Product Description
ColdFusion Web Development with Macromedia Dreamweaver MX 2004 explores the exciting web development partnership between ColdFusion--a fantastically powerful but easy to learn server-side scripting language--and Dreamweaver, Macromedia's world-class visual web authoring tool. With Dreamweaver, you can set up your ColdFusion website, connect it to your database, put together all the code for the pages, and style them--all with surprisingly little effort.The book is full of practical examples. It begins by teaching the basics of the ColdFusion language and showing you how to use ColdFusion to perform tasks such as connecting to databases, decision making, reading XML, querying, and error handling. Further, it delves into more advanced topics, such as ColdFusion extensions, custom functions, and Flash remoting (using Dreamweaver MX as the IDE). The book is supplemented by an extensive case study that shows you how to put together everything you've learned to build a fully operational, dynamic, real-world website. It also explores common web applications like blogs, review pages, and user registration/login forms.
About the Author
Jen deHaan - Jen deHaan is a freelance web designer/developer based in Calgary. She has been involved in writing, contributing to, or editing many computer books on Flash, ActionScript, digital video, and ColdFusion in 2002. She has co-authored three books on ActionScript for friend of ED Flash MX Designers ActionScript Reference, ActionScript Zero to Hero, and Flash MX Most Wanted Components. She was also a co-author of the ColdFusion Developers Handbook (Sybex).
Peter deHaan - forthcoming
Massimo Foti - Massimo Foti began using Dreamweaver on the very day the first beta was available, and he has used Dreamweaver ever since. Massimo has been a prolific extension developer since the pioneering days of Dreamweaver 1.His extensions are featured on the Macromedia Exchange for Dreamweaver and have been featured in many books and magazines. A Team Macromedia Member for Dreamweaver, he is a certified Dreamweaver developer and certified Advanced ColdFusion developer.
Simon Horwith - Simon Horwith, senior consultant at Fig Leaf Software in Washington DC, has been using ColdFusion since version 1.5. He is a Macromedia-certified Advanced ColdFusion and Flash developer and is a Macromedia-certified instructor. In addition to administering the CFDJ-List List Serve and presenting at DC area CFUGs, Simon is a contributing author to several books on ColdFusion and writes a monthly column in ColdFusion Developer's Journal.
Edoardo Zubler - Edoardo Zubler is a multimedia developer who specializes in creating rich media applications for a wide range of devices and platforms. He has produced both front end and back end solutions for Tablet PCs, Set Top Boxes, and handheld PDAs. During his career he has been involved in pioneering projects such as the development and implementation of a content repurposing system based on Macromedia Generator for the first regular digital terrestrial (DVB-t) data broadcasting service in Europe. He has developed many Flash based rich client applications for fixed and mobile devices. As a Team Macromedia Volunteer, Edoardo has written several articles and developed a numerous extensions for many Macromedia products including FlashBang! with Joseph Lowery. He also runs Aftershape.com, his own personal website, where he showcases his "digital oddities".