ColdFusion MX Bible

If ColdFusion MX can do it, you can do it too . . .

As e-business continues to grab market share, you're continually challenged to create faster, cheaper, and more reliable e-commerce Web applications. ColdFusion MX offers the quickest, most reliable way to build and deploy them, and this comprehensive reference guides you from writing your first application all the way through the complexities of integrating with Web services, Flash, Java, COM, and XML. From installation to database connection configuration, from tag and function usage to code reuse, it's like having your personal team of experts on call.

Inside, you'll find complete coverage of ColdFusion MX

• Create highly interactive, database-driven Web sites with ColdFusion's intuitive, tag-based programming language
• Build and deploy content publishing systems, online stores, business reporting applications, self-service solutions, and more
• Easily create and use Web services and ColdFusion Components
• Integrate applications with other technologies like Java, COM, and XML
• Learn how - and why - to document your code, handle source version control, and integrate security, testing, and performance
• Discover how to use ColdFusion with databases, Web services, and Flash Remoting
• Extend ColdFusion applications with features like task scheduling, file operations, Verity text searching, and charting
• Bonus CD-ROM
• Trial versions of Adalon Developer Edition, CommerceBlocks, DataFactory, LoRCAT, SourceOffSite, and Macromedia ColdFusion Server MX, plus other software
• Author files, code listings and samples, and real-world applications you can use
• Searchable e-version of the book

Contents

• Introducing ColdFusion MX
• Writing Your First ColdFusion MX Application
• Using ColdFusion MX Tags and Functions
• Understanding Servers and Clients
• Learning a Little SQL
• Using ColdFusion Forms
• Testing Your Code

• Database Design Issues
• Putting Databases to Work
• Using Advanced Database Techniques
• More Advanced Database Techniques

• Understanding ColdFusion Variables
• Constructing Flow Control
• Creating Lists and Arrays
• Working with Structures
• Scripting ColdFusion with CFSCRIPT
• Building User-Defined Functions
• Writing Custom Tags
• Maintaining State
• Form Validation
• Handling Exceptions

• Understanding ColdFusion MX Components
• Building Your First ColdFusion Components
• Migrating Custom Tags and UDFs to Components
• Building Web Services with ColdFusion MX
• Flash Remoting Services
• Using Server-Side ActionScript

• Integrating ColdFusion MX and Java
• Integrating COM
• Integrating ColdFusion MX with XML and WDDX
• Communicating via Mail, FTP, and HTTP

• Adding Useful ColdFusion MX Features to Your Application
• Charting Data with ColdFusion MX
• Leveraging Nifty Custom Tags
• Tools to Enhance the Development Environment

• Documenting Your Code
• Fusebox Basics
• Advanced Fusebox
• Handling Source-Code Version Control
• Integrating Security
• ColdFusion Studio and HomeSite+ Tips and Tricks
• Testing and Performance

• An Overview of ColdFusion MX Administrator
• Configuration Tips and Tricks

• Introduction to the Language Reference
• Designing Your Application Framework
• General Use Tags and Functions
• Working with Variables
• Flow Control
• Exception Handling
• Forms
• Databases and Queries
• Custom Tags
• ColdFusion Scripting
• Working with Systems Outside ColdFusion
• Controlling Server Output and Whitespace
• Verity
• Mail
• Charting, Reporting, and Logging
• Files and Directories
• The Registry
• Security
• Functions, Components, & Web Services