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ColdFusion 8 Beyond the Basics

with David Gassner

ColdFusion 8 Beyond the Basics demonstrates how to utilize ColdFusion 8 to its full potential, from setting up a project to using ColdFusion Components and sessions in a shopping cart application. Instructor David Gassner leaves no stone unturned as he teaches advanced techniques, including how to use ColdFusion 8 with Flash forms and PDFs, create presentations with imported audio and video, and work with XML files. Exercise files accompany the tutorials.

Topics include:

Using the CFEclipse development environment
Using advanced data types
Building and debugging ColdFusion Components
Using the ColdFusion Extensions for Eclipse
Managing multiple exception types
Working with external services
Setting up ColdFusion to work with Flash and PDF files
Using the AJAX Application wizard
Creating presentations with ColdFusion 8

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author: David Gassner
subject: Developer, Web, Servers, Web Development
software: ColdFusion 8
level: Intermediate

duration: 6h 52m
released: Oct 23, 2007

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Introduction 5m 18s

Welcome 57s

Overview 4m 21s

1. Getting Started 25m 41s

Installing the required software 3m 7s

Installing Eclipse 3m 51s

Installing the ColdFusion Extensions for Eclipse 4m 14s

Installing and configuring CFEclipse 2m 14s

Installing the exercise files and database 1m 39s

Installing the exercise database 4m 26s

Setting up a project and testing the installation 6m 10s

2. Using Advanced Data Types 57m 21s

Understanding arrays 5m 23s

Manipulating arrays 5m 57s

Looping through arrays 4m 13s

Understanding structures 5m 52s

Combining advanced data types 4m 23s

Converting queries to arrays of structures 8m 48s

Assigning variables by value or reference 5m 42s

Reviewing the Application Framework 7m 44s

Using J2EE sessions 5m 47s

Storing complex session data in server-based memory 3m 32s

3. Building and Debugging ColdFusion Components 42m 57s

Creating a ColdFusion component with CFEclipse 6m 0s

Wrapping database functionality in CFCs 6m 59s

Calling CFC methods with ‹cfinvoke› and CreateObject() 5m 18s

Passing CFC arguments with ‹cfinvokeargument› 5m 5s

Passing CFC arguments with positional syntax 3m 55s

Passing CFC arguments with argumentCollection 4m 34s

Configuring the ColdFusion 8 line debugger 4m 11s

Using the ColdFusion debugger to inspect data 6m 55s

4. Using the ColdFusion Extensions for Eclipse 45m 17s

Using the CFC Value Object wizard 4m 49s

Understanding the Value Object design pattern 3m 27s

Understanding the DAO design pattern 3m 21s

Understanding the Gateway design pattern 3m 55s

Retrieving data with Gateway methods 5m 30s

Presenting in a data entry form with Gateway objects 5m 42s

Updating data with a Gateway method 6m 29s

Inserting data with a Gateway method 4m 15s

Deleting data with a Gateway method 4m 11s

Understanding the Active Record design pattern 3m 38s

5. Using CFCs and Sessions in a Shopping Cart Application 32m 3s

Setting up the application 4m 12s

Displaying the item catalog 5m 3s

Creating the shopping cart CFC 5m 30s

Adding items to the shopping cart 6m 7s

Displaying the shopping cart count 2m 57s

Displaying the shopping cart contents 3m 52s

Removing items from the shopping cart 4m 22s

6. Structured Exception Handling 12m 10s

Using ‹cftry› and ‹cfcatch› to manage exceptions 2m 57s

Debugging exceptions 4m 42s

Managing multiple exception types 4m 31s

7. Working with External Services 45m 33s

Understanding XML 3m 28s

Creating XML files 9m 9s

Retrieving XML-based data with ‹cfhttp› 3m 51s

Parsing XML with XMLParse() 2m 37s

Getting data from XML 8m 1s

Creating a SOAP-based web service with a CFC 5m 7s

Calling a web service with ‹cfinvoke› 6m 8s

Retrieving RSS-based data feeds with ‹cffeed› 7m 12s

8. Working with Flash Forms 25m 15s

Building a simple Flash form 7m 27s

Laying out Flash forms 4m 51s

Presenting data in a Flash-based data grid 5m 42s

Binding data in Flash forms 4m 19s

Using ActionScript in Flash forms 2m 56s

9. Working with Images 24m 6s

Getting image information 6m 0s

Changing the size of an image 6m 2s

Changing the borders on an image 3m 34s

Rotating an image 2m 33s

Telling computers and humans apart with a CAPTCHA image 5m 57s

10. Working with Acrobat PDF Documents 18m 59s

Generating PDF documents with ‹cfdocument› 6m 5s

Customizing PDF documents with dynamic data 8m 9s

Collecting data from PDF documents 4m 45s

11. Creating AJAX-Style Applications 30m 39s

ColdFusion and AJAX 1m 35s

Creating an application with the AJAX Application wizard 7m 19s

Using the generated AJAX application 4m 13s

Creating dynamic menus with ‹cfmenu› 5m 2s

Using ‹cflayout› and ‹cflayoutarea› 3m 42s

Using ‹cfpod› to create defined pods in a layout area 3m 37s

Using an AJAX-style data grid 5m 11s

12. Creating ColdFusion Presentations 11m 45s

Understanding ColdFusion presentations 4m 5s

Adding notes to presentation slides 1m 17s

Searching presentation slides 1m 59s

Adding audio to a presentation slide 2m 4s

Adding video to a presentation slide 2m 20s

Conclusion 40s

Goodbye 40s

Appendix A 34m 50s

Installing ColdFusion 8 on Windows 7m 31s

Installing ColdFusion 8 on Mac OS X 9m 5s

Testing the ColdFusion installation 4m 49s

Installing MySQL on Windows 4m 17s

Installing MySQL tools on Windows 3m 18s

Installing MySQL on Mac OS X 3m 13s

Installing MySQL tools on Mac OS X 2m 37s

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