Click Here for the Outline in PDF Version Course Outline: Advanced Web Design with Cold Fusion (3 Days) with Hands On Labs Learning Objectives Work with lists, arrays, and structures Implement Custom Tags, implement standard or structured error handling into a web application, work with the Cold Fusion Server-Side scripting language Perform dynamic queries via the QueryNew function Address query results via the alternate array syntax Utilize transaction control in Cold Fusion templates Utilize stored procedures Send / receive e-mail with Cold Fusion Perform file / directory manipulation Perform file uploads Create intelligent agents Utilize WDDX (Web Distributed Data Exchange) Retain session state in a clustered environment Understand Cold Fusion tuning and caching in order to improve web application performance This course description should be used to determine whether the course is appropriate for you based on your current skill and technical training needs. Technical information is provided on the intended audience, course prerequisites, and covered topics. Course content, prices, and availability are subject to change without notice. Course Audience This course is designed for Cold Fusion Web developers who have used Cold Fusion in a production environment and would like to use custom tags, implement structured advanced error handling techniques and work with lists and arrays and perform dynamic queries. Course Description This course provides the participant with the information to expand his knowledge of the Cold Fusion Application Server Ver. 4.5. The goal of this course is to provide Web Developers with the ability to enhance existing dynamic data-driven web pages with Cold Fusion. It is presented in 3 days, the format of the class is, topic lecture, hands on group exercises with the instructor to reinforce topic, and finally, lab on topic. Each student receives a student manual. The course requires that the student have a dedicated computer with Windows NT Workstation, Personal Web Server, Microsoft Access 97. Course Objectives At course completion the student will be able to perform the following tasks: Work with lists, arrays, and structures Implement Custom Tags, implement standard or structured error handling into a web application, work with the Cold Fusion Server-Side scripting language Perform dynamic queries via the QueryNew function Address query results via the alternate array syntax Utilize transaction control in Cold Fusion templates Utilize stored procedures Send / receive e-mail with Cold Fusion Perform file / directory manipulation Perform file uploads Create intelligent agents Utilize WDDX (Web Distributed Data Exchange) Retain session state in a clustered environment Understand Cold Fusion tuning and caching in order to improve web application performance Prerequisites Requisites for this course are, (3 - 6) months of working knowledge with Cold Fusion, an understanding of SQL (Structured Query Language), views, stored procedures, triggers, transaction control, and familiarity with Microsoft Access 97. TOPICS COVERED IN LECTURE & LAB Lists, Arrays, Structures Lists, looping through, and functions Group Exercise Lists Arrays, One dimensional, Two dimensional, Functions Group Exercise Arrays Structures, functions, Associative Syntax, Dot Syntax, functions, Complex Data Types Group Exercise Structures Code Reuse CFX Tags Group Exercise CFX Tags CFML Custom Tags Parameter Passing, Returning Values, Returning Dynamic Variables Group Exercise Custom Tags Custom Tags Lab Custom Tag Location, CFMODULE Group Exercise Custom Tag Location Nested Custom Tags, Base Tags, Sub Tags Nested Custom Tag Demo Error Handling Standard Error Handling Request / Validation error types Group Exercise Standard Error Handling Structured Error Handling CFTRY, CFCATCH Group Exercise CFTRY, CFCATCH CFTHROW Group Exercise CFTHROW TAGCONTEXT Structure Group Exercise TAGCONTEXT Custom Tag Error Handling Group Exercise Custom Tag Error Handling Cold Fusion Scripting Comments, Variable Declaration, Control-of-flow, looping Group Exercise Cold Fusion Scripting Dynamic Query Manipulation Why Utilize Query Functions QueryNew, QueryAddColumn, QueryAddRow, QuerySetCell, IsQuery Group Exercise Dynamic Query Manipulation Transaction Control and Stored Procedures CFTRANSACTION Stored Procedures Parameter Passing, Returning Values, Returning Result Sets Group Exercise Stored Procedures Cold Fusion and e-mail CFMAIL, CFPOP Group Exercise CFMAIL File Manipulation CFFILE Group Exercise CFFILE Uploading Files from a Web Browser CFFILE Action=Upload Group Exercise Upload Directory Manipulation CFDIRECTORY Group Exercise CFDIRECTORY Intelligent Agents CFHTTP Group Exercise CFHTTP Parsing Techniques Group Exercise Parsing Techniques Retrieving Text Files with CFHTTP Group Exercise Text File Retrieval with CFHTTP CFHTTP Posting, CFHTTPPARAM Group Exercise CFHTTPPARAM CFFTP WDDX Terminology (Serializing / Deserializing) CFWDDX, CFSETTING, Creating Web Robots Group Exercise WDDX Dynamic Backend Pages with WDDX Group Exercise Dynamic WDDX Pages WDDX & JavaScript WDDX / JavaScript Demo Managing Client State Client Variables Client Variable location Enabling Client Variables The Client Variable Process Creating Client Variables The Client Variable Repository Client Variables Tuning and Caching Template Caching, flowchart Server Settings for Caching CFCACHE, flowchart Cfcache.map file Group Exercise CFCACHE Query / Variable Based Caching Variable Based Caching Group Exercise Variable Based Caching Query Based Caching CACHEDWITHIN / CACHEDAFTER Group Exercise Query Based Caching

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