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ColdFusion 5 Web Application Construction Kit

Description

This book is written for anyone who wants to create cutting-edge Web-based applications.

If you are a Webmaster or Web page designer and want to create dynamic, data-driven Web pages, this book is for you. If you are an experienced database administrator who wants to take advantage of the Web to publish or collect data, this book is for you, too. If you are starting out creating your Web presence, but know you want to serve more than just static information, this book will help get you there. If you have used ColdFusion before and want to learn what's new in ColdFusion 5, this book is also for you. Even if you are an experienced ColdFusion user, this book provides you with invaluable tips and tricks and also serves as the definitive ColdFusion developer's reference.

This book teaches you how to create real-world applications that solve real-world problems. Along the way, you acquire all the skills you need to design, implement, test, and roll out world-class applications.

Both as a tutorial and as a reference, this is the fourth edition of what has become the standard ColdFusion book. And this new updated enhanced, and extended edition (over 50% bigger) improves upon what has made this the #1 selling ColdFusion book ever. Some of the new topics covered include using Macromedia UltraDev, Flash integration, development methodologies, project management and planning, and much more.

Enjoy, and good luck with ColdFusion!

Chapter listing

  • : Introduction
  • 1: Introduction to ColdFusion
  • 2: Installing ColdFusion and ColdFusion Studio
  • 3: Accessing the ColdFusion Administrator
  • 4: Previewing ColdFusion
  • 5: Building the Databases
  • 6: Introduction to SQL
  • 7: SQL Data Manipulation
  • 8: Introduction to ColdFusion Studio
  • 9: Using ColdFusion
  • 10: CFML Basics
  • 11: Creating Data Driven Pages
  • 12: ColdFusion Forms
  • 13: Form Data Validation
  • 14: Using Forms to Add or Change Data
  • 15: Debugging and Troubleshooting
  • 16: Using Macromedia Dreamweaver UltraDev with ColdFusion
  • 17: Planning an Application
  • 18: Working with Projects
  • 19: The Application Framework
  • 20: Working with Sessions
  • 21: Securing Your Applications
  • 22: Building Reusable Components
  • 23: Improving the User Experience
  • 24: Improving Performance
  • 25: Enhancing Forms with Java Applets
  • 26: Integrating with Macromedia Flash
  • 27: Graphing
  • 28: Interacting with Email
  • 29: Online Commerce
  • 30: ColdFusion Server Configuration
  • 31: Advanced SQL
  • 32: Working with Stored Procedures
  • 33: Error Handling
  • 34: Generating Non-HTML Content
  • 35: Interacting with the Operating System
  • 36: Full-Text Searching
  • 37: Event Scheduling
  • 38: Managing Your Code
  • 39: Development Methodologies
  • Appendix A: ColdFusion Tag Reference
  • Appendix B: ColdFusion Function Reference
  • Appendix C: Special ColdFusion Variables and Result Codes
  • Appendix D: Verity Search Language Reference
  • Appendix E: Sample Application Data Files

Books News

  • Jul 30, 2001: Within the first few days of shipping ranked #11 on the list of best-selling books on Amazon.com, and the only computer book on the Top 50 list.

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Sample Chapters

To give you a taste of what's new, here are some sample chapters from this new book (in PDF format):

CD-ROM

The CD-ROM contains all of the examples and source code used in this book (along with ColdFusion software and third party add-ons). The following file contains all the examples and data from the CD:

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