ColdFusion MX Tutorial Video

Introduction to Coldfusion

• Welcome and Overview
• The Sample Application: "Where's Tom?"
• System Requirements: Local or Remote

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

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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?"

Coldfusion Database Structure

• Overview of Database Structure
• Users Table Tutorials
• 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 Tutorials 1
• Method: insertUser pt. 2
• Method: updateUser
• Method: searchUser
• Method: getUserDetail
• Method: validateUser

Create a Protected Area with Coldfusion

• Index Page
• Log-in Form Tutorials 1
• Log-in Form pt. 2
• Form Validation and User Validation
• Including the User Check

Component and Method Details

• Pseudo-Constructor Code
• Properties Tutorials 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
• Component Location
• Object/Webservice Location
• Available Methods
• Arguments
• Web Services Attributes
• in CFML
• in : changeAim
• in : photo_op.cfm
• Invoking With Form Submission Tutorials 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

Coldfusion and Variables Scope

• Local "Variables" Scope in Coldfusion
• Local "Variables" Inherited
• This Scope
• Function Local ("var") and Arguments

Basic XML in Coldfusion

• Introducing Extensible Markup Language
• XML Well-Formed Documents
• Create an XML Document Tutorials 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 with Coldfusion

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