Getting Started with ColdFusion MX


Overview/Description
Target Audience
Prerequisites
Expected Duration
Lesson Objectives
Course Number


Overview/Description
To introduce and demonstrate the fundamental concepts, tools, and features of ColdFusion MX

Target Audience
Web professionals and developers that want to create dynamic web sites using ColdFusion

Prerequisites
Familiarity with web terminology; an understanding of web server characteristics; experience with the HTML tag set and syntax; familiarity with the SQL command set, including SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, and DELETE

Expected Duration (hours)
4.8

Lesson Objectives

Getting Started with ColdFusion MX

  • describe static and dynamic page publishing, and define ColdFusion features and configurations.
  • install and operate ColdFusion MX software, and to describe Integrated Development Environments (IDEs).
  • describe CFML basics and use CFML comments.
  • create and display variables, and write expressions.
  • use ColdFusion's built-in functions.
  • use ColdFusion variables and functions to print out information.
  • connect to and query a database.
  • make database queries.
  • display database data in ColdFusion MX.
  • display database data in an HTML table.
  • build form pages in ColdFusion MX.
  • create an order form in ColdFusion MX.
  • use conditional programming statements in ColdFusion MX.
  • check for form submission on a form action page.
  • use the CFINCLUDE tag to reuse code.
  • use ColdFusion custom tags and create a ColdFusion mapping.
  • use and call user-defined functions in ColdFusion MX, and call ColdFusion components.
  • use a custom tag and a user-defined function in ColdFusion MX.

    • Course Number:
    75372_eng