The results for the ColdFusion recipe drive are in!
First and foremost I would like to thank all of the contributors. The CF recipe drive drove over 40 new recipe contributions to the ColdFusion Cookbook in just under 4 weeks. If you contributed a CF recipe and never claimed your t-shirt, now is the time to do so. If you emailed me about your t-shirt and never heard back, that means I never received your email. It may have been grabbed by my spam filter, so feel free to try me via Twitter.
Now for the winners. The winner of the ADC Timbuk2 bag for the most contributions during the recipe drive duration is Vinh Khoa. You may check out one of his contributions here. Nice work, Vinh!! Thank you for all your contributions!!
Now that we have determined who contributed the most recipes, let’s see if we can determine who contributed the best. That’s where you folks come in. My crack panel of judges have helped me determine the top 5 contributions made during the recipe drive, which are listed out below. Voting for your favorite via the comments section of this post will be open until Friday, November 12 at midnight ET. How do you vote for your preference? Easy, just leave a comment on this post indicating which recipe has your vote. You can simply put the number of the recipe you like best in your comment, or the title, or the author…anything where I can easily discern which recipe you are voting for.
Without further ado, here are the top 5 choices in no particular order:
1. Title: Draw a polygon or any complex shape and add text to it using ColdFusion
- Author: Curt Gratz; http://blog.coldbox.org/
2. Title: How to sort an array of objects or entities with ColdFusion
- Author: Aaron Greenlee; http://aarongreenlee.com/
3. Title: How do you build a RESTful service in ColdFusion using GET, POST, PUT, and DELETE HTTP verbs
- Author: Steve Rittler
4. Title: Accessing ColdFusion Services from Flex applications
- Author: Rakshith Naresh; http://www.rakshith.net/blog/
5. Title: The cfinterface tag demystified
- Author: Ryan Anklam; http://blog.bittersweetryan.com/
Thank you to the CF community for making the recipe drive such a success. I would also like to thank our judges: Raymond Camden, Terry Ryan and Kevin Schmidt for helping me out with selecting the 5 finalists.
And don’t forget, we are currently in the midst of a new recipe drive for Flex, ActionScript and Flash recipe drive. Be sure to check out the details here!
Happy coding!!
Comments
+1 vote for Curt
i pick curt
I vote for Curt Gratz
I loves me some polygons! Well done Curt!
I vote for Curt Gratz
#2
#2
1
Vote: #2
Nice work Aaron!
I vote for #2. Helpful step by step to be able to read, understand and implement myself.
My vote is for Curt Gratz, “Draw a polygon or any complex shape and add text “. If you haven’t read that one read it… It is pretty sweet!
I vote for #2. How to sort an array of objects or entities with CF by Aaron Greenlee.
Vote: #2 Great example!!!
Learning ColdFusion and ORM. I used the array sort already. Thanks. #2
Vote: #5 – Great OO Example that a lot of developers won’t know about
I’m partial to #3 for obvious reasons.
#3
#1, Curt Gratz
#2
#1 – Curt Gratz
I vote for Curtiss Gratz! Polygons rock my world!
Curt Gratz!
#5 – “Implements trumps Extends – very useful concept and explained as simply as possible.
#2 How to sort an array of objects or entities with ColdFusion
* Author: Aaron Greenlee; http://aarongreenlee.com/
I’ve got to say all the examples are good. But, I’ve got to throw out a vote for #2 – Sorting an Array of Objects in ColdFusion.
#2!!!!!!!!!
#2
+1 for #2: sort object array
#1 Curt Gratz
Number 1 is #1. It’s gotta be polygons. A sweet little nugget of knowledge to add to the toolbox.
Curt Gratz # 1 All The Way
Curt Gratz #1 All the way!! Polygons ftw
I vote for #2, “How to sort an array of objects or entities with ColdFusion”, by Aaron Greenlee
Go Aaron! #2
aaron greenlee #2 all the way!
#2
I liked #2, It showed great concept, and thinking way outside the box
#1 Curt Gratz
+1 for Curt Gratz! Gratz forever!
(#1)
#1 – Curt Gratz
CURT GRATZ!!!!
+1 for Curt Gratz
#1 Curt Gratz – Good detail, interesting approach
curt gratzzzz
curt gratz for the win!
Curt Gratz
#2
#2 – Aaron!
Chalk up another vote for Mr. Curt Gratz (#1). After thoroughly analyzing each of the participants finished products, I concluded that Mr. Gratz’s was the most creative and original code I had seen in a really long time.
I vote for #2
#1 – Curt Gratz
Curt Gratz! Yarsh!
CURT GRATZ!!!!
Curt Gratz!!!
#2 please!
#2-Aaron Greenlee
Number 2! All the way!
Please. Stop. I can’t take anymore!
This has turned into an epic battle between Recipe #1 and Recipe #2.
#1 has the lead…then #2…now #1 again…and down the stretch they come!!
I know I said I’d let the voting go until midnight ET tonight, but at this point I am so pleased with the results of the recipe drive and the voting, that I am going to declare both Curt and Aaron winners. And as promised, the winners will each receive a copy of ColdFusion Std!
Thanks again to our judges, all our contributors and everyone who took the time to vote. The CF community wins again.
#2
Thanks Ed and Adobe. That is a very generous prize. Thanks to the ColdFusion community. Its a great place to be involved. I was honored to even make the top 5.
Thanks again,
Curt
Super Excited! Thank you everyone!
I’ll definitely contribute a few more examples to further illustrate my appreciation.
Thanks to everyone who voted!
Thanks to Adobe for generating this activity for CF.
Thanks to Ed for organizing the event.
Thanks to everyone who participated in the drive!
Super happy,
Aaron
I vote for #2
Congratulations Curt and Aaron!
I didn’t put up much of a fight but I was deeply honored to even be in the top 5. The ColdFusion community really is the best!
#1 all the way!