I am here scoping out a topic near and dear to my heart, code generation (also to make sure Brian doesn't forget Illudium ;). Thankfully he did not forget.

Two new releases and seven updates this week. This looks to be an exciting week with cf.Objective() kicking off on Thursday. I am looking forward to giving my presentation on the "Porky Pig" approach to Cairngorm development! Also, some very exciting releases this week with Doug Hughes CFANT and the release candidate of Transfer.

While there is only one new release and one update this week, there were some potentially very significant announcements this week. First, Six Signs has announced plans, driven in part by the recent New Atlanta announcement, to open-source their asset management and CMS tool. Second, I leaked some details on new wiki software being released by Luis Majano and Mark Mandel. Third, Peter Farrell discusses the future of Mach-II and some important new features that will be coming. Lastly, Geoff Bowers discusses the fallout of FarCry's application to be included in the Google Summer of Code. All must reads in my opinion and leading to a busy week after all, if not in actual releases.

It appears that things have been busy down under in between vegemite sandwiches. Through a super-secret source who chooses not to be identified but goes by the handle "neurotic", I have discovered some interesting information regarding the imminent release of Transfer 1.0 and a possible new ColdFusion open-source wiki based on Transfer and ColdBox. The information is at the yet-to-be-announced Transfer documentation site. While many of the pages don't yet appear to be written, I expect that to change soon. In particular I am hoping to find a sneak peak of the Transfer 1.0 release notes.

More interestingly, given the lack of specifics in regards to 1.0, is that the site appears to run on a new ColdFusion wiki software called CodexWiki. I have inferred that it is written in ColdBox and Transfer because of the "powered by ColdBox" logo in the lower-left of the page and the stunningly beautiful "powered by Transfer" box on the lower-right corner of the page. I know you must indeed be impressed by my powers of deduction, but my source has confirmed that this is true and that the software will be released as open-source, which in layman's terms means the "source" will be "open" (and not they have given up on the product).

Five new projects and one update this week. Once again I spend a rare vacation day writing this post...at least no one can fault my dedication :). On a side note, I am sure you all heard the big news in the NFL this week. What?? No, not that! Its the hiring of Tony Sparano (that's Sparano) as the head coach of the Dolphins. On the plus side, he is entering a job where its nearly impossible to do worse than your predecessors. On the minus side, it will be difficult to do much better given the nearly complete absence of talent on that team. Well, back to the topic at hand...