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ADVANCED macromedia® COLDFUSION® MX 7 Application Development
By Ben Forta, Dain Anderson, Brian Baxter, Jeffrey Bouley, Raymond Camden, Adam Churvis, David Churvis, Ken Fricklas, Paul Hastings, Sam Neff, Robi Sen, Sarge Sargent, Jeff Tapper
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Publisher: Macromedia
Pub Date: April 25, 2005
Print ISBN: 0-321-29269-3
Pages: 1024

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		Copyright
		ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
		ABOUT THE AUTHORS
		Introduction
			Who Should Use This Book?
			How to Use This Book
		Part 1.  Creating High Availability Applications
			Chapter 1.  Understanding High Availability
				High Availability Explained
				How Do I Know My Server Load?
				The High-Availability Plan: Seven Must-Haves for Building High-Availability Solutions
				Some Truths about Web Hosting
				Active Site Monitoring
				The Quality of Service Guarantee
				What Next?
			Chapter 2.  Monitoring System Performance
				Monitoring Your ColdFusion MX 7 Server
				Active Monitoring
				Deciding What to Do Next
			Chapter 3.  Scaling with ColdFusion MX 7
				The Importance of Scaling
				Scaling Considerations
				How to Write ColdFusion MX 7 Applications That Scale
				Keeping Web Site Servers in Sync
				Multiple ColdFusion MX 7 Instances
				Hardware vs. Software Load Balancing Options
				Scaling with ColdFusion MX 7 Load Balancing
				Hardware Load-Balancing Options
				Finishing Up
			Chapter 4.  Scaling with J2EE
				Benefits of Deploying ColdFusion on J2EE Application Server
				Development Values of ColdFusion MX on J2EE
				How ColdFusion Lives on Top of Java Server
				Scaling with ColdFusion and JRun
				Scaling with Other Java Application Servers
				Tuning the Java Virtual Machine
				Summary
			Chapter 5.  Managing Session State in Clusters
				What Is Session State?
				The History of Managing State
				Options for Managing Session State
			Chapter 6.  Deploying Applications
				Deployment Options
				ColdFusion Archives
				J2EE Archives
				ColdFusion Compiler
				Choosing the Right Deployment Option
		Part 2.  Ensuring Security
			Chapter 7.  Understanding Security
				Security Risks
				Encryption
				Browser Validation
				Authentication and Authorization
			Chapter 8.  ColdFusion Security Options
				Operating System Security
				Web Server Security
				ColdFusion Security Framework
				ColdFusion Login Wizard Extension
			Chapter 9.  Creating Server Sandboxes
				Understanding Sandboxes
				Creating and Securing Applications Using Sandboxes
			Chapter 10.  Security in Shared and Hosted Environments
				Risks in the Shared Environment
				Securing RDS
				ColdFusion Sandbox
				Multiple Server Configurations
				Configuring ColdFusion for Multiple Hosts
				Other Issues
				Staying Informed
			Chapter 11.  Using the Administrator API
				Understanding the Admin API
				Building Custom Admin Consoles
				Security Implications for the Admin API
				Admin API Best Practices
		Part 3.  Advanced Application Development
			Chapter 12.  ColdFusion Scripting
				What Is <cfscript>?
				Implementing <cfscript>
				Common Problems and Solutions
				User-Defined Functions in <cfscript>
				Exception Handling in <cfscript>
			Chapter 13.  Using Regular Expressions
				Introducing Regular Expressions
				RegEx Support in ColdFusion
				Using Regular Expressions in ColdFusion
				Some Convenient RegEx UDFs
				Building a RegEx Testing Page
				Crafting Your Own Regular Expressions
				Learning More about Regular Expressions
			Chapter 14.  Working with XML
				XML Document Structure
				Parsing XML Documents
				Creating XML Objects
				Using Special Characters in XML
				XML Namespaces
				Validating XML
				More XML Resources
			Chapter 15.  Manipulating XML with XSLT and XPath
				Understanding XPath
				Transforming XML into Content by Using XSLT
				More XPath and XSLT Resources
			Chapter 16.  Using WDDX
				Introducing WDDX
				Using WDDX with ColdFusion
				Anatomy of a WDDX Packet
				Using WDDX Packets to Store Information in Files
				Other Places to Store WDDX Packets
				Exchanging WDDX Packets among Web Pages
				Binary Content in WDDX Packets
			Chapter 17.  Using JavaScript and ColdFusion Together
				A Crash Course in JavaScript
				Working with Form Elements
				Passing Variables to JavaScript
				Passing Data to JavaScript Using <cfwddx>
				Working with WDDX Packets in JavaScript
				Calling CFCs from JavaScript
				Passing Simple Variables to ColdFusion
			Chapter 18.  Creating Advanced Custom Tags
				Simple CFML Custom Tags: Back to Basics
				Paired Custom Tags
				Nested Custom Tags
				Creating an Advanced Custom Tag
				Where to Go From Here
			Chapter 19.  Creating Advanced ColdFusion Components
				A Review of CFCs
				CFC Syntax
				Calling CFCs
				Introspection
				Managing Components
				Persisting CFCs for Performance
				All This "Object" Stuff
				The THIS Scope
				Inheritance
				Persistence and Constructors
				Security
				CFC "Good" Practices
			Chapter 20.  XForms and CFML
				What's wrong with HTML Forms?
				The History of XForms
				What is XForms?
				Creating XForms in CFML
				XSL: The eXtensible Stylesheet Language
			Chapter 21.  Using Server-Side HTTP and FTP
				Overview
				<cfhttp>
				Putting <cfhttp> to Use
				<cfftp>
				Putting <cfftp> to Use
			Chapter 22.  Interacting with Directory Services
				Understanding LDAP
				Using <cfldap>
				Querying Public LDAP Servers
				Interacting with Directories
				Building an LDAP CFC
			Chapter 23.  ColdFusion and Globalization
				Why Go Global?
				What Is Globalization?
				Going Global
				Better G11N Practices
		Part 4.  Extending ColdFusion
			Chapter 24.  Creating and Consuming Web Services
				Understanding Web Services
				WSDL
				Creating Web Services
				Consuming Web Services
				Working with SOAP Requests
				Best Practices
			Chapter 25.  Integrating with .NET
				.NET Fundamentals
				.NET Web Service (Returning a Simple Type)
				.NET Web Service (Returning a Complex Type)
				ColdFusion Web Service (Returning a Complex Type)
				A Real-World Example
				Summing Up
			Chapter 26.  Extending ColdFusion with COM
			Chapter 27.  Integrating with Microsoft Office
				Document Properties
				Microsoft Jet
				Apache POI
				HTML, XML, and CSS
				Automation
			Chapter 28.  Extending ColdFusion with CORBA
			Chapter 29.  Extending ColdFusion with Java
				Using Java Class Objects
				Using Java Beans
				Using Tag Libraries
				Accessing the Underlying Servlet Context
				Integrating with Java Servlets and JSP Pages
				Integrating with EJBs
				Writing Java CFX Tags
			Chapter 30.  Extending ColdFusion with CFX
			Chapter 31.  Event Gateways
				What Is an Event Gateway?
				Creating a Simple Gateway Application
				Creating an Initiator Application Using the ColdFusion Gateway
				Debugging CFML Applications for Event Gateways
				Creating Your Own Custom Gateways
				A POP3 Custom Gateway
			Chapter 32.  Integrating with SMS and IM
				Understanding IM
				Defining IM Gateways
				Creating your First IM Application
				Creating Interactive Applications
				Understanding SMS
				Defining SMS Gateways
				Generating SMS Messages
				Responding to SMS Messages
				Extending Your Application Even Further
		Part 5.  Appendix
			Appendix A.  The WDDX.DTD File
		Index