Mastering Coldfusion 4 [Illustrated] [Paperback]

Kristin Aileen Motlagh (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1999 | Series: Mastering

Cold Fusion is a web development tool used to build complex, interactive web sites. This text, written for professional web developers, aims to help readers become proficient Cold Fusion developers quickly and easily. The accompanying CD-ROM includes an extensive collection of custom CFML tags.

Product Details

• Paperback: 846 pages
• Publisher: Sybex Inc (June 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0782124526
• ISBN-13: 978-0782124521
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.5 x 2.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (31 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,903,809 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Beginner's Resource, February 21, 2000

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Bryan O'Malley (Clifton Park, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mastering Coldfusion 4 (Paperback)

This book is an excellent resource for anyone looking to learn the basics of ColdFusion. Though it does not go into much more detail that the online documentation provided with CF, it tends to offer explanations for the tags and functions in simpler terms.

The experienced CF programmer may not find the level of detail they're looking for from this book, but anyone beginning to learn ColdFusion, or coming from a non-programming background will appreciate the straight forward, step-by-step approach of the book.

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent book for CFM programmers., December 27, 1999

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David Maser - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mastering Coldfusion 4 (Paperback)

I have waited a long time for a clear and complete book on working with Cold Fusion to be published. Unfortunately few authors have written books about using this programming language. This is the first publication that is worth reading from beginning to end. If you follow the easy how-to guide of this book you will rapidly master CFM language. Before buying the CFM application construction books by Ben Forta, which I highly recommend, read this book. It will help you better understand any further litterature.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Ok intro, lacks depth, January 10, 2000

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Mark S. Schroeder "juniorboy666" (Mountain View, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mastering Coldfusion 4 (Paperback)

I have never used Cold Fusion and was directed to this book as the first to read before others. The book did give me an ok understanding of the general concepts behind CF, but the information is hardly worthy of "mastering". The book covers many topics but with insufficient depth. Furthermore, I am convinced that the authors were paid by volume considering the annoying excess of repating the same code (when only a few lines hvae changed) or the continual use of redundant "Notes" (how many times do I have to be told where to get the sample code or that they are using a sample database). There are some minor errors in the book, including a reference in the last chapter to the next three chapters.