Preface

Adobe ColdFusion is an application server, renowned for rapid development of dynamic websites, with a straightforward language (CFML), powerful methods for packaging and reusing your code, and AJAX support that will get developers deep into powerful web applications quickly. However, developing rich and robust web applications can be a real challenge as it involves multiple processes.

With this practical guide, you will learn how to build professional ColdFusion applications. Packed with example code, and written in a friendly, easy-to-read style, this book is just what you need if you are serious about ColdFusion.

This book will give you a clear, concise, and, of course, practical guidance to take you from the basics of ColdFusion 9 to the skills that will make you a ColdFusion developer to be reckoned with.

ColdFusion expert John Farrar will teach you the basics of ColdFusion programming, basic application architecture, object reuse, and ORM concepts before showing you a range of topics including AJAX library integration, RESTful Web Services, Unit Testing, building custom tags, and his hybrid example of tags and objects COOP. All these together will make you the toast of your ColdFusion developer town.

This book digs deep into the basics, with real-world examples of the hows and whys, to get more done faster with ColdFusion 9.

This book's website (http://www.sosensible.com/index.cfm/books/) also covers the new features of ColdFusion Builder and additional version 9 updates.