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Resources for ColdFusion Development Required before you start to develop ColdFusion applications: Write pages in HTML Build databases and queries Debug simple programs and macros You can use your entire web development Bag ‘O Tricks

Resources for ColdFusion Development Commandment the First: Don’t test new applications on the department server. What can happen?!? Server hangs and crashes; e.g., queries on buggy databases. Disruption of other services ( , etc.) Hate mail

Resources for ColdFusion Development What to do?!? Set up a development environment on your machine. Code, test and debug applications on your personal development environment. Transfer files to production server. Then test the application on the production server. No access to your server? You can develop applications on your personal development environment and ship the batch to the server administrator to upload.

Resources for ColdFusion Development Setting up a development Environment: Editors: Code Editor Visual Editor Image, CSS Servers: IIS CF Express Data Sources: ODBC Native database drivers

Resources for ColdFusion Development Editors: Text Editor – ColdFusion Studio …has SQL Query builder Visual Editor – Dreamweaver UltraDev Integrated with ColdFusion, data sources Visual Editors optional, very useful for page design.

Resources for ColdFusion Development Editors: Image Editor – e.g., Adobe PhotoShop Style Editor – e.g., TopStyle Special Text Editors – e.g., TexPad

Resources for ColdFusion Development Servers: Use single-user servers used on department/unit web site. IISWin2000 – Built in Win98 – Install Disk ColdFusion Express – download free Install and test the web server before installing CFExpress.

Resources for ColdFusion Development My Computer Production Server Edit pages Design/Populate DB Local Test

Resources for ColdFusion Development Let us rejoice … …for Cold Fusion supports code reuse Speed up development Reduce maintenance and debugging Custom Tags… Yeeow!

Resources for ColdFusion Development Let us rejoice … …for Cold Fusion Studio has a full source debugger And page validator tool And SQL builder Set server debugging options Enable from ColdFusion Administrator Restrict output to your machine ( )

Resources for ColdFusion Development Allaire Developer Site Allaire Self-paced Training Skillbuilding with ColdFusion Allaire Alive Macromedia Resource Center: Macromedia University CFUG–SC: ColdFusion Users Group State College CFUG ListServe – a happenin’ place…

Resources for ColdFusion Development WebMonkey Coldfusion Tutorial: SQL: ColdFusion Web Application Construction Kit -Ben Forta, Published by Que Ben Forta’s web site CFUG–SC: ColdFusion Users Group State College

Resources for ColdFusion Development Penn State Internet Professional Certificate Program hours/$2500Instructor-led Independent Education/Training Companies e.g. Learning Tree InternationalColdFusion & UltradevLearning Tree International Allaire Training Partners Learning Online at Penn State paced

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