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Product Description

This new edition will be updated to cover new features and options in ColdFusion 5, the next major upgrade for this product.

This book teaches all the basics required to be able to create complete and professional applications, including:

Create real-time, secure, scalable, web based applications
Use the new ColdFusion Studio development tools, including the WYSIWYG editor and the interactive SQL query builder
Developer Intranet applications to interact with existing corporate databases
Create secure e-commerce sites
Use the new debugging tools and features
Generate business graphics using the new graphing engine
Implement security and access control
Create reusable components
Build complete applications from the ground up

This book will remain positioned as a beginner to intermediate book, but the flow and pacing will adapt so as to better cover both basic site development as well as complete application development. While some of the content from the previous editions may be used, this essentially is the first complete rewrite of this book.

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This book is written for anyone who wants to create cutting-edge Web-based applications.

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 have used ColdFusion before and want to learn what's new in ColdFusion 5, 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 fourth edition of what has become the standard ColdFusion book. And this new updated enhanced, and extended edition improves upon what has made this the #1 selling ColdFusion book ever.

Enjoy, and good luck with ColdFusion!

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Product Details

Paperback: 1200 pages
Publisher: Pearson Education; 4 edition (July 24, 2001)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0789725843
ISBN-13: 978-0789725844
Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.3 x 2.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 4.8 pounds

Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (24 customer reviews)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Not as good as the hype suggests, February 11, 2002

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I own both the third edition (covering CF 4.0) and this one, and there are major difference between the two, not to this edition's advantage.
I thought the previous edition was a lesson in clarity, and it was concise, still containing most of the things one needed to know to be reasonable proficient in CFML.
This book, however, is quite bloated, and more importantly, lacks the clarity of its predecessor. But, bloated as it is, it omits, or keeps unreasonable short, several vital explanations. I mean, there are more explanations, for instance, about locking in the Study guide than in this book! The same goes for CFSCRIPT, etc, etc. Granted, there are two books by Forta et al, but you may find that the price tag is little too hefty...
Sorely lacking are the tags and Functions reference section that was SOOOOO useful in the previous volume. You now have to buy the Reference guide. Etc, etc...

This is a disappointing book, because the third edition had me set my hopes high for the follow-up.

You should really, really favor the O'Reilly book, it's extremely straightforward, clear, and contains everything of importance, INCLUDING the tags and Functions reference.

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5.0 out of 5 stars This book could teach a Monkey, August 20, 2001

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I've been using ColdFusion for years, and this book (starting with the earlier versions) has always been an indispensable part of my library. The first seven chapters are essential to train beginners, and the complete reference section at the end keeps me picking it up at least once a week. While you won't be using the whole book forever, the completeness of this book will cover you in any situation. Some people that I've trained even say that the book makes for good reading; while it is less bland than most reference books, I wouldn't say that. If you expect to use CF on a regular basis, you need this book or something like it. Add the Advanced version once you're familiar with CF. Unless there's something wrong with you, you can train yourself in CF with this book. If you have previous programming experience, you'll breeze it.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Highly recommended for beginning/intermediate users, August 10, 2001

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Ben Forta's The ColdFusion 5.0 Web Application Construction Kit is now in a fully updated and expanded fourth edition covering all the new features and options in ColdFusion 5 -- the next major upgrade for this popular software. Forta presents and teaches all the basics required to be able to create complete and professional applications, including: create real-time, secure, scalable, web based applications, use the new ColdFusion Studio development tools, including the WYSIWYG editor and the interactive SQL query builder, develop Intranet applications to interact with existing corporate databases, create secure e-commerce sites, use the new debugging tools and features, generate business graphics using the new graphing engine, implement security and access control, create reusable components, and build complete applications from the ground up. Highly recommended for beginning/intermediate users.

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