Programming ColdFusion

By Rob Brooks-Bilson

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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 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 the 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.

Native humans 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. Mary Anne Weeks Mayo was the production editor and copyeditor for Programming ColdFusion. Ann Schirmer and Jane Ellin provided quality control. Edie Shapiro, Matt Hutchinson, Sada Preisch, and Molly Shangraw provided production assistance. Nancy Crumpton wrote the index.

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.

Melanie Wang designed the interior layout based on a series design by Nancy Priest. Anne-Marie Vaduva converted the files from Microsoft Word to FrameMaker 5.5.6 using tools created by Mike Sierra. The text and heading fonts are ITC Garamond Light and Garamond Book; the code font is Constant Willison. The illustrations for this book were created by Robert Romano and Jessamyn Read using Macromedia Freehand 9 and Adobe Photoshop 6. This colophon was compiled by Mary Anne Weeks Mayo.

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