Advanced ColdFusion Training (2 days)

Advanced ColdFusion 8 Training Course Overview

Advanced ColdFusion 8 Training is an advanced ColdFusion class for experienced ColdFusion developers who want to learn to build more sophisticated, modular ColdFusion applications.

Advanced ColdFusion 8 Training Course Goals

• Learn to send email with ColdFusion
• Learn sophisticated data management techniques
• Learn to build and use Custom Tags
• Learn to build and use ColdFusion Components (CFCs)
• Learn to use <cflock> effectively
• Learn to handle errors properly
• Learn to create dynamic charts

Advanced ColdFusion 8 Training Course Prerequisites

Experience in the following areas is required:

• Basic ColdFusion as taught in Webucator's Introduction to ColdFusion 8 Training course.

Advanced ColdFusion 8 Training Course Outline

1. Managing Data
   1. Creating a User Administration Page
      1. Displaying Users
      2. Adding Users
      3. Editing and Deleting Users
      4. Controlling Access to the Page
   2. Allowing Users to Add and Edit Data
      1. Displaying Data
      2. Adding Data using Stored Procedures
      3. Editing and Deleting Data
   3. Conclusion
2. Custom Tags
   1. Calling Custom Tags
      1. thisTag Structure
   2. Storing Custom Tags
   3. Other Ways of Calling Custom Tags
      1. CFMODULE
      2. CFIMPORT
   4. Conclusion
3. ColdFusion Components
   1. CFC Basics
   2. Creating CFCs
   3. Storing CFCs
   4. Invoking CFCs
      1. Passing Argument Values
   5. Extending ColdFusion Components
   6. Application.cfc
      1. Application.cfc Methods
      2. Application.cfc Benefits
   7. Conclusion
4. Handling Errors
   1. Handling Exceptions
      1. Compiler Exceptions
      2. Runtime Exceptions
   2. cftry/cfcatch
      1. Exception Types
   3. Locking Code to Prevent Errors
      1. Race Conditions
      2. Named Locks
   4. Conclusion
5. ColdFusion and XML
   1. XML Functions
      1. Creating New XML Documents
      2. Searching XML Documents
      3. Validating XML Documents
   2. Processing RSS Feeds
      1. Processing RSS Feeds with XmlSearch()
      2. Processing RSS Feeds with XmlTransform()
   3. ColdFusion and WDDX
      1. <cfwddx>
      2. WDDX vs. Web Services
   4. Conclusion

Advanced ColdFusion 8 Training Course Materials

In addition to a comprehensive set of materials, including course notes and all the programming examples, each student will receive a copy of Adobe ColdFusion 8 Web Application Construction Kit, Volume 1: Getting Started by Ben Forta, Raymond Camden and Charlie Arehart.

Each student will also receive a one-year subscription to Webucator's online reference library, which contains hundreds of the most current electronic technology books - a $149.95 per student value.

Advanced ColdFusion 8 Training Course Technical Requirements and Setup Instructions

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