Coldfusion 5 Web Application Construction Kit

This new edition will be updated to cover new features and options in ColdFusion 5, the next major upgrade for this product.This book teaches all the basics required to be able to create complete and professional applications, including:Create real-time, secure, scalable, web based applicationsUse the new ColdFusion Studio development tools, including the WYSIWYG editor and the interactive SQL query builderDeveloper Intranet applications to interact with existing corporate databasesCreate secure e-commerce sitesUse the new debugging tools and featuresGenerate business graphics using the new graphing engineImplement security and access controlCreate reusable componentsBuild complete applications from the ground upThis book will remain positioned as a beginner to intermediate book, but the flow and pacing will adapt so as to better cover both basic site development as well as complete

Ben Forta is Allaire Corporation's product evangelist for the ColdFusion product line. Ben has over 15 years of experience in the computer industry, and spent 6 years as part of the development team responsible for creating OnTime, one of the most successful calendar and group-scheduling products, with over one million users worldwide. Ben is the author of the popular ColdFusion Web Application Construction Kit, and it's sequel Advanced ColdFusion 4 Application Development, as well as books on JSP (JavaServer Pages), WAP, and other technologies.

Nate Weiss is currently the Tech Director and Chief Architect at OneCARE (www.onecare.com), a company committed to online product support and customer relations. Previously, he was the principal developer at ICES, Inc (www.icesventures.com). He has been fortunate enough to speak at several ColdFusion developer conferences and user group meetings, and was the original owner of the WDDX SDK (available from www.Wddx.org). Visit his website at www.nateweiss.com, which includes a number of ColdFusion custom tags and other goodies.