Advanced Adobe ColdFusion 10 Development Training in Ireland

To gain the most from the class, you should already have:

• Fast Track to ColdFusion 10 or equivalent experience
• Practical experience using CFML tags, functions and variables.
• Practical experience with the SQL command set, including SELECT, INSERT and UPDATE

Students will learn Application Framework, creating advanced queries, manipulating complex data in arrays and structures, structuring your code with ColdFusion Components, gracefully handling errors and exceptions, encapsulating your user-interface with custom tags, leveraging external Java code libraries, and creating highly interactive interfaces using Flash Forms.

Note: The curricula below comprise activities typically covered in a class at this skill level. The instructor may, at his/her discretion, adjust the lesson plan to meet the needs of the class.

Module 1: Introduction to Components

• Creating ColdFusion Components (CFC)
• CFC Syntax
• Invoking Static CFC Methods
• Using the Application Framework
• Configuring Application Settings
• Handling Application Events
• Handling Request Events
• Locking Shared Scope Variables
• Handling Session Events

Module 2: Manipulating Lists and Queries

• Using Lists
• The Query Object
• Summarizing Group Data
• Transaction Processing
• Querying a Query

Module 3: Manipulating Data and Arrays with Structures

• Using Arrays
• Using Structures
• Using Built-In ColdFusion Data Structures
• Dynamically Evaluating Variables
• Combining Data Structures
• Accessing Data by Value or Reference

Module 4: Advanced Component Concepts

• Instance-Based Components
• Creating Dynamic Getter/Setter Proxies with onMissingMethod
• Using Built-In Components
• Prototyping Components with cfinterface

Module 5: Handling Errors and Exceptions

• Error Handling
• Customizing Application Error Messages
• Application-Wide Error Handling
• Handling Exceptions with Try/Catch
• Exception Handling Frameworks

Module 6: Code and Content Reuse

• Creating Custom Tags
• Using Custom Tag Attributes
• Setting Results on the Calling Page
• Calling Custom Tags
• Creating CFML Simple Nested Custom Tags
• .NET Integration with ColdFusion 10
• Creating Web Services
• Calling Web Services

Module 7: Working with PDF Files and Forms

• Generate PDF Files from ColdFusion
• Manipulating PDF Files with cfpdf
• Pre-filling PDF Forms
• Posting Data from a PDF Form to ColdFusion

Module 8: Data and File Manipulation in ColdFusion 10

• Manipulating Image Data with cfimage
• Reading and Storing Image Data
• Image Processing
• Creating RSS Feeds
• Consuming RSS with CFFEED

Module 9: Scaling Applications

• Scalability Bottlenecks
• Caching Recordsets
• Caching Generated Results with cf_accelerate
• Caching Entire Page Results
• Using Asynchronous Process to Improve Performance