Macromedia ColdFusion MX 7 Certified Developer Study Guide
Macromedia ColdFusion MX 7 Certified Developer Study Guide
ISBN: 0321330110
EAN: 2147483647
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2004
Pages: 389
Pages: 389
Authors: Ben Forta
- 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
- SYMBOL
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
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- Q
- R
- S
- T
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Macromedia ColdFusion MX 7 Certified Developer Study Guide
ISBN: 0321330110
EAN: 2147483647
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2004
Pages: 389
Pages: 389
Authors: Ben Forta