005 ColdFusion Alive Podcast: Nolan Erck, Dependency Injection, why is it awesome and why should I c

Nolan Erck talks about “Dependency Injection, why is it awesome and why should I care?” in this episode of ColdFusion Alive Podcast with host Michael Smith. Nolan has been developing software professionally for more than 19 years, starting in the video game industry as a Tools Programmer advancing to web development in 1999. He has worked on high profile projects for LucasArts, Maxis, Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes, Schools Credit Union, and Alive N Kicking Magazine among others. His list of credits includes Grim Fandango, Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, SimPark, and SimSafari, as well as high-traffic websites for a variety of technology based companies.

Nolan currently co-manages the SacInteractive User Group and is an active member of the Web Developer community, giving presentations on Object-Oriented Programming and Web Development for groups across Northern California. Nolan is also certified in Adobe ColdFusion, and is an in-demand consultant, providing training and development experience for a variety of companies. When he’s not consulting or talking about himself in the third person, Nolan can usually be found working on one of several music projects.

Nolan is also one of the speakers for the upcoming Into The Box ColdFusion Conference, where he will talk about Dependency Injection.

Some of the topics discussed in this episode are:

What is Dependency Injection?
When / why would I use this in my projects?
Intro to Aspect-Oriented Programming (or AOP).
Intro to Inversion of Control (IOC).
What is “Bean Management”?
Why are you proud to develop in CF?
What are you looking forward to at Into The Box?
Resources:

LucasArts
Maxis
Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes
Schools Credit Union
Grim Fandango
Star Wars: The Phantom Menace
SimPark
SimSafari
SacInteractive User Group