As promised, here are the slides and code examples for my CF.Objective() 2008 presentation. Feel free to post any comments or questions and I'll get to them asap.
As I mentioned after the presentation, I'm also going to be putting together an intermediate version of this talk covering more complex patterns. Also, I have been told that CF.Objective() 2009 will be tentatively scheduled for May 6-9. So now you have plenty of time to begin schmoozing your bosses to let you go. I have to say that this is THE conference for learning the high level skills needed to build enterprise level applications in ColdFusion.
Here's the link to download the presentation and code examples:
Leveraging_Basic_Design_Patterns_in_ColdFusion

Phill Nacelli has been developing software for over 9 years, and has been using ColdFusion since version 4.5. He has engineered and developed multiple web based applications for the federal government, non-profit association/education market and enjoys playing with the latest in programming techniques, frameworks and development tools. Phill is very active in the ColdFusion community via speaking at conferences, contributing articles, user group presentations, community forums/chat rooms and this blog. He currently holds a position as Senior Software Architect at



That's great to hear! As I said during the presentation, don't be afraid to think outside the box, however Design Patterns have been tested and proved to work for those situations that it's a great asset in our tool box.
Thanks for your feedback.
Cheers..