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ColdFusion Training: Fast Track to ColdFusion MX7

• Single Student Price: $1,050.00 [discounts available]
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• Fast Track to Coldfusion MX7 Course Outline
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Overview

Fast Track to ColdFusion MX7 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 MX7.

Prerequisites

To gain the most from the class, you should already have:

• A familiarity with Web terminology
• An understanding of Web server characteristics
• Experience with the HTML tag set and syntax
• Familiarity with the SQL command set, including SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, and DELETE

Course Outline

Unit 1: Course Overview

• About the course
• Course objectives
• Course prerequisites
• Course format

Unit 2: Introducing ColdFusion

• Advantages of dynamic web pages
• Using ColdFusion Markup Language (CFML)
• ColdFusion Components and Features
• Configuring ColdFusion environments
• Creating a site with Dreamweaver MX 2004
• Creating local variables with <cfset>
• Referencing variables
• Displaying variable values using <cfoutput>
• Including files using the <cfinclude> tag
• Creating comments

Unit 3: Publishing Database Content

• Understanding Relational Databases
• Using Database Drivers to connect to data sources
• Understanding the <cfquery> tag
• ColdFusion Administrator debugging
• Using <cfoutput> to display database data
• Using the Dynamic Table Tool
• Additional information returned with queries
• Using ColdFusion Functions

Unit 4: Building Forms with ColdFusion

• Understanding HTML forms and form controls
• Enabling debug output
• Self-Posting forms
• Determining form submission with <cfif> and IsDefined()
• Evaluating form variables
• The <cfparam> tag
• Converting to ColdFusion forms
• Using <cfselect>

Unit 5: Building Search Interfaces

• Using form data in dynamic queries
• Preserving form data
• Creating dynamic SQL
• Using multiple search criteria
• Creating a dynamic SQL statement
• Using text searches
• Using list searches

Unit 6: Building a Drill-Down Interface

• Using Dynamic URL parameters
• Creating a Query String
• Dynamic URL Parameters
• Creating a data drill-down
• Data drill-down page

Unit 7: Inserting New Data

• Building an Insert FORM Page
• Using ColdFusion Validation
• Using Client-side Validation
• Using Server-side Validation
• Creating Custom validation
• Building Insert ACTION Logic
• Using <cfquery> with INSERT
• Redirecting Process Flow with the <cflocation> tag

Unit 8: Updating Data

• Building an Update FORM Page
• Providing the primary key for update
• Pre-Filling HTML Forms
• Building Update Logic with <cfquery>

Unit 9: Reusing Templates

• Reusing Code
• Using Custom Tags
• Using User-Defined Functions
• Finding UDFs
• ColdFusion Components
• Finding CFCs

Unit 10: Securing an Application

• Using the ColdFusion Login Wizard
• Understanding the Login Pages
• Customizing the Login
• Using the Application Framework
• Using Application Events
• Using Application Variables
• Using Session Variables

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