ColdFusion 9 Developer Tutorial -- Table of Contents -- ColdFusion 9 Developer Tutorial -- Credits -- About the Author -- About the Reviewers -- Preface -- What this book covers -- What you need for this book -- Who this book is for -- Conventions -- Reader feedback -- Customer support -- Errata -- Piracy -- Questions -- 1. Web Pages-Static to Dynamic -- Turning HTML into a dynamic web page -- HTML requests -- ColdFusion requests -- Comments -- Variable output -- Functions -- Understanding and using simple variables -- Variable types -- Integers -- Strings -- Decimals -- Additional functions -- Find and FindNoCase -- Understanding structures -- CGI variables -- Let's get interactive -- URL variables -- Exception handling -- Standard error exception -- and -- Setting page defaults -- HTML links -- Introduction to lists and loops -- Understanding arrays -- Conditional processing with If/ -- Conditional processing with switch -- Summary -- 2. Basic CFCs and Database Interaction -- Our first CFC -- Our first object -- Product (object) -- Using an object constructor -- Connecting to a database -- Returning data from the CFC -- Making our data query flexible -- The basic data object concept -- Object method access control -- Summary -- 3. Power CFCs and Web Forms -- The practice of protecting access -- Web forms introduction -- Managing our product data -- Getting data to our edit page -- Saving our data -- Improving page flow -- Adding a new record -- Let's look under the hood -- Summary -- 4. ORM Database Interaction -- Introduction to ORM in ColdFusion -- ORM-enabled application configuration -- ORM-enabled CFCs -- Understanding entities -- Working with entity-object relationships -- Many-to-many relationships -- Working with relational data -- ORM functions -- Summary -- 5. Application, Session, and Request Scope.

Life span -- Introducing the Application.cfc object -- Application variables -- The start methods -- Application start method-onApplicationStart() -- Session start method-onSessionStart() -- Request start method-onRequestStart() -- The end methods -- Request end method-onRequestEnd() -- Session end method-onSessionEnd() -- Application end method-onApplicationEnd() -- On Error method-onError() -- Scope visibility -- Practical application -- Universal datasource -- Mappings per application -- Custom tag paths per application -- Summary -- 6. Authentication and Permissions -- How ColdFusion recognizes users -- Custom authentication (additional power) -- Authentication data model -- Customizing authentication -- Extra notes -- Summary -- 7. CFScript -- Script basics -- Variables -- Switch/case -- If/then/else -- For loops -- For/in loops -- Do/while loops -- While loops -- Exception handling -- Throw/abort -- New functions/commands in CF9 -- Summary -- 8. CF AJAX User Interface -- Changing times -- HTML-based websites -- Server-side languages -- Browser-side applications -- Flash -- JavaScript -- ColdFusion AJAX -- Layout -- -- -- Border example -- HBox/VBox example -- Tab example -- -- -- Menus and tool tips -- -- -- Styling notes -- Tips -- Map interaction -- Summary -- 9. CF AJAX Forms -- AJAX forms -- -- Grid paging -- Grid updates and deletes -- Linked grids -- -- Binding page elements -- Binding immediately upon load -- The date requestor -- The autosuggest box -- -- -- -- The directory tree -- Message boxes -- Progress bar -- Summary -- 10. CF AJAX Programming -- Binding -- On-page binding -- CFC binding -- JavaScript binding -- URL binding -- Bind with event -- Extra binding notes.

Multiple radio buttons or checkboxes and multiple select -- Spry binding -- CFAJAXProxy -- CFAJAX proxy binding -- CFC proxy class objects -- Client debugging -- Firebug -- Built-in debugging -- Logging features -- Customization -- Automatically wired AJAX links -- Execute JavaScript after loading content -- Other cool commands -- Post for CFAJAX calls -- CFAJAX browser JavaScript API overview -- Summary -- 11. Introduction to Custom Tags -- Different forms of code reuse -- CFCs -- CFInclude -- Custom tags -- Our first custom tag -- Custom header/footer tags -- Nested tags -- CFInclude from custom tags -- Templates versus skins -- Managing custom tags -- CFModule approach -- Tag library approach -- Summary -- 12. ColdFusion Powered Views -- What is open source? -- The fun factor -- Installing the library -- Getting started -- Happily separated -- Manipulate DOM from server-side code -- Turning lemons to lemonade -- Separation complete -- Fun with lists -- Select list tag -- Other list tags -- Better form coding -- Metadata -- Smart form modes -- Edit mode -- Add mode -- View mode -- Style simplified -- But wait, there's more! -- Custom list item rendering -- Module render option -- Summary -- 13. Control Logic Processing -- The code side of applications -- The model -- The controller -- Shared variables -- Processing request events -- Event model for the coprocessor -- onPageStart() method -- onFirstCall() method -- onPostBack() method -- Form modes -- beforeViewCall() method -- onPageEnd() method -- Remote AJAX events -- Data versatility -- Lists -- Array of structures -- Modified data field names -- Query handling -- Personal extension of COOP -- Summary -- 14. Guide to Unit Testing -- When to test -- Mission critical -- Test-driven development -- Regression testing -- Installing our testing software -- Understanding assertions -- First test class.

Multiple tests -- HTML view -- Data view -- Built-in assertions -- MXUnit assertion extensions -- Testing private methods -- Testing included files and custom tags -- Variable testing -- Exception testing -- A son's view of testing -- Summary -- A. Beyond this Book -- Areas of interest -- Perspectives -- Business perspective -- Persona reviews -- Milestones -- Design/marketing perspective -- Developer perspective -- Current technologies -- AJAX -- Flash (Flex/AIR) -- Future -- HTML 5 -- Devices -- Scale versus implementation -- Standards -- Libraries -- Size -- Features -- Begin with the end in mind -- Research -- Frameworks -- Methodologies -- B. Tools and Resources -- AJAX -- Firebug -- jQuery -- Analytics -- Google webmaster tools -- Coding -- Conferencing and collaboration -- Acrobat.com -- Google Docs -- GoToMeeting/Webinar -- Slide-sharing sites -- Data-management tools -- Graphics creation/acquisition -- Camtasia Studio -- Color Schemer -- Fireworks -- Lightroom -- SnagIt -- Open source libraries -- Project management -- FreshBooks -- Project Tracker -- Source control -- Usability -- Morae -- Virtual development box -- XML -- Index.