| Time | Session |
9:00-9:15am ET; 6:00-6:15am PT | Ice Breaker and Discovery |
9:15-10:00am ET; 6:15-7:00am PT | Variables and Datatypes - 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
- Caching variables
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10:00-10:45am ET; 7:00-7:45 PT | Main Adobe ColdFusion Constructs - Simple if statement in script syntax
- Nested ifs
- 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
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10:45-10:50am ET; 7:45-7:50 PT | 5-Minute Break |
10:50-11:35am ET; 7:50-8:35am PT | 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
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11:35am-12:00pm ET; 8:35-9:00am PT | 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
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12:00-12:30pm ET; 9:00-9:30am PT | Lunch Break |
12:30-1:00pm ET; 9:30-10:00am PT | 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
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1:00-1:30pm ET; 10:00-10:30am PT | 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
- 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
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1:30-2:00pm ET; 10:30-11:00am PT | 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
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2:00-2:30pm ET; 11:00-11:30am PT | Basic Error Handling in Adobe ColdFusion - Try Catch
- Throw and rethrow
- Using OnError
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2:30-2:40pm ET; 11:30-11:40am PT | 10-Minute Break |
2:40-3:10pm ET; 11:40am-12:10pm PT | 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
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3:10-3:40pm ET; 12:10-12:40 PT | 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
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3:40-4:10pm ET; 12:40-1:10pm PT | Wrap-up and Closing |
