Adobe ColdFusion Workshop for Public Sector

Agenda

Time (Eastern)	Session
9:00am-9:15am	Ice Breaker and Discovery
9:15am-10:00am	Variables and Datatypes Creating simple variables CFML is weakly typed Creating lists Discovering the Adobe ColdFusion functions Understanding the list delimiter Lists with empty items Finding items in lists Creating arrays Empty items in arrays Finding items in an array Merging arrays Multi-dimensional arrays Exploring array functions Creating structures Key names in structures Finding items in structures Merging and copying structures Shallow copy vs. deep copy Null support in Adobe ColdFusion Caching variables
10:00am-10:45am	Main Adobe ColdFusion Constructs Simple if statement in script syntax Nested ifs Simple if statement in tag syntax Comparison operators in the tag syntax The Ternary operator The switch case construct The break keyword in a switch case If statements in switch case Reviewing the for loop Reviewing the while loop and the do-while loops Reviewing the For In loop Looping over lists Looping over arrays Looping over structures Break and continue
10:45am-10:50am	5-Minute Break
10:50am-11:35am	Reusing Code Using simple <cfinclude> <cfinclude> and the variables scope Use cases for cfincludes Using cfinclude with functions When cfinclude is not a good idea Custom tags with <cfimport> Opening and closing custom tags Passing attributes to custom tags The request scope Custom tags with <cfmodule> Custom tags with the <cf_> syntax
11:35am-12:00pm	Application Framework The main app framework variables Include non .cfm files onApplicationStart() and onSessionStart() Request event handlers onsessionEnd() and onApplicationEnd() Other event handlers Using cfinclude in Application.cfc
12:00pm-12:30pm	Lunch Break
12:30pm-1:00pm	Basic Database Operations Creating a DSN Using CFquery This.datasource in Application.cfc Displaying Query Data Grouping Query output Creating dynamic queries Using Query parameters Query metadata Using queryexecute() Caching queries Queries of queries Using the ValueList() function Other tags for creating queries
1:00pm-1:30pm	Object Oriented Programming in Adobe ColdFusion Creating components Methods in components Creating component instances The constructor method Understanding components, instances, and objects Public and private methods in components Understanding the need for accessors Creating accessors manually Cfproperty and the automatic accessors Overriding the implicit accessors Using the Getter and setter attributes of the <cfproperty> tag Inheritance: the "is a" relationship Using the extends attribute The super keyword Multi-level inheritance Using Abstract components Inheritance best practices Composition, the "has a" relationship Advanced composition Using composition and inheritances in an application Understanding the use of interfaces Creating interfaces Using interfaces What interfaces do Using interfaces with multiple components Basic CRUD operations with CFC Building a search functionality Building a model layer in your application Caching component instances in the application scope Caching in the session scope
1:30pm-2:00pm	An Introduction to Object-Relational Mapping (ORM) Enabling Adobe ColdFusion ORM Building a simple ORM entity Creating and displaying ORM data Updating and deleting ORM entities Creating relationship Managing ORM sessions
2:00pm-2:30pm	Basic Error Handling in Adobe ColdFusion Try Catch Throw and rethrow Using OnError
2:30pm-2:40pm	10-Minute Break
2:40pm-3:10pm	Forms Introduction to forms, cfforms, and data validation The URL and the FORM scopes Protecting against CSRF attacks Logging in users in and out Encoding data Using remote CFC methods Uploading files to Adobe ColdFusion Securing file uploads
3:10pm-3:40pm	PDF and Spreadsheet Support in Adobe ColdFusion Using <cfdocument> Creating PDF files from URL Using <cfdocumentitem> and <cfdocumentsection> Saving PDF files with <cfdocument> PDF best practices Using <cfhtmltopdf> Using <cfpdf> DDX support in Adobe ColdFusion Manipulating spreadsheets in Adobe ColdFusion
3:40pm-4:10pm	Wrap-up and Closing

Morgan Gaiteri

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