alanwilliamson
Alan Williamson's personal output as a Java Champion, BlueDragon Founder, Blog-City Architect, Cloud expert, Author, Speaker, and Internet Guru
CFML Documentation core to Open BlueDragon
A revolution has begun, with the introduction of live CFML (JavaDoc like) documentation for OpenBD functions and tags. Never again, will you forget or misuse a function.
Sunday, 15 November 2009
A Simple Java class for Amazon SimpleSQS
A very simple POJO Java class for accessing all of the features of Amazon's SQS web service. Full API support. No dependencies. Just use it!
Monday, 31 August 2009
A Simple Java class for Amazon SimpleDB
A very simple POJO Java class for accessing all of the features of Amazon's SimpleDB web service. Support for all new methods including select, and batchputattributes. No dependencies. Just use it!
Friday, 10 July 2009
Deploy OpenBD to the cloud via Elastic Server
With ElasticServer you can now build your own custom server image with OpenBD installed, choosing your own J2EE and database server. Deploy straight to Amazon EC2. Can't get easier.
Wednesday, 3 December 2008
The OpenBlueDragon new look and logo launched
The new OpenBlueDragon look'n'feel and logo has gone live. The website and blog have been updated, and the new admin console will also take its feel from this.
Sunday, 20 July 2008
Getting access to Amazon's SimpleDB through CFQUERY
We've just released a new feature set with OpenBD allowing you to get access to Amazon's SimpleDB service from within a CFQUERY tag.
Friday, 20 June 2008
Google's GWT continues to amaze and delight
Google's GWT framework is just a beautiful piece of software engineering. Providing a wonderfully reliable layer over Javascript makes coding reliable and cross-browser Javascript applications a breeze. We have begun to integrate GWT into OpenBD
Monday, 9 June 2008
Railo joins the CFML open source revolution
We welcome the Railo announcement that they are moving to an open source model.
Thursday, 5 June 2008
Open BlueDragon BOF @ Scotch Review
Last night we presented Open BlueDragon at the Scotch BOF. It was a well turned out event with much discussion.
Thursday, 5 June 2008
Open BlueDragon - Developing a tag with the Plugin API
Now that we've introduced the Open BlueDragon Plugin API, let us look now at how to develop your own tags, by interfacing to the underlying core engine.
Tuesday, 27 May 2008
Open BlueDragon Steering Committee Interview Series - Nitai
We would like to introduce you to a new member of the Open BlueDragon Steering Committee, Nitai.
Monday, 26 May 2008
Open BlueDragon - Official PlugIn API Overview
Open BlueDragon provides a very rich plugin API that lets you quickly and easily add new functionality to the CFML language without having to wade through any of the source code of the core engine. This article goes through this API.
Friday, 23 May 2008
Open BlueDragon: Game On!
Open BlueDragon is now available for working with.
Sunday, 4 May 2008
Open BlueDragon : 1 day left to go
Open BlueDragon is just one day away from going out into the wild.
Friday, 2 May 2008
Open BlueDragon Steering Committee Interview Series - Andy Wu
In the last of our interviews with the BlueDragon Steering Committee, I am proud to present, the man that probably knows the code base the best, Andy Wu.
Wednesday, 23 April 2008
Open BlueDragon Steering Committee Interview Series - Matt Woodward
We are coming to the end of our series of interviews with the Open BlueDragon steering committee. I am proud to introduce Matt Woodard.
Tuesday, 22 April 2008
Open BlueDragon Steering Committee Interview Series - Alan Williamson
In our continuing series of interviews with the Open BlueDragon Steering Committee, it is my honor to introduce myself! The Steering Committee got the opportunity to hit me with questions. Discover what was on their minds
Monday, 21 April 2008
Open BlueDragon Steering Committee Interview Series - Jordan Michaels
In our continuing series of interviews with the Open BlueDragon Steering Committee, it is my honor to introduce Jordan Michaels to you.
Thursday, 17 April 2008
Open BlueDragon Steering Committee Interview Series - Adam Haskell
In our continuing series of interviews with the Open BlueDragon Steering Committee, it is my honor to introduce Adam Haskell to you
Wednesday, 16 April 2008
Introducing the Open BlueDragon Steering Committee
It is my honor to announce the first ever Open BlueDragon Steering Committee. Meet the people that will be shaping and mentoring the next chapter in the CFML history books.
Tuesday, 8 April 2008
