Hi everybody: At last a video based Coldfusion 8 advanced training came out! I was waiting for such a release for a long time. ColdFusion 8 Beyond the Basics from Lynda.com covers many topics traditionaly are covered in books and not video trainings. It shows that CF8 is a major jump for Cf that a company like Lynda.com releases an advanced video tutorial for the developers. Thanks Adobe for supporting CF and thanks Lynda.com for supporting CF. This is the link for the tutorial:
http://movielibrary.lynda.com/html/modPage.asp?ID=432 and this is the table of contents: (copied from www.Lynda.com) Table of contents Introduction Welcome 0:57 1 MB Overview 4:21 3.7 MB 1. Getting Started Installing the required software 3:07 3 MB Installing Eclipse 3:51 6.5 MB Installing the ColdFusion Extensions for Eclipse 4:14 6.7 MB Installing and configuring CFEclipse 2:14 3.6 MB Installing the exercise files and database 1:39 2.2 MB Installing the exercise database 4:26 6.1 MB Setting up a project and testing the installation 6:10 9.7 MB 2. Using Advanced Data Types Understanding arrays 5:23 6.2 MB Manipulating arrays 5:57 9.8 MB Looping through arrays 4:13 6.1 MB Understanding structures 5:52 8.5 MB Combining advanced data types 4:23 6.4 MB Converting queries to arrays of structures 8:48 12.2 MB Assigning variables by value or reference 5:42 9.4 MB Reviewing the Application Framework 7:44 10.9 MB Using J2EE sessions 5:47 10.7 MB Storing complex session data in server-based memory 3:32 6.2 MB 3. Building and Debugging ColdFusion Components Creating a ColdFusion component with CFEclipse 6:00 6.9 MB Wrapping database functionality in CFCs 6:59 10.2 MB Calling CFC methods with <cfinvoke> and CreateObject() 5:18 8.7 MB Passing CFC arguments with <cfinvokeargument> 5:05 8.4 MB Passing CFC arguments with positional syntax 3:55 7.4 MB Passing CFC arguments with argumentCollection 4:34 7.2 MB Configuring the ColdFusion 8 line debugger 4:11 7.9 MB Using the ColdFusion debugger to inspect data 6:55 10.7 MB 4. Using the ColdFusion Extensions for Eclipse Using the CFC Value Object wizard 4:49 6.5 MB Understanding the Value Object design pattern 3:27 5 MB Understanding the DAO design pattern 3:21 5.2 MB Understanding the Gateway design pattern 3:55 5 MB Retrieving data with Gateway methods 5:30 8.2 MB Presenting in a data entry form with Gateway objects 5:42 10.3 MB Updating data with a Gateway method 6:29 11 MB Inserting data with a Gateway method 4:15 7.2 MB Deleting data with a Gateway method 4:11 7.6 MB Understanding the Active Record design pattern 3:38 5.7 MB 5. Using CFCs and Sessions in a Shopping Cart Application Setting up the application 4:12 6.3 MB Displaying the item catalog 5:03 8.7 MB Creating the shopping cart CFC 5:30 9.3 MB Adding items to the shopping cart 6:07 9.2 MB Displaying the shopping cart count 2:57 5.8 MB Displaying the shopping cart contents 3:52 6.6 MB Removing items from the shopping cart 4:22 6.6 MB 6. Structured Exception Handling Using <cftry> and <cfcatch> to manage exceptions 2:57 4.4 MB Debugging exceptions 4:42 8.9 MB Managing multiple exception types 4:31 9.6 MB 7. Working with External Services Understanding XML 3:28 4.2 MB Creating XML files 9:09 15.1 MB Retrieving XML-based data with <cfhttp> 3:51 6.7 MB Parsing XML with XMLParse() 2:37 3.8 MB Getting data from XML 8:01 13 MB Creating a SOAP-based web service with a CFC 5:07 8.3 MB Calling a web service with <cfinvoke> 6:08 8.8 MB Retrieving RSS-based data feeds with <cffeed> 7:12 14.1 MB 8. Working with Flash Forms Building a simple Flash form 7:27 9.6 MB Laying out Flash forms 4:51 7.4 MB Presenting data in a Flash-based data grid 5:42 10.2 MB Binding data in Flash forms 4:19 7.2 MB Using ActionScript in Flash forms 2:56 4.7 MB 9. Working with Images Getting image information 6:00 9.2 MB Changing the size of an image 6:02 11.4 MB Changing the borders on an image 3:34 6.4 MB Rotating an image 2:33 4.9 MB Telling computers and humans apart with a CAPTCHA image 5:57 8.2 MB 10. Working with Acrobat PDF Documents Generating PDF documents with <cfdocument> 6:05 10.5 MB Customizing PDF documents with dynamic data 8:09 12.2 MB Collecting data from PDF documents 4:45 6.7 MB 11. Creating AJAX-Style Applications ColdFusion and AJAX 1:35 1.5 MB Creating an application with the AJAX Application wizard 7:19 10.4 MB Using the generated AJAX application 4:13 5.4 MB Creating dynamic menus with <cfmenu> 5:02 7.1 MB Using <cflayout> and <cflayoutarea> 3:42 5.3 MB Using <cfpod> to create defined pods in a layout area 3:37 6.2 MB Using an AJAX-style data grid 5:11 8.8 MB 12. Creating ColdFusion Presentations Understanding ColdFusion presentations 4:05 5.7 MB Adding notes to presentation slides 1:17 1.9 MB Searching presentation slides 1:59 3.2 MB Adding audio to a presentation slide 2:04 3.5 MB Adding video to a presentation slide 2:20 3.5 MB Conclusion Goodbye 0:40 0.7 MB Appendix A Installing ColdFusion 8 on Windows 7:31 8.5 MB Installing ColdFusion 8 on Mac OS X 9:05 11.1 MB Testing the ColdFusion installation 4:49 7.7 MB Installing MySQL on Windows 4:17 6.2 MB Installing MySQL tools on Windows 3:18 4.1 MB Installing MySQL on Mac OS X 3:13 4.5 MB Installing MySQL tools on Mac OS X 2:37 3.5 MB Thanks Benign ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Enterprise web applications, build robust, secure scalable apps today - Try it now ColdFusion Today ColdFusion 8 beta - Build next generation apps Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:292606 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
