Macromedia ColdFusion MX
Training
Provided by The Virtual Training Company
Macromedia ColdFusion MX brings increased power and flexibility to web development. With ColdFusion Components, web developers can create modular, reusable code objects, and call them internally, or through web services. This training takes you step-by-step through ColdFusion components: planning, design patterns, method structure, and much more. Instructor Darcey Spears covers object-oriented language concepts like inheritance and packaging with components, and shows you how to publish and consume your components as web services. If you want to stay current as a ColdFusion developer, you need this training! To begin learning today, simply click one of the topics below.
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Macromedia ColdFusion MX
Introduction
- Welcome and Overview
- The Sample Application: "Where's Tom?"
- System Requirements: Local or Remote
Installation and Setup
- Installing ColdFusion MX 6.1
- ColdFusion Administrator and IIS Settings
- Development Environments
- Dreamweaver MX 2004 for Design
- Dreamweaver MX 2004 for Development
Planning the Application
- Application Architecture Considerations
- Requirements for "Where's Tom?"
- Site Map and Application Flowchart
- Planning for Components
Setting Up "Where's Tom?" for Development
- ColdFusion Development Methodologies
- Directory and File Structure
- Create a Site in Dreamweaver
- Basic Site Files
- The Stylesheet for "Where's Tom?"
Database Structure
- Overview of Database Structure
- Users Table
- Activities Table
- User_Activities and Locations Tables
- Activity_Supplies Table
- Table Relationships
- Creating a ColdFusion Datasource
Components and Conceptually
- Definition of a Component
- Example of a Component
- Why Use Components?
- Other Code Re-Use Choices
- Organizing "Where's Tom?" in Components
Building Your First CFC: User
- Create the User Component
- Method: insertUser pt. 1
- Method: insertUser pt. 2
- Method: updateUser
- Method: searchUser
- Method: getUserDetail
- Method: validateUser
Create a Protected Area
- Index Page
- Log-in Form pt. 1
- Log-in Form pt. 2
- Form Validation and User Validation
- Including the User Check
Component and Method Details
- Pseudo-Constructor Code
- Properties pt. 1
- Properties pt. 2
- Method Access: Package
- Method Access: Private
- Method Access: Public and Remote
- Forcing a Web Service Method Refresh
- Method Displayname/Hint/Name/Output/Roles
- Method Returntype
- Method Returntype as Component Name
- Method Arguments
- Method Code: Better User Design
Using Components in CFML
- Transient vs. Persistent References
- Component Location
- Object/Webservice Location
- Available Methods
- Arguments
- Web Services Attributes
- in CFML
- in: changeAim
- in: photo_op.cfm
- Invoking With Form Submission pt. 1
- Invoking With Form Submission pt. 2
- Form and Confirmation
- Invoking With URL Request
More Component Functionality
- Design Pattern: Composite Example
- Composite Example: Activity/User/Location
- Inheritence: Children of Activity.cfc
- Inheritence: mealActivity
- Inheritence: computerActivity
- Inheritence: Display in Inherited.cfm
- Polymorphism and Overriding: Meals
- Polymorphism and Overriding: Breakfast
- Polymorphism and Overriding: Lunch
- Packaging and CF Mapping
CFCs and Variables Scope
- Local "Variables" Scope
- Local "Variables" Inherited
- This Scope
- Function Local ("var") and Arguments
Basic XML
- Introducing Extensible Markup Language
- XML Well-Formed Documents
- Create an XML Document pt. 1
- Create an XML Document pt. 2
- Create the Menu: _main_build_menu.cfm
- Finish and Display the Menu
ColdFusion and Web Services
- Web Service Overview
- ColdFusion and WSDL Files
- ColdFusion and SOAP with Apache Axis
- Choosing a Service to Consume: UDDI Registries
- Amazon.com API and Developer's Kit
- Add Search to "Where's Tom?" - This is Now
- Invoking the Amazon.com Web Service
- Amazon Search Parameters
- Displaying the Search Results
Publishing a Web Service
- Deciding What "Where's Tom?" Will Offer
- Changing the Activity Component
- Publishing the Specifications
- Consuming "Where's Tom?" With Plain Text
- Consuming "Where's Tom?" With Style
- Conclusion
Credits
- About this Author
About The Training Provider: The Virtual Training Company
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