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Macromedia ColdFusion MX 7 Certified Developer Study Guide

ISBN: 0321330110
EAN: 2147483647

Year: 2004
Pages: 389

Authors: Ben Forta

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• macromedia COLDFUSION MX 7 CERTIFIED Developer Study Guide
• Table of Contents
• Copyright
• ABOUT THE AUTHOR
• ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
• Introduction
• What Is the Certified Coldfusion Developer Exam?
• The Macromedia Certified Professional Program
• About the Exam
• HOW TO USE THIS BOOK
• Where To Go from Here
• Part1.The Basics
• Chapter1.Web Technology and Terminology
• The Basics
• The Internet
• The World Wide Web
• Application Servers
• ColdFusion Fundamentals
• Summary
• Chapter2.Working with Variables and Expressions
• Understanding Variables and Expressions
• Variables and Type
• Variable Prefixes
• Using Local Variables
• Dumping Variable Contents
• Functions
• Strings
• Summary
• Chapter3.Conditional Processing
• What Is Conditional Processing?
• Performing Conditional Processing
• Summary
• Chapter4.Looping
• What Is Looping?
• Using cfloop with cfoutput
• Nested Loops
• Summary
• Chapter5.Redirects and Reuse
• Redirects
• Using Redirection
• Using HTTP Headers
• Reuse
• Generating Non-HTML Content
• Summary
• Chapter6.The Application Framework
• What Is the Application Framework?
• Summary
• Chapter7.Using Databases
• How to Connect to Databases
• Connecting to the Database
• Simplified Database Connectivity
• Displaying Data
• Grouping Data with cfoutput
• Querying Queries
• Summary
• Part2.Variables and Expressions
• Chapter8.URL Variables
• What Is a URL Variable?
• How Are URL Variables Created?
• What Is the Scope of a URL Variable?
• Using URL Variables
• Summary
• Chapter9.FORM Variables
• What Is a FORM Variable?
• How Are FORM Variables Created?
• Building Database-Driven Form Elements
• Validating Form Fields
• What Is the Scope of a FORM Variable?
• The Action Page
• Summary
• Chapter10.APPLICATION and SERVER Variables
• Understanding APPLICATION and SERVER Variables
• APPLICATION Variable Scope
• Creating APPLICATION Variables
• Creating SERVER Variables
• Summary
• Chapter11.Session State Management
• What Is Session State Management?
• Cookies
• SESSION Variables
• CLIENT Variables
• Which Variables Should I Use?
• Summary
• Chapter12.Locking
• Understanding Locking
• Using cflock
• Dealing with Deadlocks
• Summary
• Part3.Data Types
• Chapter13.Lists
• Understanding Lists
• Working with Lists
• Using Lists
• Summary
• Chapter14.Arrays
• Understanding Arrays
• Using Arrays
• Multidimensional Arrays
• Summary
• Chapter15.Structures
• Structures Defined
• Looping Over Structures
• Internal Structures
• Combining Complex Data
• Structures as Pointers
• Queries as Structures
• Summary
• Part4.User Interface Data Presentation
• Chapter16.Flash Forms
• Understanding Flash Forms
• Using Flash Forms
• Summary
• Chapter17.XForms
• Understanding XForms
• Using XForms
• Summary
• Chapter18.Printing
• Introducing cfdocument
• Using cfdocument
• cfdocument Child Tags
• Summary
• Chapter19.Reporting
• Understanding cfreport and the ColdFusion Report Builder
• Using The ColdFusion Report Builder
• Running Your Reports
• Additional Reporting Options
• Summary
• Chapter20.Graphing
• Introducing ColdFusion Graphing
• Building Basic Charts
• Formatting Charts
• Advanced Charting
• Summary
• Part5.Advanced ColdFusion
• Chapter21.Scripting
• cfscript
• Variable Assignment
• Conditional Processing
• Looping
• Invoking Objects
• Creating Functions
• Error Handling
• Summary
• Chapter22.Dynamic Functions
• Using Dynamic Functions
• Summary
• Chapter23.Stored Procedures
• Using Stored Procedures
• cfquery Versus cfstoredproc
• Using cfstoredproc
• Summary
• Chapter24.Transactions
• Using Transactions
• cftransaction
• Controlling Commits
• Summary
• Chapter25.Debugging
• ColdFusion Debugging
• Manual Debugging
• Using Log Files
• Summary
• Chapter26.Error Handling
• Understanding ColdFusion Error Handling
• Exception Handling
• cferror and Exceptions
• cferror and cftry Together
• Sitewide Error Handler
• Summary
• Chapter27.Application Security
• Understanding ColdFusion Security
• Implementing Application Security
• Using Application Security
• Advanced Security Options
• Summary
• Part6.Extending ColdFusion
• Chapter28.Custom Tags
• What Is a Custom Tag?
• Why Use Custom Tags?
• Simple Custom Tags
• Calling Custom Tags
• Attributes
• CALLER Scope
• Summary
• Chapter29.Advanced Custom Tags
• What Are Advanced Custom Tags?
• Tag Pairs
• Tag Families
• cfassociate
• Summary
• Chapter30.User-Defined Functions
• Understanding User-Defined Functions
• Tag-Based UDFs
• cfscript-Based UDFs
• Using UDFs
• Advanced UDF Use
• Organizing UDFs
• Summary
• Chapter31.ColdFusion Components
• Understanding ColdFusion Components
• Creating ColdFusion Components
• Invoking ColdFusion Components
• Advanced ColdFusion Component Use
• Securing ColdFusion Components
• Documenting ColdFusion Components
• Summary
• Chapter32.Web Services
• Understanding Web Services
• Consuming Web Services
• Creating Web Services
• Summary
• Chapter33.Java, COM, CORBA
• Extending CF with Other Technologies
• Using Java
• Using COM
• Using CORBA
• Using CFX
• Summary
• Chapter34.XML
• Understanding XML
• XML in ColdFusion
• Advanced XML
• Summary
• Chapter35.WDDX
• XML and WDDX
• cfwddx
• Using WDDX with Other Technologies
• Summary
• Chapter36.Flash Remoting
• Understanding Flash Remoting
• Using Flash Remoting
• Summary
• Chapter37.Event Gateways
• Understanding Event Gateways
• Using Gateways
• The SMS Gateway
• Summary
• Part7.Services and Protocols
• Chapter38.Full-Text Searching
• Understanding Full-Text Searching
• Verity Collections
• Creating a Search Interface
• Summary
• Chapter39.System Integration
• Server File Management
• Registry Integration
• Executing from the Command Line
• Summary
• Chapter40.Scheduling and Event Execution
• Scheduling Events in ColdFusion
• Alternative Scheduling Options
• Summary
• Chapter41.Email Integration
• Sending Mail with ColdFusion
• Retrieving POP Mail
• Troubleshooting ColdFusion Mail
• Summary
• Chapter42.LDAP
• Understanding LDAP
• Connecting to LDAP
• Summary
• Chapter43.Other Internet Protocols
• Using HTTP Agents
• FTP Agents
• Summary
• Part8.Databases
• Chapter44.Basic SQL
• Database Basics
• The SELECT Statement
• The INSERT Statement
• The UPDATE Statement
• The DELETE Statement
• Summary
• Chapter45.Joins
• Understanding Relational Database Design
• Understanding Joins
• Summary
• Chapter46.Aggregates
• Understanding Aggregate Functions
• Using Aggregate Functions
• Grouping Results
• Filtering Results
• Summary
• Chapter47.Advanced Database Features
• Constraints
• Understanding Indexes
• Stored Procedures
• Triggers
• Summary
• Chapter48.Improving Performance
• Eliminating Unnecessary Database Access
• Using Bind Parameters
• Summary
• Part9.Tuning and Optimization
• Chapter49.Application Performance Tuning and Optimization
• Employing Effective ColdFusion Coding
• Letting the Database Do Its Job
• Using cfcache
• Measuring Performance
• Improving Perceived Response Time
• Summary
• Chapter50.Server Performance Tuning
• The Operating System
• The Web Server
• The Application Server
• Separate Servers for Separate Tasks
• Specific Tuning Techniques (ColdFusion Administrator Settings)
• Server Performance Monitoring
• Server Settings Summary
• Summary
• Part10.Appendix
• AppendixA.Answers
• Chapter 1
• Chapter 2
• Chapter 3
• Chapter 4
• Chapter 5
• Chapter 6
• Chapter 7
• Chapter 8
• Chapter 9
• Chapter 10
• Chapter 11
• Chapter 12
• Chapter 13
• Chapter 14
• Chapter 15
• Chapter 16
• Chapter 17
• Chapter 18
• Chapter 19
• Chapter 20
• Chapter 21
• Chapter 22
• Chapter 23
• Chapter 24
• Chapter 25
• Chapter 26
• Chapter 27
• Chapter 28
• Chapter 29
• Chapter 30
• Chapter 31
• Chapter 32
• Chapter 33
• Chapter 34
• Chapter 35
• Chapter 36
• Chapter 37
• Chapter 38
• Chapter 39
• Chapter 40
• Chapter 41
• Chapter 42
• Chapter 43
• Chapter 44
• Chapter 45
• Chapter 46
• Chapter 47
• Chapter 48
• Chapter 49
• Chapter 50
• Index
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• B
• C
• D
• E
• F
• G
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• I
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