Macromedia ColdFusion MX 7 Web Application Construction Kit

Description

With more than 75 of the Fortune 100 companies using it (and more than 10,000 organizations employing it worldwide), it's pretty much a given that if you're developing applications for the Web, you're going to need to know ColdFusion at some point! Not to worry: Macromedia ColdFusion MX 7 Web Application Construction Kit provides everything you need to start creating Web-based applications immediately - including the latest version of the ColdFusion Web Application Server and development environment. Author and ColdFusion master Ben Forta starts by covering the fundamentals of Web-based database design and then proceeds to show you how to do everything from create data-driven pages to build complete applications, implement security mechanisms, integrate with e-mail, interact with Macromedia Flash, and more. From design and installation to application deployment and troubleshooting, this guide's got ColdFusion covered, including all the features new to the latest version: structured business reports, rich forms, Enterprise Manager (which lets users cluster multiple ColdFusion servers on a single machine), and more!

CONTENTS:

Part 1 Getting Started
Introducing ColdFusion
Introducing Macromadia Dreamweaver MX 2004
Accessing the Coldfusion Administrator
Previewing the Coldfusion
Building the Databases
Introducing SQL
SQL Data Manipulation

Part 2 Using ColdFusion
Using ColdFusion
CFMAL Basics
Creating Data-Driven Pages
The Basics of Structured Development
ColdFusion Forms
Form Data Validation
Using Forms to Add or Change Data
Beyind HTML Forms: Flash and XForms
Graphing. Printing, and Reporting
Debugging and Troubleshooting

Part 3 Building ColdFusion Applications
Planning an Application
Introducing the Web Applicaton Framework
Working with Sessions
Securing your Applications
Building User-Defined Functions
Building Reusable Components
Improving the User Experience
Improving Performance
Intergrating with Macromedia Flash
Interacting with Email
Online Commerce

Part 4 Advanced ColdFusion
ColdFusion Server Configuration
More Abput SQL and Queries
Working with Stored Procedures
Error Handling
Generating Non-HTML Content
Interacting with the Operating System
Full-Text Searching
Event Scheduling
Managing Your Code
Development Frameworks