ColdFusion MX Web Application Construction Kit

This book is for anyone who wants to create cutting-edge Internet-based applications using ColdFusion MX – the new completely replanned, redesigned, reengineered, and rebuilt ColdFusion.

If you are a Webmaster or Web page designer and want to create dynamic, data-driven Web pages, this book is for you. If you are an experienced database administrator who wants to take advantage of the Web to publish or collect data, this book is for you, too. If you are starting out creating your Web presence, but know you want to serve more than just static information, this book will help get you there. If you are a Flash designer and want to create Flash applications (instead of just animation and movies) then this is the book for you. If you have used ColdFusion before and want to learn what’s new in ColdFusion MX, this book is also for you. Even if you are an experienced ColdFusion user, this book provides you with invaluable tips and tricks and also serves as the definitive ColdFusion developer’s reference.

This book teaches you how to create real-world applications that solve real-world problems. Along the way, you acquire all the skills you need to design, implement, test, and roll out world-class applications.

Both as a tutorial and as a reference, this is the fifth edition of what has become the standard ColdFusion book (along with its sequel, Advanced ColdFusion MX Application Development). And this new updated enhanced, and extended edition improves upon what has made this the #1 selling ColdFusion book ever. Some of the new topics covered include using Macromedia Dreamweaver MX, Flash integration (including Flash Remoting), using ColdFusion Components, development methodologies, project management and planning, and much more. In addition, the CFML tag and function references (the most frequently referred to sections of the books) are now back in print form in this edition.