ColdFusion Basics

1. ColdFusion Basics A goal properly set is halfway reached. ZigZiggler

2. Perspective Mystery Guest #1 Mystery Guest #2 Mystery Guest #3

3. The Evolution of a Developer

4. Different Approaches AJAX (Browser) AIR (Desktop w/Flex)

5. Usability Tags Script <cfscript> ma = [1,3,5,22]; myTotal = 0; for(i=1;i<=arrayLen(ma);i++){ myTotal += ma[i]; } // writeOutput(myTotal); </cfscript> <cfoutput>#myTotal#</cfoutput> <cfset ma = [1,3,5,22]> <cfsetmyTotal = 0> <cfloop index=“i” from=“1” to=“#arrayLen(ma)#”> <cfsetmyTotal = myTotal + ma[i]> </cfloop> <cfoutput>#myTotal#</cfoutput>

6. Different Approaches Networking SOAP REST RSS Forms HTML (submit) AJAX (submit) PDF Application Frameworks CF on Wheels ColdBox Fusebox Machii Model Glue SOS(Flex/AIR) Cairngorm Mate PureMVC Switz

7. Different Approaches Methodologies Procedural Stand Alone Object Oriented Inversion of Control Libraries (Data CF) DataMgr Transfer (AJAX) EXTJS jQuery Moho Prototype Spry YUI

8. Focus on the task at hand!

9. Variables

10. Variables • Simple Variable Types • “Text” • Numbers • Binary

11. Variables Lists

12. Variables Arrays

13. Variables Structures

14. Variables Recordsets (queries)

15. Variables XML

16. Loops

17. Loops List Loops

18. Loops Array Loops

19. Loops Recordset (query) Loops

20. Loops • while a = ArrayNew(1); loop = 1; while (loop LE 10) { a[loop] = loop * 5; loop = loop + 1; }

21. Loops • do … while a = ArrayNew(1); loop = 1; do { a[loop] = loop * 5; loop = loop + 1; } while (loop LE 10);

22. Loops • For Loops for ( loop=1; loop LE 10; loop = loop+1) { if(a[loop] EQ "") continue; WriteOutput(loop); } // continue skip to next loop start // break exit loop immediately

23. Loops • Structure Loops myStruct=StructNew(); myStruct.productName=“wheat flour"; mystruct.quality="fine"; myStruct.quantity=50; for (keyName in myStruct) { WriteOutput("myStruct." & Keyname & " has the value: " & myStruct[keyName] &"<br>"); }

24. Conditional Logic

25. Conditional Logic • if • else if • else

26. Conditional Logic • switch • case • defaultCase

27. Packaging

28. Packaging • Include Files • Custom Tags • Custom Components (objects/CFCs)

29. Packaging • Include Files • Example: Layout Header / Footer

30. Packaging • Custom Tags • Example: Layout • Includes Header and Footer • Example: Custom Layout with Application Setting

31. Packaging • CFCs (custom components) • Example: Custom User • Login/Logout • Revise with DataMgr

32. Applications

33. Applications • Application • Session • Request

34. Applications • onApplicationStart() • onSessionStart() • onRequestStart() • onRequest() • onRequestEnd() • onSessionEnd() • OnApplicationEnd() • onError() • onMissingTemplate()

35. Applications • THIS.name • THIS.applicationTimeout • THIS.clientManagement • THIS.clientStorage • THIS.customTagPath • THIS.loginStorage • THIS.mappings • THIS.sessionManagement • THIS.sessionTimeout • THIS.setClientCookies • THIS.setDomainCookies • THIS.scriptProtect • THIS.secureJSON • THIS.secureJSONPrefix • THIS.welcomeFileList

36. What Else? • Learn SQL? • Application Frameworks • Library Frameworks

37. Resources • Books • CFWack 1 through 3 • ColdFusion 8 Developer Tutorial • Training and Knowledge Sites • Lynda.com • CommunityMX.com • Conferences (like this one)

38. Resources • blogs • Adobe Dev Center • User Groups • Forums

39. Resources • Popular CFML sites • Riaforge.org • cfMeetup • HouseOfFusion.com • Cflib.org

40. ColdFusion Basics A goal properly set is halfway reached. ZigZiggler