Fast Track to ColdFusion MX (3 days)
(Prices and course length may vary. Please check with your local training center for this information.)
Note: This outline is not final and is subject to change.
Description
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.
Topics
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- Setting up the ColdFusion development environment
- Using Dreamweaver MX
- Publishing dynamic data using ColdFusion tags
- Reusing common code
- Building forms with ColdFusion MX
- 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
Objectives
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Upon completion of this course, you should be able to:
- Set up and manage the ColdFusion MX 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
Prerequisites
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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
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Unit 1: Course Overview
- About the course
- Course objectives
- Course prerequisites
- Course format
- Internet Applications: The Big Picture
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Unit 2: Learning the Basics
- Advantages of dynamic pages
- ColdFusion Markup Language (CFML)
- ColdFusion MX Components and Features
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Unit 3: Getting Started
- Working with ColdFusion MX
- Exploring Dreamweaver MX
- Developing ColdFusion Applications
- ColdFusion MX Variables
- Displaying Variables
- Using ColdFusion MX Functions
- Commenting Your Code
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Unit 4: 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
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Unit 5: Reusing Templates
- Reusing Code
- ‹cfinclude›
- Creating ColdFusion MX Mappings
- Using Custom Tags
- Using User-Defined Functions
- ColdFusion Components
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Unit 6: Building Forms with ColdFusion MX
- Understanding HTML Forms
- Enabling Debug Output
- ColdFusion MX and Forms
- Conditional Processing
- Testing Submitted Forms
- Evaluating Form Variables
- Dynamically Populating SELECT Controls
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Unit 7: Building Search Interfaces
- Using Form Data in Queries
- Using Multiple Search Criteria
- Text Searches
- List Searches
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Unit 8: Building a Data Drill-Down Interface
- Using Dynamic URL Parameters
- Data Drill-Down
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Unit 9: Inserting New Data
- Building an Insert Interface
- Building an Insert Form Page
- Server-Side Validation
- Building an Insert Action Page
- Redirecting a URL
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Unit 10: Updating Data
- Updating Database Data
- Building an Update Form Page
- Pre-Filling HTML Forms
- Client-Side Validation
- Server- Side Versus Client-Side Validation
- Building an Update Action Page
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Unit 11: Maintaining Session State
- Addressing the Web's Statelessness
- The Application Framework
- Application.cfm Variables
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