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ColdFusion 9 Developer Tutorial Table of Contents


Table of Contents

Preface
Chapter 1: Web Pages—Static to Dynamic
Chapter 2: Basic CFCs and Database Interaction
Chapter 3: Power CFCs and Web Forms
Chapter 4: ORM Database Interaction
Chapter 5: Application, Session, and Request Scope
Chapter 6: Authentication and Permissions
Chapter 7: CFScript
Chapter 8: CF AJAX User Interface
Chapter 9: CF AJAX Forms
Chapter 10: CF AJAX Programming
Chapter 11: Introduction to Custom Tags
Chapter 12: ColdFusion Powered Views
Chapter 13: Control Logic Processing
Chapter 14: Guide to Unit Testing
Appendix A: Beyond this Book
Appendix B: Tools and Resources
Index

  • Chapter 1: Web Pages—Static to Dynamic
    • Turning HTML into a dynamic web page
      • HTML requests
      • ColdFusion requests
        • Comments
        • Variable output
        • Functions
    • Understanding and using simple variables
      • Variable types
        • Integers
        • Strings
        • Decimals
        • Additional functions
        • Find and FindNoCase
    • Understanding structures
      • CGI variables
    • Let's get interactive
      • URL variables
      • Exception handling
        • Standard error exception
        • <CFTRY> and <CFCATCH>
    • Setting page defaults
      • HTML links
    • Introduction to lists and loops
    • Understanding arrays
    • Conditional processing with If/<cfif>
    • Conditional processing with switch
    • Summary
  • Chapter 2: Basic CFCs and Database Interaction
    • Our first CFC
    • Our first object
      • Product (object)
    • Using an object constructor
    • Connecting to a database
    • Returning data from the CFC
    • Making our data query flexible
    • The basic data object concept
    • Object method access control
    • Summary
  • Chapter 3: Power CFCs and Web Forms
    • The practice of protecting access
    • Web forms introduction
    • Managing our product data
    • Getting data to our edit page
    • Saving our data
    • Improving page flow
    • Adding a new record
    • Let's look under the hood
    • Summary
  • Chapter 4: ORM Database Interaction
    • Introduction to ORM in ColdFusion
      • ORM-enabled application configuration
      • ORM-enabled CFCs
      • Understanding entities
    • Working with entity-object relationships
      • Many-to-many relationships
      • Working with relational data
    • ORM functions
    • Summary
  • Chapter 5: Application, Session, and Request Scope
    • Life span
    • Introducing the Application.cfc object
    • Application variables
    • The start methods
      • Application start method—onApplicationStart()
      • Session start method—onSessionStart()
      • Request start method—onRequestStart()
    • The end methods
      • Request end method—onRequestEnd()
      • Session end method—onSessionEnd()
      • Application end method—onApplicationEnd()
      • On Error method—onError()
    • Scope visibility
    • Practical application
    • Universal datasource
    • Mappings per application
    • Custom tag paths per application
    • Summary
  • Chapter 7: CFScript
    • Script basics
      • Variables
      • Switch/case
      • If/then/else
      • For loops
      • For/in loops
      • Do/while loops
      • While loops
    • Exception handling
      • Throw/abort
    • New functions/commands in CF9
    • Summary
  • Chapter 8: CF AJAX User Interface
    • Changing times
      • HTML-based websites
      • Server-side languages
      • Browser-side applications
        • Flash
        • JavaScript
    • ColdFusion AJAX
      • Layout
        • <cfdiv />
        • <cflayout />
        • <cfpod />
        • <cfwindow />
      • Menus and tool tips
        • <cfmenu />
        • <cftooltip />
    • Styling notes
    • Tips
    • Map interaction
    • Summary
  • Chapter 9: CF AJAX Forms
    • AJAX forms
      • <cfgrid />
      • Grid paging
    • Grid updates and deletes
    • Linked grids
      • <cfinput />
        • Binding page elements
      • Binding immediately upon load
    • The date requestor
    • The autosuggest box
      • <cfselect />
      • <cftextarea />
      • <cftree />
    • The directory tree
    • Message boxes
    • Progress bar
    • Summary
  • Chapter 10: CF AJAX Programming
    • Binding
      • On-page binding
      • CFC binding
      • JavaScript binding
      • URL binding
    • Bind with event
    • Extra binding notes
    • Multiple radio buttons or checkboxes and multiple select
    • Spry binding
    • CFAJAXProxy
      • CFAJAX proxy binding
    • CFC proxy class objects
    • Client debugging
    • Firebug
    • Built-in debugging
      • Logging features
      • Customization
      • Automatically wired AJAX links
      • Execute JavaScript after loading content
      • Other cool commands
      • Post for CFAJAX calls
      • CFAJAX browser JavaScript API overview
    • Summary
  • Chapter 11: Introduction to Custom Tags
    • Different forms of code reuse
      • CFCs
      • CFInclude
    • Custom tags
      • Our first custom tag
    • Custom header/footer tags
    • Nested tags
    • CFInclude from custom tags
    • Templates versus skins
    • Managing custom tags
    • CFModule approach
    • Tag library approach
    • Summary
  • Chapter 12: ColdFusion Powered Views
    • What is open source?
    • The fun factor
      • Installing the library
      • Getting started
    • Happily separated
      • Manipulate DOM from server-side code
    • Turning lemons to lemonade
      • Separation complete
    • Fun with lists
      • Select list tag
      • Other list tags
    • Better form coding
      • Metadata
      • Smart form modes
        • Edit mode
        • Add mode
        • View mode
      • Style simplified
        • But wait, there's more!
    • Custom list item rendering
      • Module render option
    • Summary
  • Chapter 13: Control Logic Processing
    • The code side of applications
      • The model
      • The controller
    • Shared variables
    • Processing request events
      • Event model for the coprocessor
        • onPageStart() method
        • onFirstCall() method
        • onPostBack() method
        • Form modes
        • beforeViewCall() method
        • onPageEnd() method
    • Remote AJAX events
    • Data versatility
      • Lists
      • Array of structures
      • Modified data field names
      • Query handling
    • Personal extension of COOP
    • Summary
  • Chapter 14: Guide to Unit Testing
    • When to test
      • Mission critical
      • Test-driven development
      • Regression testing
    • Installing our testing software
    • Understanding assertions
      • First test class
      • Multiple tests
        • HTML view
        • Data view
      • Built-in assertions
      • MXUnit assertion extensions
    • Testing private methods
    • Testing included files and custom tags
      • Variable testing
      • Exception testing
    • A son's view of testing
    • Summary
  • Appendix A: Beyond this Book
    • Areas of interest
      • Perspectives
        • Business perspective
        • Design/marketing perspective
        • Developer perspective
    • Current technologies
      • AJAX
      • Flash (Flex/AIR)
      • Future
        • HTML 5
        • Devices
    • Scale versus implementation
    • Standards
      • Libraries
        • Size
        • Features
        • Begin with the end in mind
        • Research
      • Frameworks
      • Methodologies
  • Appendix B: Tools and Resources
    • AJAX
      • Firebug
      • jQuery
    • Analytics
      • Google webmaster tools
    • Coding
    • Conferencing and collaboration
      • Acrobat.com
      • Google Docs
      • GoToMeeting/Webinar
      • Slide-sharing sites
    • Data-management tools
    • Graphics creation/acquisition
      • Camtasia Studio
      • Color Schemer
      • Fireworks
      • Lightroom
      • SnagIt
    • Open source libraries
    • Project management
      • FreshBooks
      • Project Tracker
    • Source control
    • Usability
      • Morae
    • Virtual development box
    • XML

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