Essential

Developing Web-Based Applications

By: Matthew Norman

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Essential ColdFusion fast gives the reader a working knowledge of ColdFusion and how to use it and how it integrates with other web-based technologies. Lots of working examples are included throughout, all of which are also available via a web-site that is powered by ColdFusion, which shows exactly how they work.
Matthew Norman has written a 'get started quick' guide to ColdFusion, in the style of the Essential series, describing the setting up of a development system. He talks about how to achieve this on a budget, using techniques that are applicable to large scale operations as well.
Anyone with a working knowledge of the internet, and who wants to learn more about what ColdFusion does and how they can start using it quickly, will find this book a real help.

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Why Use Coldfusion?	p. 1
Introduction	p. 2
Is this book for you?	p. 3
How this book is organized	p. 4
Versions of ColdFusion	p. 4
ColdFusion 5.0	p. 6
Setting Up A Development System	p. 7
Introduction	p. 8
Prerequisites	p. 8
The PC	p. 8
Web Browser software	p. 9
Web Server software	p. 9
Microsoft Access	p. 10
ColdFusion Server software	p. 10
The Plan	p. 11
Installing the web server	p. 11
Installing ColdFusion	p. 15
Testing ColdFusion	p. 17
Creating a database file using Access	p. 18
Registering the file as an ODBC datasource	p. 22
Testing the installation	p. 25
Counting Visitors to a Web Site	p. 29
Introduction	p. 30
The HTML way	p. 30
The visitor database structure	p. 32
Modifying the HTML	p. 34
The [left angle bracket]CFQUERY[right angle bracket] tag	p. 36
The [left angle bracket]CFOUTPUT[right angle bracket] Tag	p. 37
Viewing the Results	p. 37
Using [left angle bracket]CFQUERY[right angle bracket]	p. 38
Viewing visitor logs	p. 41
Formatting the output	p. 43
HTML for Coldfusion	p. 47
Introduction	p. 48
The [left angle bracket]HTML[right angle bracket] tag	p. 48
Naming the title bar with [left angle bracket]TITLE[right angle bracket]	p. 49
The Paragraph tag [left angle bracket]P[right angle bracket]	p. 50
The Line Break tag [left angle bracket]BR[right angle bracket]	p. 51
Headings and Subheadings [left angle bracket]H1[right angle bracket]	p. 52
Bold and Italics	p. 52
Inserting a picture [left angle bracket]IMG[right angle bracket]	p. 53
Adding a link with [left angle bracket]A[right angle bracket]	p. 54
The [left angle bracket]TABLE[right angle bracket] Feature	p. 56
The horizontal Rule [left angle bracket]HR[right angle bracket] tag	p. 58
Acquiring user input [left angle bracket]FORM[right angle bracket]	p. 58
Using SQL	p. 61
Introduction	p. 62
SQL's command set	p. 62
SQL data types	p. 63
CREATE TABLE	p. 65
INSERT	p. 68
SELECT	p. 71
DELETE	p. 77
Update	p. 79
Key Coldfusion Tags	p. 83
Introduction	p. 84
Running SQL with [left angle bracket]CFQUERY[right angle bracket]	p. 84
Processing with [left angle bracket]CFOUTPUT[right angle bracket]	p. 86
Forms and Formatting	p. 91
Introduction	p. 92
ColdFusion's Forms [left angle bracket]CFFORM[right angle bracket]	p. 92
Input control [left angle bracket]CFINPUT[right angle bracket]	p. 94
Validating Input with [left angle bracket]CFFORM[right angle bracket]	p. 98
Font control and [left angle bracket]CFTEXTINPUT[right angle bracket]	p. 102
List controls with [left angle bracket]CFSELECT[right angle bracket]	p. 104
Many choices with [left angle bracket]OPTION[right angle bracket]	p. 108
Looping and Branching	p. 111
Introduction	p. 112
[left angle bracket]CFLOOP[right angle bracket] Index Loops	p. 113
[left angle bracket]CFLOOP[right angle bracket] Conditional Loops	p. 115
[left angle bracket]CFLOOP[right angle bracket] Looping over a query	p. 116
Branching with [left angle bracket]CFIF[right angle bracket]	p. 118
Branching again with [left angle bracket]CFELSE[right angle bracket]	p. 119
Branching again with [left angle bracket]CFELSEIF[right angle bracket]	p. 123
[left angle bracket]CFSWITCH[right angle bracket]	p. 126
Email and the Internet	p. 129
Introduction	p. 130
Mail Functions	p. 130
Sending mail with [left angle bracket]CFMAIL[right angle bracket]	p. 131
Sending an email	p. 133
Failed email	p. 134
Sending emails to a group	p. 134
Getting mail with [left angle bracket]CFPOP[right angle bracket]	p. 136
[left angle bracket]CFPOP[right angle bracket] GetHeaderOnly	p. 138
[left angle bracket]CFPOP[right angle bracket] GetAll	p. 140
[left angle bracket]CFPOP[right angle bracket] Delete	p. 142
Manipulating web pages	p. 143
Getting web pages - [left angle bracket]CFHTTP[right angle bracket]	p. 143
Moving elsewhere [left angle bracket]CFLOCATION[right angle bracket]	p. 145
CF Tags - File Functions	p. 149
Introduction	p. 150
Reading with [left angle bracket]CFDIRECTORY[right angle bracket]	p. 150
File actions with [left angle bracket]CFFILE[right angle bracket]	p. 153
Using Coldfusion Variables	p. 157
Introduction	p. 158
Query Variables	p. 158
Local Variables	p. 159
URL Variables	p. 161
Form Variables	p. 162
Server Variables	p. 165
CGI Environment variables	p. 167
Cookies	p. 168
Other Variables	p. 171
Coldfusion Functions	p. 173
Introduction	p. 174
Check it is there with IsDefined	p. 174
Check for a file - FileExists	p. 176
Is that Dir there? DirectoryExists	p. 177
Path processing: GetFileFromPath	p. 178
More Paths: GetDirectoryFromPath	p. 179
Paths again: ExpandPath	p. 180
Work it out with Evaluate	p. 181
Think of a number: RandRange	p. 182
Rand	p. 184
Make it more random: Randomize	p. 184
How long is that string: Len	p. 184
String Manipulation Functions	p. 185
String Searching: FindNoCase	p. 186
Find it in a String: Find	p. 188
Cut that string apart: Mid	p. 188
Left a bit	p. 190
Right a bit	p. 191
Convert the number with Val	p. 193
Telling the time with Now	p. 195
DateFormat	p. 196
TimeFormat	p. 196
CreateDateTime	p. 197
DayOfWeek	p. 199
DayOfWeekAsString	p. 200
Custom Tags	p. 203
Introduction	p. 204
[left angle bracket]CFINCLUDE[right angle bracket]	p. 205
Custom Tags	p. 206
Custom Tag Attributes	p. 208
Returning Values	p. 211
[left angle bracket]CFEXIT[right angle bracket]	p. 212
Application.cfm	p. 212
OnRequestEnd.cfm	p. 214
[left angle bracket]CFAPPLICATION[right angle bracket]	p. 214
Using Cookies to Track Users	p. 217
Introduction	p. 218
Securing Web Pages	p. 225
Introduction	p. 226
User authentication	p. 226
Scheduling Tasks	p. 233
Introduction	p. 234
Scheduling tasks	p. 234
The Coldfusion Fast Web Site	p. 241
Introduction	p. 242
ShowMe button	p. 243
News	p. 244
Sitewatch	p. 244
Book Site	p. 245
Main Page	p. 246
Administration area	p. 246
Visitor Book	p. 246
Additional Resources	p. 249
Introduction	p. 250
Manuals and CFDOCS	p. 250
ColdFusion Studio	p. 251
ColdFusion Developer Exchange	p. 253
ColdFusion Forums	p. 255
Final Words	p. 256
Index	p. 257
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