Fast Track to Adobe ColdFusion 10

1. Course Overview

• About the Course
• Course Objectives
• Course Prerequisites
• Course Format

2. Getting Started with ColdFusion

• Basics of Dynamic Web Pages
• ColdFusion Overview
• Exploring Dreamweaver CS3
• Creating ColdFusion Variables
• Displaying Variable Values
• Including Files
• Commenting Code
• Implementing Best Practices

3. Publishing Database Content

• Connecting to a Database
• Querying a Database Table
• Viewing Debug Data
• Dumping a Recordset to a Browser
• Displaying Database Data
• Using the Dynamic Table Tool
• Using the Resultset Structure Data
• Using ColdFusion Functions
• Implementing Best Practices

4. Building Forms with ColdFusion

• HTML Forms and Form Controls
• Enabling Debug Output
• Self-Posting Forms
• Determining Form Submission with IsDefined()
• Evaluating Form Variables with cfparam
• ColdFusion Forms
• Implementing Best Practices

5. Building Search Interfaces

• Using Form Data in Dynamic Queries
• Preserving Form Data
• Creating Dynamic SQL for Multiple Search Criteria
• Using Text Searches
• Using List Searches
• Implementing Best Practices

6. Building a Drill-Down Interface

• Using Dynamic URL Parameters
• Creating a Query String
• Creating a Data Drill-Down
• Creating On-the-Fly PDF Documents
• Displaying Data in a Tabbed Interface
• Implementing Best Practices

7. Inserting New Data

• Building an Insert Interface
• Building an Insert FORM Page
• Using ColdFusion Validation
• Using Client-Side Validation
• Using Server-Side Validation
• Creating Custom validation
• Building Insert ACTION Logic
• Using with INSERT
• Redirecting Process Flow

8. Updating Data

• Building an Update FORM Page
• Providing the Primary Key for Update
• Building Update Logic
• Deleting Records from the Database

9. Reusing Templates

• Reusing Code
• Using Custom Tags
• Using User-Defined Functions (UDFs)
• Finding UDFs
• ColdFusion Components (CFCs)
• Finding CFCs

10. Securing an Application

• Addressing the Web's Statelessness
• Using the Application Framework
• Using Application Events
• Using Application Variables
• Using Session Variables