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Sams Teach Yourself ColdFusion in 21 Days will quickly empower reader's to create their own dynamic database-driven Web applications using Allaire's ColdFusion. Using client-proven methods, and the success of his popular ColdFusion tutorial for Wired, expert author Charles Mohnike provides reader's with an understanding of the ColdFusion Server, and guides them through the use of ColdFusion Studio, enabling them to create their own ColdFusion applications quickly and easily. The 21 One-day lessons include topics such as
* @Bullet1 = Easily installing and configuring the ColdFusion Server* @Bullet2 = Working with the ColdFusion Studio* @Bullet3 = Working with SQL* @Bullet4 = Optimizing your datasource* @Bullet5 = Understanding Templates and ColdFusion Markup Language (CFML)* @Bullet6 = Using ColdFusion Tags* @Bullet7 = Manipulating data* @Bullet8 = Creating E-Commerce solutions with ColdFusion@Bullet9 = Debugging ColdFusion applications| Introduction | 1 | |
| Day 1 | Introducing ColdFusion | 7 |
| Day 2 | Anatomy of a ColdFusion Application | 23 |
| Day 3 | Setting Up ColdFusion and Defining a Datasource | 41 |
| Day 4 | Building a Database and Organizing Data | 63 |
| Day 5 | Finding the Data You Need: An Introduction to Queries and SQL | 89 |
| Day 6 | Creating Your First Web Application | 111 |
| Day 7 | Changing the Contents of a Database with ColdFusion | 135 |
| Week 1 In Review | 161 | |
| Day 8 | Understanding ColdFusion Studio | 165 |
| Day 9 | Enhancing Your Applications with Variables and If-Then Statements | 187 |
| Day 10 | Enhancing Output with Tables and Groups | 209 |
| Day 11 | Enhancing Input Pages with Basic | 231 |
| Day 12 | Using Advanced Form Techniques to Manage Input | 251 |
| Day 13 | Using ColdFusion to Handle E-mail | 279 |
| Day 14 | Using ColdFusion Functions to Manipulate Data | 301 |
| Week 2 In Review | 325 | |
| Day 15 | Using Lists, Structures, and Arrays to Package Data | 329 |
| Day 16 | Using ColdFusion Client and Session Management | 351 |
| Day 17 | Finding Text with Verity | 371 |
| Day 18 | Working with Files and Directories | 391 |
| Day 19 | Using Advanced SQL Techniques | 417 |
| Day 20 | Using ColdFusion for E-Commerce Applications | 441 |
| Day 21 | Using ColdFusion's Debugging Tools to Troubleshoot Your Code | 475 |
| Week 3 In Review | 499 | |
| App. A: Answers to the Quiz and Exercise Questions | 501 | |
| App. B: ColdFusion Tags | 525 | |
| Index | 807 |
Anonymous
Posted Sat Jan 25 00:00:00 EST 2003
This is a great book for ColdFusion newbies and web development beginners in general. While covering most of the important ColdFusion topics, this book is primarily for beginners (eg in one chapter it explains the concept of 'view source') so if you¿re after anything more than the basics, it¿s best that you look elsewhere. That said, the book does an excellent job of introducing the reader to ColdFusion and, if tested, would probably meet its goal of enabling a completely new user to teach themselves ColdFusion 5 in 21 days (or even less). This book is well written with few (if any) errors. The tips and examples are useful, with the examples noticeably uncluttered by superfluous formatting code that often appears in these sorts of books. The Q & A section at the end of each chapter is a nice touch, and the exercises offer a good way to revise the content of the given chapter (although an accompanying CD or website containing suggested code for each exercise would be handy). Bottom line: 'Sams Teach Yourself Macromedia ColdFusion 5 in 21 Days' is a good resource for web developers wanting to learn ColdFusion 5.
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Sams Teach Yourself ColdFusion in 21 Days will quickly empower reader's to create their own dynamic database-driven Web applications using Allaire's ColdFusion. Using client-proven methods, and the success of his popular ColdFusion tutorial for Wired, expert author Charles Mohnike provides reader's with an understanding of the ColdFusion Server, and guides them through the use of ColdFusion Studio, enabling them to create their own ColdFusion applications quickly and easily. The 21 One-day lessons include topics ...