Advanced Macromedia ColdFusion 5 Application Development (2nd Edition) (Paperback)

by Ben Forta (Author), Benjamin Elmore (Author), Shawn Evans (Author), Dain Anderson (Author), David Krasnove (Author), Paul Hastings (Author), Emily B. Kim (Author), Robert Panico (Author), Jeff Taylor (Author), Nate Weiss (Author)

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Product Description

Much of Advanced Macromedia ColdFusion 5 Application Development is a discussion of technologies and ideas with examples to demonstrate specific techniques. The book also contains case studies to illustrate real-world examples of specific topics. ColdFusion 5 is a massive upgrade, and it adds lots of new features, including some designed specifically for advanced and power users. This book addresses these issues and technologies, including

Using clustering and fail-over technologies to ensure server uptime

Using the new archive and restore features

Server monitor and benchmarking

Creating secure applications and integrating with existing security systems

Writing custom tags and functions

Working with XML and XSL

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Much of Advanced Macromedia ColdFusion 5 Application Development is a discussion of technologies and ideas with examples to demonstrate specific techniques. The book also contains case studies to illustrate real-world examples of specific topics. ColdFusion 5 is a massive upgrade, and it adds lots of new features, including some designed specifically for advanced and power users. This book addresses these issues and technologies, includingUsing clustering and fail-over technologies to ensure server uptimeUsing the new archive and restore featuresServer monitor and benchmarkingCreating secure applications and integrating with existing security systemsWriting custom tags and functionsWorking with XML and XSL

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Product Details

• Paperback: 1152 pages
• Publisher: Pearson Education; 2 edition (September 17, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0789725851
• ISBN-13: 978-0789725851
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.3 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,453,409 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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2.0 out of 5 stars Woefully inadequate (at least in places), April 20, 2005

By	Glen Ford (Austin, Texas) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

There's a lot of information in this book, and like any book on advanced topics, most of it isn't necessarily applicable to any one company, situation, application, etc. However, learning how to extend ColdFusion with Java-based CFX was a MAJOR reason we bought this book. The CFX section is a COMPLETE waste of time. You'd think it would help a competent, experienced ColdFusion developer mount the fairly steep Java learning curve, but far from it. For instance, it completely skips instructions on how to compile the example class. Fortunately, I know how to do that -- but then the code is fraught with errors. Moreover, the coverage of the Java classes/interfaces you use to program CFXs is very shallow, and there is *no* coverage of standard Java classes (with the one exception of StringTokenizer in Java.Util).

In short, it gives you next to nothing you need to do serious CFX development. It barely even covers information on the CFX API that an experienced Java developer would need to develop CFXs.

I give the book 2 stars (instead of 1) for the breadth of information available. But in my case -- and for anyone wanting to build a middle-tier using CFX -- this book's a waste.

4 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ben and Company do it again!, October 5, 2001

By	Ed Donohue (New York) - See all my reviews

The Advanced Macromedia ColdFusion 5 book by Ben Forta and his distinguished co-authors has instantly become an invaluable resource for me as well as others on my staff.

Advanced ColdFusion development is what we do and this book certainly helps keep us out of the woods when we start leveraging the new features found in Macromedia's new release of ColdFusion 5.

Great Job!!!

4 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars WOW!! Put to use within the first chapter, October 10, 2001

By	Dennis J Guzy "[e-mail]" (harrisburg, pa United States) - See all my reviews

Within 1 chapter, I was already able to increase performance and get a quality return from this book. A must for every Cold Fusion Developer. It's part 2 of the Cold Fusion Bible!