You are right, most of the books (new and revised) are geared towards beginners. There are few books written specifically for experienced CF developers. But ...
Hal Helms has a book coming out on CFC's. I believe you'll find info (or links) at his site www.halhelms.com. My own Advanced ColdFusion book (which will be out before the end of September) has lots of coverage on the newer advanced features of CFMX. And I also have a new series of books (entitled "Reality ColdFusion") coming out squarely aimed at experienced developers. The first title (on Flash integration) is already shipping, the next two (one on J2EE integration and one on intranets and content management) are being printed right now and will ship before the end of the month. So, I think we're addressing the need, albeit slowly. :-) --- Ben -----Original Message----- From: Dwayne Cole [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2002 8:02 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: OT: No good CFMX Books When is someone going to write a good ColdFusion book? I appreciate the work of Ben, Jeffry and Rob but wouldn't you say that the work is for beginners. I do not want to pay $45 - $60 for book where 70% of the book is spent introducing variables, coldfusion tags, cfoutput, form submissions and all the other basics. It's just not worth it. ColdFusion has a "mature" developer community when will we begin to see books for the mature developers. How about a book dedicated to best-practice CFC's, UDF's, Custom Tags, and Session Management. What about a book that talks about different design and development approaches for handling secure login, shopping carts, URL encryption, calendars, chat systems, Presentation and Logic separation, and other things that we all us wrestle with. Can someone write a book that help's us design better, easier to maintain, robust and efficient systems? Please excuse the frustration but I have waited all summer for the most recent CFMX book releases and unfortunately I looks like most of these guys are still doing the "Newbie" stuff. Prof. Dwayne Cole MS in MIS, MBA Certified Advanced ColdFusion Developer 850-591-0212 "It can truely be said that nothing happens until there is vision. But it is equally true that a vision with no underlying sense of purpose, no calling, is just a good idea - all "sound and fury, signifiying nothing." The Fifth Discipline - Peter Senge ______________________________________________________________________ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
