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Topics covered on this course include:
Introduction
Installation and Setup
- Installing ColdFusion MX 6.1
- ColdFusion Administrator and IIS Settings
- Development Environments
- Dreamweaver MX 2004 for Design
- Dreamweaver MX 2004 for Development
Planning the Application
- Application Architecture Considerations
- Requirements for "Where's Tom?"
- Site Map and Application Flowchart
- Planning for Components
Setting Up "Where's Tom?" for Development
- ColdFusion Development Methodologies
- Directory and File Structure
- Create a Site in Dreamweaver
- Basic Site Files
- The Stylesheet for "Where's Tom?"
Database Structure
- Overview of Database Structure
- Users Table
- Activities Table
- User_Activities and Locations Tables
- Activity_Supplies Table
- Table Relationships
- Creating a ColdFusion Datasource
Components and Conceptually
- Definition of a Component
- Example of a Component
- Why Use Components?
- Other Code Re-Use Choices
- Organizing "Where's Tom?" in Components
Building Your First CFC: User
- Create the User Component
- Method: insertUser pt. 1
- Method: insertUser pt. 2
- Method: updateUser
- Method: searchUser
- Method: getUserDetail
- Method: validateUser
Create a Protected Area
- Index Page
- Log-in Form pt. 1
- Log-in Form pt. 2
- Form Validation and User Validation
- Including the User Check
Component and Method Details
- Pseudo-Constructor Code
- Properties pt. 1
- Properties pt. 2
- Method Access: Package
- Method Access: Private
- Method Access: Public and Remote
- Forcing a Web Service Method Refresh
- Method Displayname/Hint/Name/Output/Roles
- Method Returntype
- Method Returntype as Component Name
- Method Arguments
- Method Code: Better User Design
Using Components in CFML
- Transient vs. Persistent References
- <cfinvoke> Component Location
- <cfinvoke> Object/Webservice Location
- <cfinvoke> Available Methods
- <cfinvoke> Arguments
- <cfinvoke> Web Services Attributes
- <cfobject> in CFML
- <cfcreateobject> in <cfscript>: changeAim
- <cfcreateobject> in <cfscript>: photo_op.cfm
- Invoking With Form Submission pt. 1
- Invoking With Form Submission pt. 2
- Form and Confirmation
- Invoking With URL Request
More Component Functionality
- Design Pattern: Composite Example
- Composite Example: Activity/User/Location
- Inheritence: Children of Activity.cfc
- Inheritence: mealActivity
- Inheritence: computerActivity
- Inheritence: Display in Inherited.cfm
- Polymorphism and Overriding: Meals
- Polymorphism and Overriding: Breakfast
- Polymorphism and Overriding: Lunch
- Packaging and CF Mapping
CFCs and Variables Scope
- Local "Variables" Scope
- Local "Variables" Inherited
- This Scope
- Function Local ("var") and Arguments
Basic XML
- Introducing Extensible Markup Language
- XML Well-Formed Documents
- Create an XML Document pt. 1
- Create an XML Document pt. 2
- Create the Menu: _main_build_menu.cfm
- Finish and Display the Menu
ColdFusion and Web Services
- Web Service Overview
- ColdFusion and WSDL Files
- ColdFusion and SOAP with Apache Axis
- Choosing a Service to Consume: UDDI Registries
- Amazon.com API and Developer's Kit
- Add Search to "Where's Tom?" - This is Now
- Invoking the Amazon.com Web Service
- Amazon Search Parameters
- Displaying the Search Results
Publishing a Web Service
- Deciding What "Where's Tom?" Will Offer
- Changing the Activity Component
- Publishing the Specifications
- Consuming "Where's Tom?" With Plain Text
- Consuming "Where's Tom?" With Style
- Conclusion
Credits
- About this Author
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