Fundamentals of Adobe ColdFusion MX

Objectives

This four day course enables delegates to come to understand the applications and limitations of ColdFusion while connecting and querying databases. The course also deploys the basic structure of content application framework


Pre-requisites:

Experience of HTML and an awareness of databases and of web servers.


Course Includes:

A comprehensive set of reference notes covering course topics, follow-up telephone support and, for training on Transmedia premises, lunch and refreshments.


Course Outline


Day 1


· Brief overview of the course objectives
· Introduction to multi-tier web architecture and server infrastructure
· ColdFusion Environment: working with the administration environment; introduction to ColdFusion Studio editing environment
· Discussion of problem posed by legacy systems and content
· Re-using existing content with the CFInclude statement
· Introduction to basic control logic in ColdFusion: If..if else..else; Switch...case; Variables
(Note: this module works best if the students can bring a copy of their websites on a CD)



Day 2


· Introdution to Database connectivity: ODBC; OLE; Com objects
· Data Sources in ColdFusion administrator
· Creating a select query
· Forms
· Introduction to the logic of SQL: Select; Insert; Update; Delete
· Other users SQL: Creating databases; creating tables; modifying existing tables; destroying databases
· Security and SQL









Day 3


· Working with other Servers: email; FTP; Directory; Files
· CFForms vs HTML forms- when to use which
· Working with Cookies
· Site architecture - the issues of scaling



Day 4


· Building the basic core of the students' application goal. This day is agreed on the first day and topics will be added as appropriate