ColdFusion 8 Developer Tutorial Table of Contents

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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: Application, Session, and Request Scope
Chapter 5: Introduction to Custom Tags
Chapter 6: Better Interfaces for JavaScript Libraries
Chapter 7: Authentication and Permissions
Chapter 8: CF AJAX User Interface
Chapter 9: CF AJAX Forms
Chapter 10: CF AJAX Programming
Chapter 11: Working with PDF
Chapter 12: Building Search Abilities
Chapter 13: Working with Files, Email, and Images
Chapter 14: Feeds, REST Services, and Web Services
Chapter 15: Building Dynamic Reports
Chapter 16: Dynamically Generated Web Presentations
Appendix A: Getting Your System Ready for Development
Appendix B: Resources to Build Your Skills
Index

• Preface

• Chapter 1: Web Pages—Static to Dynamic
  • Turning HTML into a Dynamic Web Page
  • Understanding and Using Simple Variables
  • Understanding Structures
  • Let Us Get Interactive
  • Setting Page Defaults
  • Introduction to Lists and Loops
  • Understanding Arrays
  • Conditional Processing with If
  • 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 Us Look Under the Hood
  • Summary

• Chapter 4: Application, Session, and Request Scope
  • Life Span
  • Introducing the Application.cfc Object
  • Application Variables
  • The Start Methods
    • Application Start Method
    • Session Start Method
    • Request Start Method
  • The End Methods
    • Request End Method
    • Session End Method
    • Application End Method
    • On Error Method
  • Scope Visibility
  • Practical Application
  • Mappings per Application
  • Custom Tag Paths per Application
  • Summary

• Chapter 5: Introduction to Custom Tags
  • Different Forms of Code Reuse
    • CFCs
  • Custom Tags
    • CFInclude
    • 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 6: Better Interfaces for JavaScript Libraries
  • Thickbox Library HTML Style
  • ColdFusion-Powered Thickbox
  • Where Am I? (via Google Maps)
  • ColdFusion JavaScript
    • Multiple State Form Items
      • Inside the Fancy Form Tag
  • Summary

• Chapter 7: Authentication and Permissions
  • How ColdFusion Recognizes Users
  • Custom Authentication (Additional Power)
    • Authentication Data Model
    • How to Use Advanced Authentication
  • Extra Notes
  • Summary

• Chapter 8: CF AJAX User Interface
  • 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
• Summary

• Chapter 9: CF AJAX Forms
  • 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
  • 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 Check Boxes 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
  • Summary

• Chapter 11: Working with PDF
  • Generating PDF Pages
    • Our First PDF Page Conversion
    • Splitting into Sections
    • Adding Headers and Footers and Variables
    • Adding Page Breaks and Variables
    • Adding Bookmarks
    • Saving PDF Documents
  • Printing from the Server
  • Working with PDF Forms
  • Populating PDF Forms with Data
  • Reading Data from PDF Forms
  • Manipulating PDF Documents
    • Merging Documents
    • Deleting Pages
  • Encrypting PDF Documents
  • Generating Thumbnails
  • Adding Watermarks
  • Final Thoughts
  • Summary

• Chapter 12: Building Search Abilities
  • Database Searching
  • Verity Search Solutions
  • Built-In Search Engine
    • Creating a Collection
    • Indexing a Collection
    • Searching a Collection
      • The Search Form
      • The Results Page
      • Search Techniques
      • PDF Linking to Searches
      • Suggestions
  • Integrating Third-Party Searching
  • Google Details
  • Custom Search Engines (Google)
    • On-The-Fly Search Engine
    • Simple Search
      • Search Types
      • Site Restricted
      • Local Search
  • Summary

• Chapter 13: Working with Files, Email, and Images
  • Working with Files
    • Uploading Files
    • Local File Control
      • Write File
      • Read File
      • Rename File
      • Append File
      • Read File via Loop
  • Working with Email
  • Working with Images
  • Image Information
  • Summary

• Chapter 14: Feeds, REST Services, and Web Services
  • Collaboration
    • Flickr
    • Feeds
    • RSS
      • CDF
      • JSON
      • SQL
    • Introduction to REST Services
  • SOAP Web Services
  • Summary

• Chapter 15: Building Dynamic Reports
  • Traditional Web Page Reporting
    • Simple Report
    • Grouped Data
    • Drill-Down Reporting
  • Output Formats
    • PDF Output
    • Excel Output
    • CVS Output
    • XML Output
    • JSON Output
  • Using CFReport and Report Builder
  • Summary

• Chapter 16: Dynamically Generated Web Presentations
  • Introduction to CFPresentation
  • Mixing in the Media
  • Caching the Contents
  • Dynamic Benefits
    • Scenario 1: Sales Force
    • Scenario 2: Client-Specific Presentations
    • Scenario 3: Live Audience Sensitive Content
  • Summary

• Appendix A: Getting Your System Ready for Development
  • Tools
  • AJAX
  • Ant
  • Database Engines
  • Database Tools
  • Media Tools
    • Audio Software
    • Image Software
    • Video Software
  • Reporting
  • SVN
  • Unit Testing
  • Conclusions

• Appendix B: Resources to Build Your Skills
  • Blogs
  • ColdFusion Conferences
  • Coding Frameworks
  • General ColdFusion Sites
  • Libraries and Tools
    • Aspect or IoC or DI
  • Content Handling/Generation
  • Database
  • JavaScript
  • Project Management
  • Script
  • Search
  • Site Integration APIs
  • Unit Testing or Debugging
  • XML Tools and Products
  • Other Notable Works

• Index

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