Book description
The ColdFusion Web Application Construction Kit is the best-selling ColdFusion series of all time—the books that most ColdFusion developers used to learn the product. This Getting Started volume starts with Web and Internet fundamentals and database concepts and design, and then progresses to topics including creating data-driven pages, building complete applications, implementing security mechanisms, integrating with e-mail, building reusable functions and components, generating data-driven reports and graphs, building Ajax-powered user interfaces, and much more. Complete coverage of ColdFusion 8 continues in “Volume 2, Application Development” (ISBN 0-321-51546-3) and “Volume 3, Advanced Application Development” (ISBN 0-321-51547-1).
Table of contents
- Copyright
- Acknowledgments
- Biographies
- Introduction
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Getting Started
- Introducing ColdFusion
- Choosing a Development Environment
- Accessing the ColdFusion Administrator
- Previewing ColdFusion
- Building the Databases
- Introducing SQL
- SQL Data Manipulation
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Using ColdFusion
- The Basics of CFML
- Programming with CFML
- Creating Data-Driven Pages
- The Basics of Structured Development
- ColdFusion Forms
- Form Data Validation
- Using Forms to Add or Change Data
- Beyond HTML Forms: ColdFusion-Powered Ajax
- Graphing, Printing, and Reporting
- Debugging and Troubleshooting
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Building ColdFusion Applications
- Planning an Application
- Introducing the Web Application Framework
- Working with Sessions
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Appendixes
- Installing ColdFusion and Development Environments
- Sample Application Data Files
- Interacting with Email
- Online Commerce
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Securing Your Applications
- Options for Securing Your Application
- Using ColdFusion to Control Access
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Using Session Variables for Authentication
- Checking and Maintaining Login Status
- Restricting Access to Your Application
- Creating a Login Page
- Verifying the Login Name and Password
- Personalizing Based on Login
- Being Careful with Passed Parameters
- Other Scenarios
- Using ColdFusion’s <cflogin> Framework
- Tags and Functions Provided by the <cflogin> Framework
- Using <cflogin> and <cfloginuser>
- Using getAuthUser() in Your Application Pages
- Using Roles to Dynamically Restrict Functionality
- Using Operating System Security
- Defending Against Cross-Site Scripting
Product information
- Title: Adobe ColdFusion 8 Web Application Construction Kit, Volume 1: Getting Started
- Author(s):
- Release date: September 2007
- Publisher(s): Adobe Press
- ISBN: 9780321515483
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