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Mastering ColdFusion 5

Tue, 05 Feb 2002 00:00:00 EST

I received Mastering ColdFusion 5 two months ago and began using it immediately. Since I had recently upgraded to ColdFusion 5.0, I used this book to learn about some of its new features; I used three of them (query-of-a-query, CFFLUSH, and CFSAVECONTENT) in a single template the first day. This book is an excellent reference to the new features of CF 5.0.

Programming ColdFusion

Wed, 09 Jan 2002 00:00:00 EST

As the author points out in the introduction: '[Y]ou'll find this book loaded with strategies, hints, tips, and tricks that you can apply to your own projects. I've tried to include all the useful ColdFusion tidbits that I've discovered over the years so that you can benefit from my experience.' And Brooks-Bilson, one of the ColdFusion community's most senior developers and a frequent contributor to the Allaire Forums, comes through.

Everything You Need to Know about XML

Mon, 03 Dec 2001 00:00:00 EST

What an excellent little book! In a scant 96 pages, Eckstein and Casabianca have managed to present everything you need to know to get up and running with XML. After the obligatory review of what XML is and why it's needed, as well as definitions of some of the key concepts of XML technology, the authors launch into a concise, though comprehensive, discussion of DTD (Document Type Definition) design and construction.

Recursive Custom Tags

Thu, 05 Oct 2000 00:00:00 EDT

I have a confession to make: I wasn't a computer science major in college - I was a philosophy major. While the two disciplines have much in common (conceptual acrobatics, a high degree of abstraction, logical and analytical rigor, obtuse and convoluted texts), I'm finding now that, as a Web applications developer, a study of the basic tenets of computer science can help me create more sophisticated applications.

Creating Subforms

Mon, 18 Oct 1999 00:00:00 EDT

In the June issue of ColdFusion Developer's Journal (Vol. 1, issue 3), I hinted there might be a way to create subforms using inline frames. This article shows how - using a combination of inline frames, JavaScript, WDDX and, of course, CF.

Creating Subforms with CFGRID

Thu, 06 May 1999 00:00:00 EDT

You're familiar with the rudiments of ColdFusion development. You know how to set and read local, session and client variables. You have input, updated and deleted data from a database. You've created drill-down 'Master/Detail' templates by passing values in a URL string and you've created dynamic, data-driven SELECT boxes. Your forms look spiffy and everything is working fine, just like it did with Microsoft Access...well, almost.