Adobe Advanced ColdFusion Development 8

Course Overview

Introducing the Course

* About the Course
* Course Overview
* Prerequistes
* Course Format

Introduction to Components

* Using the Application Framework
* Introducing CFC Syntax
* Configuring Application Settings
* Handling Application Events
* Handling Request Events
* Locking Shared Scope Variables
* Handling Session Events

Manipulating Lists and Queries

* Using Lists
* The Query Object
* Summarizing and Grouping Data
* Transaction Processing
* Querying a Query

Manipulating Data with Arrays and Structures

* Using Arrays
* Using Structures
* Using Built-In ColdFusion Data Structures
* Dynamically Evaluating Variables
* Combining Data Structures
* Accessing Data by Value or Reference

Advanced Component Concepts

* Instance-Based Components
* Creating Dynamic Getter/Setter Proxies with onMissingMethod()
* Using Built-In Components
* Prototyping Components with

Handling Errors and Exceptions

* Introducing Error Handling
* Customizing Application Error Messages
* Handling Exceptions with Try/Catch
* Exception Handling Frameworks

Code and Content Reuse

* Creating Custom Tags
* Using Custom Tag Attributes
* Setting Results on the Calling Page
* Calling Custom Tags
* Creating CFML Simple Nested Custom Tags
* .NET Integration with ColdFusion 8
* Creating Web Services
* Calling Web Services

Working with PDF Files and Forms

* Generate PDF Files from ColdFusion
* Manipulating PDF Files with
* Pre-filling PDF Forms
* Posting Data from a PDF Form to ColdFusion

Data and File Manipulation in ColdFusion

* Manipulating Image Data with
* Reading and Storing Image Data
* Image Processing
* Creating RSS Feeds
* Consuming RSS Feeds

Scaling Applications

* Understanding and Identifying Scalability Bottlenecks
* Caching Recordsets
* Caching Generated Results with
* Caching Entire Page Results
* Using Asynchronous Processes to Improve Performance