Advanced ColdFusion 9: Components, Error Handling and Complex Objects
ColdFusion Training Course Duration
2 Days
ColdFusion Training Course Outline
Module 1: Course Introduction and <cfchart>
- Introduction
- Course Objectives
- Course Prerequisites
- Course Project
- Exercise 1: Set-up Course Files and Data Sources (DSNs)
Charting and Graphing Options
- Demo: Basic Charts
- Using <cfchart> vs. <cfchartseries>
- Demo: Linking from a chart to another page
- Demo: <cfchartdata> to manually add data
- Caching Charts
- Demo: Save charts for future use with <cffile>
- Exercise 2: Create a chart with <cfchart>
- Possible Solution to Exercise 2
Module 2: Manipulating Complex Data Objects (Lists, Arrays, Structures
and Queries)
- Scalar Variables
- Lists
- Arrays
- Structures
- Exercise 3: Arrays and Lists
- Possible Solution to Exercise 3
Looping with <cfloop>
- Syntax of <cfloop>
- Weeding Out the FIELDNAMES Variable
- Using <cfloop> for automatic query output
- Display Web-safe Colors using CFLOOP
- Exercise 4: Display results with <cfloop>
- Possible Solution to Exercise 4
Queries of Queries
- Demo: Query of Query
- Exercise 5: Query of query to display “classic movies”
- Possible Solution to Exercise 5
Module 3: CFCs - Building ColdFusion Components
- Benefits to using CFCs
- Creating Components
- Access control
- Calling or Invoking Components
- Passing Arguments to Components
- The main CFML page
- Three Ways to Pass Arguments
- Where to save CFCs
- Self-documenting - View a Component directly in the browser
- Exercise 6: Creating ColdFusion Components with Arguments
- A Possible Solution to Exercise 6
Object-Oriented CFCs
- Object-Oriented Principles
- Demo: CFC using Object-Oriented Model
- How does use of a CFC compare to other OO languages?
- Demo: CFC using Object-Oriented Model
- Inheritance
- Demo: Inherit from another CFC
- Exposing CFCs as Web Services
- Exercise 7: Build OOP CFC with Parameters to Edit Courses
- A Possible Solution to Exercise 7
Module 4: Application Framework
- Automatic Includes: Application.cfm and onRequestEnd.cfm
- New Application Framework: Application.cfc
- Exercise 8: Store DSN and Company Name as Application Variables
- Possible Solution to Exercise 8
- Using Application Variables
- Exercise 9: Cycle through Featured Movies Using Application Variables
- Possible Solution to Exercise 9
Module 5: Errors and Exceptions
Standard Error Handling
- Application.cfm
- Demo: the error page
- Demo: detailed error page
- Exercise 10: Replace the Default Error Page
- Possible Solution to Exercise 10
Structured Error Handling
- <cftry> and <cfcatch>
- Demo: Using <cftry>
Transactions with <cftransaction> and <cftry>
- Classic <cftransaction> example
- Demo: Using <cftransaction> with <cftry>
- Exercise 11: Using <cftry> to Avoid Errors
- Possible Solution to Exercise 11
Module 6: Reusing Code
- Limited Capabilities of <cfscript>
- Syntax Rules
- Reserved Words
- Looping with <cfscript>
- GetTickCount() - testing the speed of your code
- Exercise 12: Setting Variables with <cfscript>
- Possible Solution to Exercise 12
Custom Tags
- Demo: custom tags
- Where to store Custom Tags
- Demo: Custom Tag with Parameters
- CALLER and ATTRIBUTE scopes
- Using <cfmodule>
- Exercise 13: Using Custom Tags
- Possible Solution to Exercise 13
Stored Procedures
- Benefits of Stored Procedures
- Demo: Stored Procedure
- Demo: pass a parameter to a stored procedure
- Exercise 14: Pass Parameters to a Stored Procedure
- Possible Solution to Exercise 14
Showing portions of a Recordset
- Paging through records
- Exercise 15: Add “Next” and “Previous” links to the Actors list
- Possible Solution to Exercise 15
Module 7: Advanced Validation with Regular Expressions (optional)
- Special Symbols for Matching Specific Characters
- Specify the number of occurrences
- Placement of the pattern
- POSIX Syntax
- Perl Syntax
- Demo: Testing Regular Expressions
- Exercise 16: Using Regular Expressions for Advanced Form Validation
- Possible Solution to Exercise 16
Appendix A: Resources
Appendix B: Set-up Notes
Appendix C: Selecting Among ColdFusion Code Reuse Methods
