presenting An Introduction to Caching.

Caching is such a deep and complex subject that it can be difficult to know where to begin. This session will cover the basics of caching in ColdFusion from using page and query caching to using CFCs to cache data and functions into a persistent scope to create a service, as well as the new caching functions in ColdFusion9. We will discuss the pros and cons of each solution and workarounds for caching and refreshing the cache as you need it. You'll be amazed at the difference caching can make for your websites.

I will also add RSVP details soon. For now, just mark your calendars!

For lack of a better term, we're "sold out" for tonight's joint meeting of all of the Philadelphia Adobe User Groups for the Flex 4 & Flash Builder 4 tour. That's awesome news, and I can't wait to see you all there.

That said, I wanted to point out one thing. The room holds 80 people, and I made 80 tickets available, so that I could get an idea of how much food to order. If you weren't able to register, we would still welcome you to attend. I expect that some people who registered won't make it, so there should be some seats available.

Just a quick reminder that our next meeting is fast approaching -- next Wednesday!

We're holding a joint meeting with just about every other Adobe User Group in Philly, and hosting the Flex 4 tour. This includes both version 4 of the Flex framework, and version 4 of the IDE, now known as Flash Builder.

Please RSVP below if you plan to attend. Seating is limited.

Along with the ColdFusion Builder Tour at our CFUG meeting tonight, Adobe is also running a tour to promote the newly released Flex 4 framework and Flash Builder 4 products.

We'll be holding a joint meeting of Philly CFUG with the Philly Flex, Philly Flash Platform, Philly Illy, and Photoshop Philadelphia groups, to kill 5 birds with 1 stone.

Terry Ryan, a Flash Platform Evangelist for Adobe (and Philadelphian), will be presenting all of the latest and greatest developments in the Flex world.

Please RSVP below if you plan to attend. Seating is limited.