Who this book is for

This book is for two groups of developers: New and experienced ColdFusion users.

If you are a new user, you will find that the contents of the first seven chapters will give you a solid start to development on the platform. At the book's site previously mentioned, we will collect a resource link page to assist you with moving ahead with different topics based on having read this book.

If you are not new to ColdFusion, you will find that the content of the first seven chapters is both a meaningful review and also an introduction to some of the related changes on the basics that were added in version 9.

The last half of this book is about features that go beyond the basics. They are perhaps the most popular features that people desire to learn when working with ColdFusion 9. Additional features will of course be posted on the book's site. If there are features specific to ColdFusion 8, you will find many of those in the first version of this book—ColdFusion 8 Developer Tutorial. We have tried to mix up some of the additional coverage to make getting the newer version of this book more valuable of course.