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Fast Track to ColdFusion MX

Overview: Fast Track to ColdFusion MX is a 3-day course that provides experienced Web developers with the knowledge and hands-on practice they need to start building and maintaining dynamic and interactive Web applications using ColdFusion MX.

Pre-requisites: to gain the most from this class you should already:

• A familiarity with Web terminology
• Understand Web server characteristics
• Have experience with the HTML tag set and syntax
• Be familiar with the SQL command set, including SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, and DELETE

Course Content

Course Overview

• About the Course
• Course Objectives
• Course Prerequisites
• Course Format
• Internet Applications: The Big Picture

Introducing ColdFusion MX

• Advantages of Dynamic pages
• ColdFusion Markup Language (CFML)
• ColdFusion MX Components and Features

Getting Started

• Working with ColdFusion MX
• Exploring Dreamweaver MX
• Developing ColdFusion Applications
• ColdFusion MX variables
• Displaying variables
• Using ColdFusion MX Functions
• Commenting Your Code

Publishing Database Content

• Connecting to a database
• Querying a database Table
• Viewing Debug Data
• Displaying Database Data
• Renaming Query Columns
• Using the Dynamic Table Tool
• Additional Information Returned with Queries

Reusing Templates

• Reusing Code
• <cfinclude>
• Creating ColdFusion MX Mappings
• Using Custom Tags
• Using User-Defined Functions
• ColdFusion Components

Building Forms with ColdFusion MX

• Understanding HTML forms
• Enabling Debug Output
• ColdFusion MX and forms
• Conditional Processing
• Testing Submitting Forms
• Evaluating Form Variables
• Dynamically Populating SELECT Controls

Building Search Interfaces

• Using Form Data in Queries
• Using Multiple Criteria
• Text Searches
• List Searches

Building a Data Drill-Down Interface

• Using Dynamic URL Parameters
• Data Drill-Down

Inserting New Data

• Building an Insert Interface
• Building an Insert Form Page
• Server-Side Validation
• Building an Insert Action Page
• Redirecting a URL

Updating Data

• Updating Database Data
• Building an Update Form Page
• Server-Side Validation
• Building an Insert Action Page
• Redirecting a URL

Maintaining Session State

• Addressing the Web's Statelessness
• The Application Framework
• Application.cfm Variables
• <cflogin>

External links: Adobe