Advanced ColdFusion MX Development

Highlander
London, York, United Kingdom

Course Format: Classroom | E-learning | Virtual Class | Online | On-site | Blended | Self-paced

Course Description:

'' This is a 3-day course that provides experienced ColdFusion application developers with the knowledge and hands-on practice they need to build, maintain, and scale effective Web applications.

Topics


Review and Extend Custom Tags
Test and Debug Applications
Work with Complex Data Types
Build Structured Exception Handling
Create Web Agents
Syndicate Web Content
Improve the Database Connection
Objectives

Upon completion of this course, students should be able to:


Review the benefits of custom tags, and, how to create and utilize them in an application
Efficiently utilize all features of the Interactive Debugger during the development of an application
Understand, create and manipulate complex data types within an application
Build structured exception handling within an application
Extend reusability for custom tags through nesting, sub tag processing and
Create and integrate web agents into an application using
Syndicate web content with a better understanding of XML and WDDX
Improve database connectivity through better coding strategies
Course Prerequisites

To gain the most from this class, you should already have:


Attended the FastTrack to ColdFusion course
Three months experience developing and deploying ColdFusion Web applications
Practical experience using CFML tags, functions, and variables
Practical experience with the SQL command set, including SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, and DELETE
Course Outline

Unit 1: Introducing the Course


About the Course
Course Objectives
Course Prerequisites
Course Format
Internet Applications: The Big Picture
Macromedia Training
Unit 2: Creating Advanced Queries


The Query Object
Toolbox: ‹cfdump›
Summarizing and Grouping Data
Transaction Processing
Querying a Query
Query Caching
Unit 3: Manipulating Data With Structures


Understanding Structures
Creating Structures
Manipulating Structures With Functions
Toolbox: Variable Naming Conventions
Looping Over Structures
Using Built-in ColdFusion Data Structures
Dynamically Evaluating Variables
Unit 4: Working With Lists and Arrays


Understanding Lists
Understanding Arrays
Manipulating Arrays With Functions
Looping Over Arrays
Combining Data Structures
Accessing Data by Value or Reference
Unit 5: Persisting Data Across Pages


Persistent Variables
Application Variables
Locking Shared-Scope Variables
HTTP Cookie Variables
Session Variables
Client Variables
Toolbox: WDDX
Unit 6: Building User-Defined Functions


Introducing User-Defined Functions
Creating User-Defined Functions
Using Variables in Functions
Passing Arguments to UDFs
Storing UDFs
Unit 7: Structuring Applications With ColdFusion Components


Introducing ColdFusion Components
Creating a Static Component
Using CFC Self-Generating Documentation
Invoking CFC Methods
Instance-Based Components
Creating Instance-Based Components
Persisting CFC Instances
Unit 8: Reusing Code With Custom Tags


Understanding Custom Tags
Custom Tag Attributes
Setting Results on the Calling Page
Calling Custom Tags
Toolbox: Graphing Data With ‹cfchart›
Using Custom Tags With End Tags (optional)
Unit 9: Handling Errors


Introducing Error Handling
Customizing Application Error Messages
Understanding the Try/Catch Methodology
Error-Handling Strategies
Unit 10: Searching With Verity


Searching Documents Using Verity
Toolbox: Self-Posting Forms
Searching Record Sets Using Verity
Comparing Document and Record-Set Searching
Beyond Verity Basics
Unit 11: Exchanging Data Across the Internet


Exchanging Data Over the Internet
Introducing ‹cfhttp›
Retrieving Text With ‹cfhttp›
Retrieving WDDX Packets With ‹cfhttp›
Introducing XML
Creating XML Documents
Retrieving XML Data From XML Documents
Using Web Services ...''

Phone:0870 330 9900

School Address:

Tel: 0870 330 9900
Fax: 0870 330 9911

Highlander PLC
The IT Centre
York Science Park
Heslington
York
YO10 5DG

Lloyds Court
1 Goodman’s Yard
London
E1 8AT
UK

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