ColdFusion: Fast Track

Delivery method
Classroom based, maximum 5 delegates

Course description
[b]Introduction to ColdFusion[/b]
• Advantages of dynamic web pages
• Using ColdFusion Markup language (CFML)
• ColdFusion components and features
• Configuring ColdFusion environments
• Creating a site with Dreamweaver
• Creating local variables with
• Displaying variable values using
• Commenting your code

[b]Publishing database content[/b]
• Understanding relational databases
• Using database drivers to connect to data sources
• ColdFusion Administration debugging
• Using the Dynamic Table tool
• Additional information returned with queries
• Using ColdFusion functions

[b]Building forms with ColdFusion[/b]
• Understanding HTML forms and form controls
• Enabling debug output
• Self-Posting forms
• Evaluating form variables
• Converting to ColdFusion forms

[b]Building search interfaces[/b]
• Using form data in dynamic queries
• Preserving form data
• Creating dynamic SQL
• Using multiple search criteria
• Creating a dynamic SQL statement
• Using text searches
• Using list searches

Suitable for
This course is designed to enable you to start building and maintaining dynamic and interactive web applications using ColdFusion.

Requirements
You should have attended the Introduction to HTML course at Media Training and have an understanding of web server characteristics. You should also have some experience of the SQL command set, including SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE AND DELETE. No ColdFusion experience is required.