ColdFusion is not a language, it is a solution.

 

 

Course focus:

·         This course will focus on current and emerging technology trends.

·         The course is based on J2EE, using ColdFusion as a productivity platform

 

 

Pre-Requisites:

1)       Development experience

a.       HTML / Web development preferred

2)       SQL / Database experience

 

 

1)       Introduction to ColdFusion

a.       Architecture

b.      What it is, What it isn’t

c.       Features at a glance

d.      Why use ColdFusion?

2)       Development Environment

a.       Eclipse and CF Eclipse

b.      Debugging using Eclipse

3)       Getting Started:

a.       CFML basics

b.      Introduction to the Administrator

c.       Programming with CFML

                                                               i.      User Defined Functions

                                                             ii.      Using CF script instead of CFML

d.      Creating data driven pages

                                                               i.      Defining data sources

                                                             ii.      Using in-line queries

                                                            iii.      Stored Procedures

                                                           iv.      Locking data

e.       Graphing & Printing

f.        ColdFusion deployment options

4)       Moving on:

a.       Session Management

b.      Application / Server scoped

c.       Using components

                                                               i.      CFC’s

d.      Working with XML

5)       Advanced features:

a.       Web Services

                                                               i.      SOAP

                                                             ii.      REST

b.      PDF integration

c.       Using AJAX

                                                               i.      Ajax data functions

                                                             ii.      Ajax UI functions

                                                            iii.      Extending Ajax in ColdFusion, using Ext

d.      On-Demand presentations

e.       Advanced Administrator options

f.        Extending ColdFusion

                                                               i.      Working with Java

                                                             ii.      Working with J2EE

g.      Using Threads

6)       Flex

a.       Primer on Flex

b.      Flex / ColdFusion relationship

c.       Creating data driven Flex applications

d.      Taking Flex applications off-line

7)       Working with live data sets (Java Messaging)

a.       Event Gateways in ColdFusion

b.      LiveCycle / Blaze

c.       Pushing data

d.      Data synchronization