Re: [ACFUG Discuss] searching the CF docs: not as obvious as it may seem, in 2 ways

Sat, 12 Aug 2006 06:54:24 -0700

I live on Live Docs, bookmarked on all my toolbars in FF or IE.  A professor of mine once said the difference between a grad student and a undergrad is that a grad student knows where to look things up.  Live docs fulfills this wholly for me.  Clarke just showed me the help in Eclipse though and well, I'm a convert.  

DK

On 8/11/06, Charlie Arehart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Fair point, but to be complete, I would imagine that those who "don't use" CFE would probably then use Dreamweaver MX or CF Studio/HomeSite+, and the docs are in them as well. :-) Just wasn't thinking about mentioning the editors but it's a good reminder.
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Clarke Bishop
Sent: Friday, August 11, 2006 8:46 PM
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Subject: RE: [ACFUG Discuss] searching the CF docs: not as obvious as it may seem, in 2 ways

Even if you don't want to use Eclipse and CFEclipse, there is a full version of the CF docs including the Developers Guide that gets installed into the help system. It's fully searchable, and it's great -- even for non-Eclipse use.
 
I've been going to the CF certification classes that John is hosting and I have found this to be a great resource while exploring each topic.
 
   Clarke

From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Charlie Arehart
Sent: Friday, August 11, 2006 7:51 PM
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Subject: [ACFUG Discuss] searching the CF docs: not as obvious as it may seem, in 2 ways

As a follow-up to my last note, I'd also like to point out one other resource that many forget: the CF docs. But I don't want this to sound like I'm just saying RTFM. Here's the thing.
 
If you just think only of the CFML Reference Guide, then it would be understandable that for some needs, like this recent discussion of "how to limit whitespace", you may get little help out of the Reference manual. If you don't know the tags to look for, then you can't be expected to readily find the desired tags in the reference (though certainly for many questions, it is a great resource).
 
But I find that many don't seem to notice that there is also a "users guide" to CF. The name has changed from 5 (Developing ColdFusion Applications)  to 7 (ColdFusion MX Developer's Guide), but it's still a great resource (and nearly 1000 pages).
 
Now, some may also want to point out that the docs are available online at livedocs.macromedia.com (yes, it's still there and not adobe,curiously).
 
But note that you can't readily search that online version (it's possible in the CF7 version if you click the little site navigation control in the top left corner). But note that you CAN download any of the CF manuals in PDF form, at http://www.adobe.com/support/documentation/en/coldfusion/ .  (Now, do I really remember that URL? No. I googled it: coldfusion documentation PDF, and it's the first result!)
 
/charlie
 

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