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77-903 ColdFusion Creating Database-driven Web Sites Level 3

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ColdFusion: Creating Database-driven Web Sites,

Level 3

Course specifications

Course number: 077-903

Software version number: 4.0 or later

Course length: 1 day

Hardware/software required to run this course

 

At least 32 MB RAM (64 MB is recommended).

 

At least 200 MB of free disk space, depending on what software you may already have to run

this course.

 

A 486 or faster processor (Pentium or faster is strongly recommended).

 

An 800 x 600 or higher resolution monitor set to a minimum of 256 colors. If your monitor

doesn't support 256 colors, graphics will not be displayed as intended. For best image quality,

we recommend setting monitors to High Color (16-Bit) at a high resolution, such as 1280 x

1024.

 

Windows 95, 98, or NT installed according to the software documentation.

 

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 or later.

 

Allaire HomeSite 4.0 (You can run this course with any text editor, but HomeSite provides

several benefits when coding CFML).

 

Microsoft Access 97 or later.

 

Microsoft Personal Web Server.

 

ColdFusion Express 4.0.

Course description

Overview: This course is designed for the non-programmer who wants to learn Web application

development with ColdFusion. Individuals with programming or scripting experience probably will not

need to cover some of the information in this book to get started with ColdFusion development. Students

taking this course should be experienced with HTML, Internet concepts, SQL fundamentals, and

database fundamentals. This course introduces students to the syntax, functions, tags, and possible

development solutions they're likely to encounter as they begin to develop ColdFusion applications.

Prerequisites: This course is designed for the experienced computer user who has an understanding of

Internet functionality and fairly extensive experience with HTML. The target student should also

understand database and SQL basics. We strongly recommend that all students considering this course

should first take

 

ColdFusion: Creating Database-driven Web Sites, Level 1 and Level 2. Many vital

concepts are omitted from this book because they were covered in Level 1 and Level 2 of this course

series.

Any student who is not experienced with HTML, SQL basics, database fundamentals, and ColdFusion

fundamentals, should take the following Element K courses before proceeding with this course:

 

HTML 4.0 Level 1

 

HTML 4.0 Level 2

 

SQL Fundamentals

 

Introduction to MS Access 97

 

ColdFusion: Creating Database-driven Web Sites, Level 1

 

ColdFusion: Creating Database-driven Web Sites, Level 2

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

activities.

Benefits: Students will learn how to create dynamic Web sites that utilize cookies, global variables, and

other variable types. Students will create a login application and enhance an existing application with a

variety of coding solutions.

Target student: Students enrolling in this course should understand HTML, SQL fundamentals, database

fundamentals, and should first take Levels 1 and 2 in this course series.

IMPORTANT

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

ColdFusion to use this book. We’ve developed the course using HomeSite, 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 $3000 version ColdFusion.

ColdFusion: Creating Database-driven Web Sites, Level 3

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:

 

Understand and implement the ColdFusion application framework.

 

Set and access global variables.

 

Create a login page that authenticates users and handles common errors.

 

Manage clients with cookies.

 

Collect user preferences to display customized content.

 

Create a previous/next search application and cached queries.

 

Create conditional statements with CFSWITCH

Course content

Lesson 1: The ColdFusion Application Framework

Designing with the application framework

Exploring the Application.cfm template

Exploring Persistent variables

Setting and Referencing Global variables

The CFAPPLICATION tag

Lesson 2: Creating a Login Application

Establishing Basic Security

Using Cookies

Inserting New Users

Lesson 3: Displaying Personalized Content

Gathering User Preferences

Creating Cookies Dynamically

Logging in users Automatically

Lesson 4: Creating Previous/Next Record Sets

Browsing Previous/Next Record Sets

Creating the Application Logic

Determining the Number of Remaining Records

Creating the Next Link

Creating the Previous Link

Lesson 5: Design and Performance Considerations

Caching Query Data

Preventing User Error

Exploring CGI variables

Lesson 6: Conditional Processing with CFSWITCH

Displaying the Average Rating of Each Title

CFCASE and CFDEFAULTCASE

Learning More about ColdFusion Development

Appendix A: Configuration Whitepaper

Appendix B: Installation Whitepaper

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