Thanks for that. Interesting list of books. My first experience of MX is that we don't NEED to upgrade. However, since I've had experience of Java in the past it'll be interesting to make use of it here. It's also good to see that CF are trying to make real developers out of us web monkeys at last. My main motivation is to learn MX for my next job (whenever that comes) rather than any commercial requirement.
One question: Do you find that CF's implementation of regular expressions is good enough to make the most of 'Mastering Regular Expressions', or do you use this elsewhere. I use regular expressions extensively, but have sometimes found CF to be lacking. As for XML, does this mean that CF at last goes beyond the primitive WDDX? Paolo -----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. EUR2500 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]
