Rob Brooks-Bilson

Programming Coldfusion MX

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Produktbeschreibung

ColdFusion has enjoyed widespread use among developers as a powerful, easy-to-learn platform for creating and deploying dynamic web applications. ColdFusion's simple, tag-based language makes it easy to handle basic tasks, like processing form data and querying databases, but the language is also powerful enough to deliver highly scalable, robust applications. And now that Macromedia has integrated ColdFusion into its MX family of technologies, ColdFusion is capable of interacting with Flash MX applications, which opens up even more possibilities.

The first edition of this book has been praised as "the best reference book available on the subject." This new edition, Programming ColdFusion MX, 2nd Edition, goes even further, documenting new techniques for using ColdFusion MX 6.1 to develop and serve dynamic web page content. This exhaustive guide covers everything from the basics to advanced topics, with numerous examples that you can use for your own applications. Contents include:
* Sharing application data using the web application framework and shared scope variables
* Accessing databases, maintaining database records, and advanced database techniques such as drill-down queries, query caching, and query of queries
* Integrating applications with ColdFusion MX's new security framework
* Interacting with other data sources, including LDAP directories, email servers, and other web servers
* Extending ColdFusion with user-defined functions (UDFs), custom tags, and ColdFusion Components (CFCs)
* Advanced topics such as working with XML, consuming and producing web services, and integrating ColdFusion with Flash via Flash Remoting
* Reference material for all the tags and functions that comprise CFML, the ColdFusion Markup Language

Programming ColdFusion MX, 2nd Edition, covers ColdFusion MX 6.1, the latest release of ColdFusion, and is packed with advanced strategies, insider hints, tips, and tricks for creating effective web applications. If you are a ColdFusion developer, you need this book to help you make the most out of ColdFusion MX.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: O'Reilly Media
• 2nd ed.
• Seitenzahl: 1115
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. September 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 179mm x 51mm
• Gewicht: 1415g
• ISBN-13: 9780596003807
• ISBN-10: 0596003803
• Artikelnr.: 10686178

Autorenporträt

Rob Brooks-Bilson is a freelance writer and a senior technology manager at Amkor Technology, where he has worked since 1996. Rob's involvement with ColdFusion goes all the way back to version 1.5 and includes several large-scale projects, the creation of numerous open source custom tags, and more recently, the open source Common Function Library Project, where he coordinates several libraries of freely available functions. Rob is a member of Team Macromedia and is a frequent speaker at ColdFusion user groups and conferences. Rob also has his CF certification as a Macromedia Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5.0 Developer. Rob is the author of O'Reilly's Programming ColdFusion MX, 2nd Edition (covering CF MX 6.1). He has written several articles on ColdFusion for Intranet Design Magazine, CF Advisor, and CNET's Builder.com.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
What's New in ColdFusion MX
Readers of the First Edition
Audience
Organization
Conventions Used in This Book
Comments and Questions
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: Introducing ColdFusion
1.1 What Is ColdFusion?
1.2 ColdFusion Architecture
1.3 Getting Started with ColdFusion
Chapter 2: ColdFusion Basics
2.1 Getting Started
2.2 Datatypes
2.3 Variables
2.4 Expressions
2.5 Writing Output
2.6 Conditional Processing
2.7 Looping
2.8 Including Other Templates
Chapter 3: Passing Data Between Templates
3.1 Passing Parameters Via URL
3.2 Passing Data Using Forms
3.3 Dealing with Nonexistent Parameters
Chapter 4: Database Basics
4.1 Configuring Data Sources
4.2 Introducing cfquery
4.3 A Quick SQL Primer
4.4 Retrieving and Displaying Data
4.5 Sorting Query Results
4.6 Grouping Output
4.7 Looping Over a Query Result Set
4.8 Formatting Techniques
Chapter 5: Maintaining Database Records
5.1 Inserting Records
5.2 Updating Existing Records
5.3 Deleting Records
Chapter 6: Complex Datatypes
6.1 Lists
6.2 Arrays
6.3 Structures
6.4 Query Objects
Chapter 7: Maintaining State
7.1 Setting Up the Web Application Framework
7.2 Using Shared Scope Variables
7.3 Browser Redirection
7.4 Portal Example
Chapter 8: Security
8.1 Security Basics
8.2 Implementing Security from Scratch
8.3 Taking Advantage of ColdFusion MX's New Security Framework
Chapter 9: Error and Exception Handling
9.1 Basic Exception Handling
9.2 Custom Exception Handling
9.3 Rethrowing Exceptions
9.4 Error Handling Within the Web-Application Framework
9.5 Server-Wide Error Handling
Chapter 10: Dynamic Form Controls
10.1 Combining HTML and CFML Form Controls
10.2 Basic Input Controls
10.3 Textual Input
10.4 A Selection Control
10.5 Sliders
10.6 Grids
10.7 Trees
10.8 Preserving Input
10.9 Custom Controls
Chapter 11: Advanced Database Techniques
11.1 Display Techniques
11.2 Drilldown Queries
11.3 Query Caching
11.4 Advanced SQL
11.5 Query of Queries
11.6 Calling Stored Procedures
11.7 Transaction Processing
Chapter 12: Manipulating Files and Directories
12.1 Working with Directories
12.2 Dealing with Files
12.3 Performing FTP Operations
12.4 Executing Command-Line Programs
Chapter 13: Working with Email
13.1 Sending Email
13.2 Dealing with Undeliverable Email
13.3 Retrieving Messages
13.4 Building a Web-Based Email Client
Chapter 14: Interacting with Other Web Servers Using HTTP
14.1 Retrieving Information
14.2 Parsing Data
14.3 Generating Static HTML Pages
14.4 Posting Information
14.5 cfhttp Considerations
Chapter 15: Interfacing with LDAP-Enabled Directories
15.1 LDAP Basics
15.2 Querying an LDAP Directory
15.3 Modifying LDAP Entries
15.4 Modifying the Distinguished Name
Chapter 16: Working with the Verity Search Interface
16.1 Creating Collections
16.2 Populating Collections
16.3 Searching Collections
16.4 The Verity Search Language
16.5 Updating Collections
16.6 Maintaining Collections
16.7 Advanced Techniques
Chapter 17: Graphing and Charting
17.1 Creating a Simple Graph
17.2 Working with Dates
17.3 Charting Dynamic Data
17.4 Charting Multiple Data Series
17.5 Drilling Down on Graph Data
17.6 Saving Charts to a Variable
17.7 Working with the Chart Cache
Chapter 18: Regular Expressions in ColdFusion
18.1 Regular-Expression Syntax
18.2 Finding Strings
18.3 Replacing Strings
18.4 Backreferences
18.5 Useful Regular Expressions
18.6 Regular Expression Tester
Chapter 19: Scripting
19.1 Scripting Syntax
19.2 Writing Output
19.3 Flow Control and Looping
19.4 Error and Exception Handling
Chapter 20: User-Defined Functions
20.1 UDF Basics
20.2 Calling User-Defined Functions
20.3 Advanced Topics
20.4 Function Libraries
20.5 Script-Based UDFs
Chapter 21: Creating Custom Tags
21.1 Getting Started
21.2 Calling Custom Tags
21.3 Passing Data
21.4 Returning Data
21.5 Attribute Validation and Error Handling
21.6 Advanced Techniques
21.7 Protecting Your Tags
21.8 CFX Tags
Chapter 22: ColdFusion Components
22.1 Basic Concepts
22.2 Creating Components
22.3 Using Components
22.4 Advanced CFC Topics
Chapter 23: XML and WDDX
23.1 Working with XML
23.2 Using WDDX
Chapter 24: Web Services
24.1 Web Services Overview
24.2 Consuming Web Services
24.3 Producing Web Services
24.4 Web Services Security
Chapter 25: Working with the System Registry
25.1 Getting Registry Keys and Values
25.2 Setting Registry Keys and Values
25.3 Deleting Registry Keys and Values
Chapter 26: Using the ColdFusion Scheduler
26.1 Scheduling Tasks with the ColdFusion Administrator
26.2 Scheduling Tasks with cfschedule
26.3 Additional Considerations
Chapter 27: Interacting with COM, CORBA, and Java
27.1 Working with COM
27.2 Calling CORBA Objects
27.3 Integrating ColdFusion and Java
Chapter 28: Flash Remoting
28.1 Getting Started with Flash Remoting for ColdFusion MX
28.2 Interacting with ColdFusion Pages
28.3 Interacting with ColdFusion Components
28.4 Interacting with Server-Side ActionScript
28.5 Flash Remoting with Java Objects Hosted on the ColdFusion MX Server
Appendix A: Tag Reference
A.1 Tags by Type
A.2 Alphabetical List of Tags
Appendix B: Function Reference
B.1 Functions by Category
B.2 Alphabetical List of Functions
Appendix C: Example Database Tables
Appendix D: ColdFusion Resources
D.1 Official Macromedia Resources
D.2 Magazines
D.3 Mailing Lists
D.4 Blogs
D.5 Community Resources
D.6 User Groups
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