ColdFusion : Creating Database-driven Web Sites

Level 1

Course Specifications

Course number: 077900

Course length: 1 day

Software: ColdFusion 4.0

Course Description

Students will learn the benefits of using Cold Fusion to create dynamic, data driven Web sites.

Target Student: Students enrolling in this course should have an intermediate knowledge of HTML,

databases and SQL.

Prerequisites: Proficiency with HTML, some familiarity with databases and SQL.

Delivery Method: Instructor-led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured

hands-on activities.

Benefits: Students will learn how to create dynamic, database-driven Web sites.

What's Next: ColdFusion: Creating Database-driven Web Sites Level 1 is the first course in this series.

ColdFusion: Creating Database-driven Web Sites Level 2, the next course in this series, teaches students

how to create Web applications that can add, delete, and edit database information, as well as create

drill-down applications and searching tools.

IMPORTANT

Students, training centers, etc. do not need to purchase the full, enterprise or professional edition of

ColdFusion to take this course. This course was developed with HomeSite 4.0, Microsoft’s Personal Web

Server, and ColdFusion Express, a freely available version of ColdFusion. Each of these applications can

be found for free on the Web, although it’s suggested that anyone using this book purchase HomeSite

from Allaire. This setup was chosen because it opens up the course to anyone who wants to learn

ColdFusion, regardless of their ability to purchase the full version ColdFusion 4.0.

Hardware/Software Requirements

Performance-Based Objectives

Lesson objectives help students become comfortable with the course, and also provide a means to

evaluate learning. Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

Create simple ColdFusion application using CFML.

Create and include ColdFusion templates.

Create CFQUERY blocks and SQL statements that query a database.

Debug ColdFusion applications.

Create a ColdFusion application that queries a database based on user input.

Dynamically populate form fields.

Use conditional logic to manipulate application flow.