Advanced Adobe ColdFusion 10 Development

Note: The curricula below comprise activities typically covered in a class at this skill level. The instructor may, at his/her discretion, adjust the lesson plan to meet the needs of the class.

Module 1: Introduction to Components

• Creating ColdFusion Components (CFC)
• CFC Syntax
• Invoking Static CFC Methods
• Using the Application Framework
• Configuring Application Settings
• Handling Application Events
• Handling Request Events
• Locking Shared Scope Variables
• Handling Session Events

Module 2: Manipulating Lists and Queries

• Using Lists
• The Query Object
• Summarizing Group Data
• Transaction Processing
• Querying a Query

Module 3: Manipulating Data and Arrays with Structures

• Using Arrays
• Using Structures
• Using Built-In ColdFusion Data Structures
• Dynamically Evaluating Variables
• Combining Data Structures
• Accessing Data by Value or Reference

Module 4: Advanced Component Concepts

• Instance-Based Components
• Creating Dynamic Getter/Setter Proxies with onMissingMethod
• Using Built-In Components
• Prototyping Components with cfinterface

Module 5: Handling Errors and Exceptions

• Error Handling
• Customizing Application Error Messages
• Application-Wide Error Handling
• Handling Exceptions with Try/Catch
• Exception Handling Frameworks

Module 6: Code and Content Reuse

• Creating Custom Tags
• Using Custom Tag Attributes
• Setting Results on the Calling Page
• Calling Custom Tags
• Creating CFML Simple Nested Custom Tags
• .NET Integration with ColdFusion 10
• Creating Web Services
• Calling Web Services

Module 7: Working with PDF Files and Forms

• Generate PDF Files from ColdFusion
• Manipulating PDF Files with cfpdf
• Pre-filling PDF Forms
• Posting Data from a PDF Form to ColdFusion

Module 8: Data and File Manipulation in ColdFusion 10

• Manipulating Image Data with cfimage
• Reading and Storing Image Data
• Image Processing
• Creating RSS Feeds
• Consuming RSS with CFFEED

Module 9: Scaling Applications

• Scalability Bottlenecks
• Caching Recordsets
• Caching Generated Results with cf_accelerate
• Caching Entire Page Results
• Using Asynchronous Process to Improve Performance