thanks - I have the O'Reilly as an e-book but wanted to hear other's
recommendations before delving in (plus i hate reading books on screen, much
easier with the paper version I find!?)
any other recommendations guys? CFMX Bible has good customer reviews on
Amazon
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Sent: 07 April 2004 15:13
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Subject: Re: [ cf-dev ] CF (MX) Textbooks
See below
Terry
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>
> >
> > We are probably going to be migrating from 5 to MX in the near future
> > and hopefully can update our (CF4!!) reference books.
> >
> > I currently have CF4 web application construction kit (Forta), CFML
> > Language ref and Optimizing CF5 (Cortes) sitting on my desk.
> >
> > I was hoping for some recommendations from you guys about the texts
> > that you rely on. Need to be for both reference purposes and possibly
> > for self-teach purposes. Also be interested to hear what the guys who
> > have studied for certification used as prep study book. All decent
> > recommendations greatly appreciated.
> >
> > (Also will we get a new CFML reference book as part of the upgrade?)
>
> You should get books in the MX box set - if thats what you bought.
> I've taken to downloading the updater/installer and getting an
> electronic licence (ie. they don't send you the box and all the books) .
>
> My favourite books are the Mastering CF5/CFMX books by Ray Camden et al.
> Not so keen on the Forta books these days I'm afraid.
I have to agree on the Forta books, so I went out and got O'Reilly's
'Programming ColdFusion MX' by Rob Brooks-Bilson. Doesn't assume you know
nothing about CF (as Forta does), but that you were at least on v5 when
you bought the book. Useful and not as expensive as some (and only 1100+
pages!).
>
> Stephen
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