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ColdFusion 8 Beginner

  • March 18, 2009
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Hi,

I used to work back in the day with CF 5 a great deal and became very proficient with it, but ended up taking another job and got away from web programming. I have another job now where I'll be working with CF 8 and I see that alot has changed. To begin with, I don't have very much Java knowledge. I still remember all the fundamentals of CF 5, so I suppose my biggest hurdle will be the Java integration. I'm not sure where to start catching up, so I'm hoping some of you might have suggestions on where to start. Should I start with MX guides or should I just get a CF 8 book and start there? Is the Java stuff fairly intuitive and are the CF books inclusive of it, or should I get a separate guide for that? Is there a particular guide/book that you recommend which is good (Adobe, O' Reilly, etc.)? Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thank you!
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Correct answer Newsgroup_User
unless you are going to be leveraging some java functionality not built
into cf (which you easily can in cf), there is NO need for you to know
any java to use cf.

cf8 is the same awesome tag-based programming language as it was before,
just that since cfmx (ver 6) it is built on java instead of c++.

as for getting back into the game, since you have done this before, the
CFML Reference + CF Developers Guide (both downloadable freely from
adobe.com) should be enough for you to get up to speed with new
tags/functions.

and, as always, Ben Forta's & Co CF WACK is a great resource (comes in 3
volumes now for cf8!)

Azadi Saryev
Sabai-dee.com
http://www.sabai-dee.com/

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Newsgroup_UserCorrect answer
Inspiring
March 18, 2009
unless you are going to be leveraging some java functionality not built
into cf (which you easily can in cf), there is NO need for you to know
any java to use cf.

cf8 is the same awesome tag-based programming language as it was before,
just that since cfmx (ver 6) it is built on java instead of c++.

as for getting back into the game, since you have done this before, the
CFML Reference + CF Developers Guide (both downloadable freely from
adobe.com) should be enough for you to get up to speed with new
tags/functions.

and, as always, Ben Forta's & Co CF WACK is a great resource (comes in 3
volumes now for cf8!)

Azadi Saryev
Sabai-dee.com
http://www.sabai-dee.com/
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Inspiring
March 18, 2009
The biggest improvement in moving from CF5 to CF6 or higher is the addition of ColdFusion Components (CFCs). These add object-oriented features to CFML. I recommend you become familiar with and use CFCs in your code. Both the online docs and Forta's books contain examples for using CFCs.
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