I've been given the un-enviable task of bringing non ColdFusion programmers
and total newbies up to speed with ColdFusion - only version 5 at this
stage but MX will be plugged.
I work for an Australian government department called "Centrelink". They
are in the top 100 hundred Australian "companies" in terms of size and
turnover with a annual budget of AUD$1.6 billion and it distributes more
than AUD$55 billion annually. Some brief stats are as follows:
has 6.4 million customers;
pays 9.3 million individual entitlements each year;
has 27 083 staff;
has more than 1 000 service delivery points ranging from large Customer
Service Centres to small visiting services;
sends more than 94 million letters to customers each year;
conducts 98 700 field officer reviews each year;
has more than 650 000 booked office appointments each month;
handles 5.2 million new claims each year;
receives more than 23.5 million telephone calls each year;
receives 27.5 million website page views each year;
makes some 700 000 decisions weekly.
Some example topics I intend to cover include (in no particular order):
INTRODUCTION AND WELCOME
ABOUT/HISTORY OF COLDFUSION
COLDFUSION BASICS
APPLICATION ARCHITECTURE
THE COLDFUSION ADMINISTRATOR
DATABASE BASICS
MAINTAINING DATABASE RECORDS
ADVANCED DATABASE TECHNIQUES
PASSING DATA BETWEEN TEMPLATES
COMPLEX DATATYPES
MAINTAINING "STATE"
APPLICATION SECURITY
TESTING AND DEBUGGING
TO "#" OR NOT TO "#"
MANIPULATING FILES AND DIRECTORIES
WORKING WITH EMAIL
REGULAR EXPRESSIONS
WORKING WITH THE VERITY SEARCH ENGINE
SCRIPTING AND USER DEFINED FUNCTIONS (UDF'S)
INTERACTING WITH OTHER SERVERS USING HTTP
CREATING AND USING CUSTOM TAGS
SCHEDULING IN COLDFUSION
GRAPHING AND CHARTING
TESTING AND DEPLOYING YOUR APPLICATION
COLDFUSION RESOURCES
RECOMMENDED READING
EXAMPLE COLDFUSION SITES
RECOMMENDED READING
STUCK? HOW TO GET HELP
CODING BEST PRACTISES
OPTIMISING YOUR APPLICATION
COLDFUSION - THE TOOLS OF THE TRADE
USING PERSISTENT VARIABLES
THE FUTURE OF COLDFUSION
THE ACTCFUG AND THE MMUG (USER GROUPS)
COLDFUSION USAGE/ADOPTION STATISTICS
COLDFUSION TRIVIA
MXDU 2004 - MX DOWNUNDER CONFERENCE
PROGRAMMING METHODOLOGIES
TIPS AND TECHNIQUES
HACKPROOFING YOUR APPLICATIONS/PROTECTING YOUR CODE
WHEN NOT TO USE COLDFUSION
DOCUMENTING AND COMMENTING YOUR CODE
SCRIPTING
EXTENDING COLDFUSION
THE MACROMEDIA EXCHANGE
VERSION CONTROL
TESTING AND DEPLOYMENT OF YOUR APPLICATIONS
COLDFUSION VS ASP, ASP.NET, PHP, ETC
RICH INTERNET APPLICATIONS
PROGRAMMING FOR ACCESSIBILITY
COLDFUSION SUPPORTED OS'S - NOT JUST WINTEL
UNDOCUMENTED COLDFUSION
This is a great opportunity for me to preach to the unconverted so any
assistance would be appreciated.
Regards,
Peter Tilbrook
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