Programming ColdFusion MX, Second Edition Creating Dynamic Web Applications

By Rob Brooks-Bilson
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Colophon

Our look is the result of reader comments, our own experimentation, and feedback from distribution channels. Distinctive covers complement our distinctive approach to technical topics, breathing personality and life into potentially dry subjects. The animal on the cover of Programming ColdFusion MX, Second Edition is an Arctic tern. Arctic terns (Sterna paradisaea) are small birds, about 12 to 15 inches long, that make the longest migration of any avian on Earth. They breed in the Arctic tundra but fly to the edge of the Antarctic ice pack during the winter. An Arctic tern flies over 21,750 miles each year; it spends most of its life, about 20 years, flying.

The Arctic tern has webbed feet. The tail is long and forked, the legs are short and red, and the head is rounded and white with a black cap and a bright orange beak. Research has shown that Arctic terns don?t swim well and will do everything possible to stay out of the water. Even though their feet are webbed, they are small, so the birds swoop down, catch a fish, and eat it while flying.

During breeding or courtship time, male terns fly a "fish flight." A male takes a small fish in its bill and passes as low as it can over a female on the ground. If she notices, she'll join him in the fish flight, and they soon mate.

In Arctic breeding grounds, females lay one or two cream-colored eggs with brown speckles (1.6 inches long). The eggs are laid in a grassy area for protection from their predators and because there are no trees in the Arctic. Both parents care for the eggs and feed the hatchlings.

Local inhabitants watch to see where Arctic terns are feeding. By monitoring where the terns hunt, they can find large schools of fish and increase their catch. Darren Kelly was the production editor, and Leanne Soylemez was the copyeditor for Programming ColdFusion MX, Second Edition. Mary Brady, Derek Di Matteo, and Claire Cloutier provided quality control. Nancy Crumpton wrote the index. Jamie
Peppard, Matt Hutchinson, and Reg Aubry provided production assistance.

Hanna Dyer designed the cover of this book, based on a series design by Edie Freedman. The cover image is an original illustration created by Lorrie LeJeune. Emma Colby produced the cover layout with QuarkXPress 4.1 using Adobe's ITC Garamond font.

David Futato designed the interior layout. This book was converted by Joe Wizda to FrameMaker 5.5.6 with a format conversion tool created by Erik Ray, Jason McIntosh, Neil Walls, and Mike Sierra that uses Perl and XML technologies. The text font is Linotype Birka; the heading font is Adobe Myriad Condensed; and the code font is LucasFont's TheSans Mono Condensed. The illustrations that appear in the book were produced by Robert Romano and Jessamyn Read using Macromedia FreeHand 9 and Adobe Photoshop 6. This colophon was written by Mary Anne Weeks Mayo.

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