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Adobe ColdFusion MX 7: Level 1: Fast Track to ColdFusion

CF-MX7-1      Course duration (days): 3
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About this class

This course provides experienced Web developers with the knowledge and hands-on experience they need to build and maintain dynamic and interactive web applications using ColdFusion MX 7.

Who will the lesson benefit?

This course is designed for those people who are responsible for the design and development websites, and are new to the Macromedia ColdFusion platform.

What prerequisites are required

  • 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

Contents of this class

Course Overview

  • About the Course

What delegates will learn

  • Course Prerequisites
  • Course Format
  • Internet Applications: The Big Picture

Introducing ColdFusion MX

  • Advantages of Dynamic pages
  • ColdFusion Markup Language (CFML)
  • ColdFusion MX Components and Features

Getting Started

  • Working with ColdFusion MX
  • Exploring Dreamweaver MX
  • Developing ColdFusion Applications
  • ColdFusion MX variables
  • Displaying variables
  • Using ColdFusion MX Functions
  • Commenting Your Code

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

Reusing Templates

  • Reusing Code
  • cfinclude
  • Creating ColdFusion MX Mappings
  • Using Custom Tags
  • Using User-Defined Functions
  • ColdFusion Components

Building Forms with ColdFusion MX

  • Understanding HTML forms
  • Enabling Debug Output
  • ColdFusion MX and forms
  • Conditional Processing
  • Testing Submitting Forms
  • Evaluating Form Variables
  • Dynamically Populating SELECT Controls

Building Search Interfaces

  • Using Form Data in Queries
  • Using Multiple Criteria
  • Text Searches
  • List Searches

Building a Data Drill-Down Interface

  • Using Dynamic URL Parameters
  • Data Drill-Down

Inserting New Data

  • Building an Insert Interface
  • Building an Insert Form Page
  • Server-Side Validation
  • Building an Insert Action Page
  • Redirecting a URL

Updating Data

  • Updating Database Data
  • Building an Update Form Page
  • Server-Side Validation
  • Building an Insert Action Page
  • Redirecting a URL

Maintaining Session State

  • Addressing the Web's Statelessness
  • The Application Framework
  • Application.cfm Variables