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Advanced ColdFusion Training

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Class Overview

In this advanced ColdFusion class, developers experienced with ColdFusion will learn to build more sophisticated, modular ColdFusion applications using custom tags, CFCs, and XML.

Class Goals

  • Learn to send email with ColdFusion
  • Learn to send email with ColdFusion
  • Learn sophisticated data management techniques
  • Learn to build and use Custom Tags
  • Learn to build and use ColdFusion Components (CFCs)
  • Learn to handle errors properly
  • Learn to work with ColdFusion and XML

Class Outline

  1. Managing Data
    1. Creating a User Administration Page
      1. Displaying Users
      2. Adding Users
      3. Editing and Deleting Users
      4. Controlling Access to the Page
    2. Allowing Users to Add and Edit Data
      1. Displaying Data
      2. Adding Data using Stored Procedures
      3. Editing and Deleting Data
    3. Conclusion
  2. Custom Tags
    1. Calling Custom Tags
      1. thisTag Structure
    2. Storing Custom Tags
    3. Other Ways of Calling Custom Tags
      1. CFMODULE
      2. CFIMPORT
    4. Conclusion
  3. ColdFusion Components
    1. CFC Basics
    2. Creating CFCs
    3. Storing CFCs
    4. Invoking CFCs
      1. Passing Argument Values
    5. Extending ColdFusion Components
    6. Application.cfc
      1. Application.cfc Methods
      2. Application.cfc Benefits
    7. Conclusion
  4. Handling Errors
    1. Handling Exceptions
      1. Compiler Exceptions
      2. Runtime Exceptions
    2. cftry/cfcatch
      1. Exception Types
    3. Locking Code to Prevent Errors
      1. Race Conditions
      2. Named Locks
    4. Conclusion
  5. ColdFusion and XML
    1. XML Functions
      1. Creating New XML Documents
      2. Searching XML Documents
      3. Validating XML Documents
    2. Processing RSS Feeds
      1. Processing RSS Feeds with XmlSearch()
      2. Processing RSS Feeds with XmlTransform()
    3. ColdFusion and WDDX
      1. <cfwddx>
      2. WDDX vs. Web Services
    4. Conclusion

Class Materials

All students receive a course manual or book and all the class examples.

Students in private onsite classes will also receive:

Class Prerequisites

Experience in the following areas is required:

  • Basic ColdFusion as taught in Webucator's Introduction to ColdFusion 8 Training course.

Technical Requirements

Our computer technical requirements and setup process is easy, with support just a click away.

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