ColdFusion MX for Dummies (Paperback)

~ (Author), Jon N. Kocen (Author) "ColdFusion MX is the latest release of the ColdFusion development toolset, but it's the first release since Macromedia purchased Allaire (the original ColdFusion company)..." (more)
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&will help you get a good grasp on the programme without sending you to sleep or into an apoplectic fit& -- Cre@te Online, January 2003

“…will help you get a good grasp on the programme without sending you to sleep or into an apoplectic fit…”(Cre@te Online, January 2003)

Product Description

* Provides introductory database material for readers who are new to working with databases.
* Explains how to install and configure ColdFusion.
* Describes how to work with forms, and secure and troubleshoot the software.
* Discusses how to use e-mail, Java, Flash, and XML.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 408 pages
• Publisher: For Dummies; 1 edition (September 13, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764516728
• ISBN-13: 978-0764516726
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.4 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #237,237 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Why did the author make so many typos in this book?, September 4, 2003

By	Julia Green (Watertown, MA United States) - See all my reviews

I've been a ColdFusion programmer for about three to four years now, but if I hadn't read Ben Forta on ColdFusion 4.0, I would have really not understood this book. There were so many typos and incorrect spellings in certain sections of the book that I wondered if the author was testing us. I was really impressed by ASP.NET for Dummies which I highly recommend, but this was a real disappointment. The Flash-CF program interactive you download was very interesting, but considering the download also included only two downloaded tables persons and departments, I wondered why some of the book's code asked for a table called employees. (page 93) Also XAsisTitle (page 83) -- very bad taste, but it's right next to YAxisTitle so I guess we're supposed to figure that out. Also I believe there is no ColdFusion internal function for Sqrt (page 92) so when you poor programmer try to program that -- you get a please define variable Sqrt. Not recommended for the faint of the heart. Ben Forta forever.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Ok, but I think I can find better..., May 31, 2006

By	James P. Hosey Jr. (LaGrange, GA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

For me it was just OK. I'm a long-time developer, but just recently decided to look into web development with CF. I have read many 'For Dummies' books in the past on various subjects and many of them are pretty good, but this one left me with the feeling that whoever was supposed to edit the book was on vacation. There are numerous typos and a few grammatical errors, but really the main problem was the lack of detail. I suppose this is to be expected as I think the main focus here was a quick and dirty introduction to Cold Fusion MX. If you are a raw beginner and have never written any kind of program, not even HTML, I don't think this would help you much. If you are a seasoned programmer, don't bother, just read the documentation that comes with ColdFusion, it's much more in-depth. If you are somewhere in the middle, this might be OK for you, but I think there are better books out there.

5.0 out of 5 stars Good, informative, thorough, April 1, 2008

By	Otto (San Antonio, TX) - See all my reviews

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Not hard to read, it was understandable, and I was able to write cold fusion aps after reading it.