At 08:48 AM 10/26/2001 -0700, you wrote:
>Hi there. I'm new to the list and am an absolute baby to the CF world. I
>am trying to find the best way to learn CF. I work for a community
>college, and my goal is to write our web site in CF giving the faculty
>and staff the option of logging in and changing their own content. I
>have read two (not so great) books on CF and done the skillbuilding CD.
Sounds like a good goal. Reading the two books is probably a good
start. I do think that you can learn from books. Although, not everyone
learns the same way. If the boss-man won't spit up the cash, you can
probably discount the training unless you pay for it yourself.
Pick up Ben Forta's Web Application Construction Kit and/or
Mastering ColdFusion 5.
Both give great broad overviews of ColdFusion and all the other various
technologies.
After that, if you're still looking for more...
<CFPLUG>
Try out Instant ColdFusion, which steps you through the process of
creating ~20 real world applications, starting with database design and
moving on through to finished code. www.instantcoldfusion.com
Yes, I wrote it.
</CFPLUG>
The Wrox book, Professional ColdFusion, covers quote a few advanced
topics, and many of the contributors are active on these lists.
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