Sebastopol, CA--"Looking back, it is almost funny to imagine I fell in
love with a language that had just over 30 language elements in its
1.5 release," says Rob Brooks-Bilson, author of the just-released
Programming
ColdFusion (O'Reilly $49.95). "At the time, though,
ColdFusion had enough power to handle any web programming task thrown
my way. And as the tasks have become more complex, ColdFusion has kept
pace. Today ColdFusion has over 80 tags and 255 functions for handling
almost any task imaginable. Add to that scalability features to handle
high-traffic sites such as load balancing and failover, and it's easy
to see why ColdFusion is so popular among developers and
administrators."
ColdFusion is a powerful platform for creating and deploying dynamic
web applications. Developers like ColdFusion because its simple,
tag-based language makes it easy to handle simple tasks, like
processing form data and querying databases. ColdFusion is easy to
learn, yet powerful enough to deliver highly scalable, robust
applications.
"With the release of ColdFusion 5.0, developers are going to be looking
for a comprehensive source of information on ColdFusion beyond the
standard documentation," adds Brooks-Bilson. "Programming ColdFusion
fills that need by providing the tips, tricks, techniques, and
practical advice developers are looking for."
Programming
ColdFusion covers everything you need to know to create
effective web applications with ColdFusion and includes numerous
examples that you can use for your own applications. The book starts
with ColdFusion basics and quickly progresses to topics like sharing
application data, accessing databases, and maintaining state
information. It also provides chapters on advanced database techniques,
working with the Verity search engine, and interacting with other data
sources, including LDAP directories, email servers, and other web
servers. Finally, the book explores more advanced topics, such as
creating custom tags, sharing data with WDDX, and calling external
objects.
"You don't have to be a hard-core programmer to get started with
ColdFusion," says Brooks-Bilson. "This doesn't, however, mean that
ColdFusion isn't powerful. Quite the contrary. ColdFusion makes it
simple to do common tasks--such as processing form data or querying a
database. But when you need to perform more complex operations--such as
transaction processing or personalization--ColdFusion makes that
possible, too."
Online Resources:
Programming
ColdFusion
By Rob Brooks-Bilson
1-56592-698-6, 990 pages, $49.95
order@oreilly.com
1-800-998-9938
