Actually there is one cf I am going to buy. The ColdFusion MX Developer's Handbook http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0782140297/qid=1042455458/sr=1-18/r ef=sr_1_0_18/026-5975819-4157243
why? The authors are all no-nonsense guys and the index looks good .... Chapter 1: Designing and Planning a ColdFusion Application Shlomy Gantz Chapter 2: Troubleshooting and Debugging ColdFusion Code Kenneth N. Fricklas Chapter 3: State Management in a Clustered Environment John Colasante Chapter 4: Fusebox and Coding Methodology Hal Helms Chapter 5: Developing Component-Based Applications Guy Rish Chapter 6: Using Verity to Build Search Engines Arman Danesh Chapter 7: Advanced WDDX Guy Rish Chapter 8: Application Security Techniques Raymond Camden Chapter 9: Archives and Deployment Arman Danesh Chapter 10: Source Code Management Arman Danesh Part II: Advanced Database Integration Chapter 11: Advanced SQL Selene Bainum Chapter 12: Stored Procedures Selene Bainum Chapter 13: Upsizing Databases Charles Mohnike Part III: Client-Side Coding Chapter 14: Using Javascript and DHTML with ColdFusion Selene Bainum Chapter 15: Working with WAP and WML Clients Arman Danesh Part IV: Enhancing Performance Chapter 16: Performance Tuning William Baum & Kenneth N. Fricklas Chapter 17: Clustering: Load Balancing and Failover William Baum & Selene Bainum Chapter 18: Caching Techniques Raymond Camden Part V: Custom Server-Side Coding Chapter 19: Working with Java Objects Guy Rish Chapter 20: Building Java Extensions Guy Rish Chapter 21: Building C++ Extensions Guy Rish Chapter 22: Using CFEXECUTE Arman Danesh Part VI: Integrating with External Services Chapter 23: Integrating with Flash MX Jen & Peter deHaan Chapter 24: Web Services Matt Liotta Appendices App A: Configuring ColdFusion for Java Guy Rish App B: Working with UML Diagrams Guy Rish Justin > -----Original Message----- > From: Justin MacCarthy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 13 January 2003 10:54 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [ cf-dev ] ColdFusion MX: Web Application Construction Kit > > > > > > Well, actually, I am a book addict (seriously). And I find > books much more > > conducive to learning than stuff online. > > Me too. �2500 amazon last year. None of them on CF though, except the J2EE > /MX book... > > > > > > What I really want is some good pointers on how to make the most > > of MX. It's > > pointless upgrading if I'm still running code that could 99.99% > run on CF4 > > still. > > Well the new technologies in MX are > > CFC > XML > Web Services > UDFs in 5+ > The java underpinnings > > So my advice would be to get books on these subjects, rather than > a CF book. > Then you'll have a better understanding of the technologies, rather then > just a CF centric view of them. > > Again Hals book on cfcs might be worth while too. > > here are some of my library I would recommend ... > > XML > --------- > Professional XML Schemas > XSLT - Oreilly > XML in a nutshell - Oreilly > xml-fo - good if need to do xml - pdf etc.. > > Web Services /Soap > -------------------- > Programming Web Services with SOAP - Oreilly > Programming Web Services with XML-RPC (O'Reilly Internet Series) > > Java > ----------------------------- > Enterprise JavaBeans - Oreilly > Java Professional Library (4 books) - Oreilly > > * Building Java Enterprise Applications Volume I: Architecture > -- good but > I wish they hurry and release Vols II and III > this is good book but I don't recommend it anymore, as Oreilly > have told me > that vols 2 and 3 have NO release date > > .Net > --------------------------- > .NET Framework Essentials - Oreilly > C# > > General > ---------- > Applied Cryptography > Mastering Regular Expressions - Oreilly > The Pragmatic Programmer --- great book, wish I had it when starting out. > > > > As for staff, you must be kidding. We laid them off ages ago. > It's just me > > and my reflection in the clean white editor of CF Studio. > > > > Paolo > > LOL > > Justin > > > -- > ** Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40lists.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For human help, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -- ** Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40lists.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For human help, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
