Our 6pm (US ET) talk on Thursday Apr 8 will be a "Know your tools: Productivity Tips-n-Tricks for CFEclipse and ColdFusion Builder", with Marc Esher.

TOPIC DESCRIPTION: (provided by the speaker)

A craftsman knows his tools intimately. As software developers, we spend hours a day in our primary authoring tool -- our IDE. Saving time and being more productive doesn't just mean learning the code-generating wizards; it means mastering some of the lowest-level concepts of the tool itself. In this presentation, I'll demonstrate how to begin mastering your IDE.

During the demonstration, I'll cover:

• Help
  
• Mylyn (Task-Focused Development)
  
• Workbench Navigation
  
• Keyboard Shortcuts
  

MEETING URL: http://experts.acroba...
DURATION: Approx. 1 hour
Meeting will be recorded. URL will be posted after meeting at http://recordings.col...

SPEAKER: (provided by the speaker)

Marc learned how to build websites in college while earning his degree in English Education. After 4 years in the classroom, he returned to programming, splitting his time between ColdFusion and Java. He contributes a lot to MXUnit and a little to CFEclipse. His passions are process automation and monkeywork elimination. Marc lives with his wife and two daughters in York, PA.

WHEN: Thurs. Apr 8, 6:00pm US ET (UTC/GMT-4)

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