We offer 2 Adobe Authorized Training
Courses for ColdFusion 8:
Course 1) ColdFusion 8: Fast Track.
This is a 3 day introductory training course to ColdFusion
8.
Ideal for beginners or people with little experience
in ColdFusion
Course 2) ColdFusion 8: Advanced
Development. This is a 3 day training course which teaches an
experienced ColdFusion developer how to get the most out of their
ColdFusion server and application.
We currently offer public ColdFusion training
classes in many cities around the country.
Click here to see a list of locations available.
COURSE OUTLINES
Fast
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Topics:
Setting up the ColdFusion development environment
Using ColdFusion 8
Publishing dynamic data using ColdFusion tags
Reusing common code
Building forms with ColdFusion 8
Building search interfaces
Building data drill-down interfaces
Accepting user information for updating and inserting data in databases
Incorporating JavaScript to perform client side validation
Securing web pages
Prerequisites:
To gain the most from this class, you should already:
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
Objectives:
Upon completion of this course, students should be able to:
Set up and manage the ColdFusion 8 development environment
Use ColdFusion Markup Language (CFML)
Connect to a database
Build queries that retrieve, insert, and update data dynamically
Perform client-side and server-side validation
Authenticate users and secure access to pages
Use local, query, form, and URL variables
Re-use code
Incorporate custom tags, user defined functions, and ColdFusion components
into your application
Create a search form
Build a data drill-down interface
Develop fully interactive, database-driven web applications
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Advanced ColdFusion 8 Advanced Development provides ColdFusion application developers with the knowledge and hands-on practice that they need to build, maintain, and scale effective web applications. Topics include using the Application Framework, creating advanced queries, manipulating complex data in arrays and structures, structuring your code with ColdFusion Components, gracefully handling errors and exceptions, encapsulating your user-interface with custom tags, leveraging external Java code libraries, and creating highly interactive interfaces using Flash Forms.
It includes optional content on exposing and reusing application functionality as web services and working with XML documents. This course focuses on creating and delivering scalable and well-performing applications.
Learning Objectives:
After completing the class the user will be able to build, maintain, and scale effective web applications using ColdFusion 8 Development Advanced.
Target Audience:
This course is for developers with prior ColdFusion experience. To take this course, you should have:
- Completed the Fast Track to ColdFusion 8 course, or other equivalent experience building ColdFusion applications.
- Experience developing web applications using ColdFusion for at least three months upon completion of the Fast Track to ColdFusion 8 course.
- Practical experience using CFML tags, functions, and variables.
- Practical experience with the SQL command set, including SELECT, INSERT, and UPDATE
Outline:
Unit 1: Introducing the Course
- Getting to know the course methodology and format
- Understanding the course objectives
- Understanding the course prerequisites
Unit 2: Configuring your Application
- Using the Application Framework
- Introducing CFC syntax
- Configuring application settings
- Handling application events
- Handling request events
- Locking shared scope variables
- Handling session events
Unit 3: Manipulating Lists and Queries
- Using lists
- Manipulating queries
- Summarizing and grouping data
- Transaction processing
- Querying a query
Unit 4: Manipulating Data with Arrays and Structures
- Using arrays
- Using structures
- Using built-in ColdFusion data structures
- Dynamically evaluating variables
- Combining data structures
- Accessing data by value or by reference
Unit 5: Building ColdFusion Components
- Reviewing ColdFusion Components
- Creating a static component
- Defining functions in components
- Invoking static CFC methods
- Using CFC self-generating documentation
- Creating instance based components
- Persisting CFC instances
- Using built-in components
- Inheriting methods, properties, and data between components
- Restricting access to component methods
Unit 6: Handling Errors and Exceptions
- Introducing error handling
- Customizing application error messages
- Understanding the try/catch methodology
- Learning about exception handling frameworks
Unit 7: Leveraging Code Reuse
- Writing code using <cfscript>
- Creating custom tags
- Nesting custom tags
- Using JSP tag libraries
- Calling a Java library
Unit 8: Creating Flash Forms
- Understanding Flash Forms
- Laying out Flash Forms
- Using data binding
- Working with a dynamic number of elements
- Setting default values for form fields
- Extending Flash Form interactivity with ActionScript
- Using <cfgrid>
- Controlling form appearance
- Extending Flash Forms with custom components
Unit 9: Scaling Applications
- Understanding performance, robustness, and scalability
- Effectively configuring the ColdFusion server
- Identifying scalability bottlenecks in your code
- Caching recordsets
- Using <cf_Accelerate> to cache generated page contents
- Caching entire page results
- Using asynchronous processes to improve performance
- Supporting concurrency
Unit 10: Interfacing with External Systems
- Retrieving data from web pages
- Retrieving external text
- Importing text into a query object
- Creating web services
- Calling external web services
Unit 11: Using XML
- Introducing XML
- Creating XML documents
- Application of XML: Really Simple Syndication (RSS)
- Retrieving XML data from XML documents
- Validating an XML document
- Referencing data from an XML Document object
- Transforming XML to HTML
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