G'day Mark, and welcome to the family! (You'll find this is a lot like a family - we help each other a lot, sometimes we bicker but usually get along well and your best resource is right here on CF-Talk.)
I agree with the others about Ben Forta's CFWACK book. I've read three versions now, and each time I read it, i find i'm going 'yep, knew that, yep, knew that too, yep, knew that.. OH! didnt know that ! " In addition to Ben's book,which is a pretty big tome, and not recommended for bedtime reading because if you nod off to sleep you'll end up breaking your nose, there are lots of great tutorials on specific things on the net. Google is your friend. I suggest you take a look at http://easycfm.com for one - they have lots of tutorials targetted at beginner level. And start reading http://fullasagoog.com. That's a rss aggregator, and gives you constantly updated abstracts of blogs people are writing. Many of the blogs are very advanced and cutting edge, but lots are more basic too. There are gems I read about every day. There is never a day goes by that i dont get something new off a blog listed in http://fullasagoog.com. There are some ongoing projects that people are blogging, so you can follow along. For example Ray Camden has done a few, where day by day, as he's learning how to do something new, he's blogging it and you can be a day or so behind him in developing the same project. That's a great way to learn, because there's an advanced CF programmer, doing something and you get to go slowly through what he's doing, seeing how he learns it at the same time. Hope this helps. One suggestoin. You'll find endless help and support here on CF-TALK. And dont be afraid to post beginner questions here. No one groans and says "oh no not that old question again!" But before you ask, do try to find out for yourself first. Only ask on CF-TALK when you can't figure it out from the CFDOCS - the coldfusion documentation or from other tutorials you could find. Good luck, and as I said at the top, welcome to the CF Family! You've made a good choice. Cheers Mike Kear Windsor, NSW, Australia Adobe Certified Advanced ColdFusion Developer AFP Webworks http://afpwebworks.com ColdFusion, PHP, ASP, ASP.NET hosting from AUD$15/month On 3/1/07, Mark Perdue <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello everyone I am new to CF, what kind of advice or referances can you > give for me to start with? I have done some SQL work before, but CF is new > and I need a leg up to get me started on the right path, Thanks Mark. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Macromedia ColdFusion MX7 Upgrade to MX7 & experience time-saving features, more productivity. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:271046 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
