Fast Track to ColdFusion Training Class

Fast Track to ColdFusion Training Class Course Topics

ColdFusion Class Overview

• About the class
• Class objectives
• Class prerequisites
• Class format

Introducing ColdFusion

• Advantages of dynamic web pages
• Using ColdFusion Markup Language (CFML)
• ColdFusion components and features
• Configuring ColdFusion environments
• Creating local variables with <cfset>
• Referencing variables
• Displaying variable values using <cfoutput>

Publishing database content with ColdFusion

• Understanding relational databases
• Using database drivers to connect to data sources
• Understanding the <cfquery> tag
• ColdFusion Administrator debugging
• Using <cfoutput> to display database data
• Additional information returned with queries

Building forms with ColdFusion

• Understanding HTML forms and form control
• Self-Posting forms
• Form submission with <cfif> and IsDefined()
• The <cfparam> tag
• Converting to Cold

Building search interfaces with ColdFusion

• Using form data in dynamic queries
• Preserving form data
• Creating dynamic SQL
• Using multiple search criteria
• Creating a dynamic SQL statement
• Using text searches & list searches

Building a drill-down interface with ColdFusion

• Using Dynamic URL parameters
• Creating a query string
• Dynamic URL parameters
• Creating a data drill-down
• Data drill-down page

Inserting new data with ColdFusion

• Building an insert form page
• Using ColdFusion validation
• Using client-side validation
• Using server-side validation
• Creating custom validation
• Building insert action logic
• Using <cfquery> with INSERT
• Redirecting process flow with the <cflocation> tag

Updating data with ColdFusion

• Building an update form page
• Providing the primary key for update
• Pre-filling HTML forms
• Building update logic with  <cfquery>

Reusing templates with ColdFusion

• Reusing code
• Using custom tags
• Using user-defined functions
• Finding UDFs
• ColdFusion components
• Finding CFCs

Securing an application with ColdFusion

• Using the ColdFusion login wizard
• Understanding the login pages
• Customizing the login
• Using the application framework
• Using application events
• Using application variables
• Using session variable