RE: FN-FORUM: Coldfusion in 24hrs

date posted 1st February 2005 17:54

If you can spring for a book, I recommend the 'Mastering ColdFusion'
ones[1], I found the one for v4.5 gave me a good grounding when I was
first using ColdFusion. Otherwise I used what's now become the
'Livedocs' - top link Dave's given, although back when I started they
still gave you a manual with the software so it was more paper based.

If they need things changed layout-wise then you'll be fine after a bit
of poking about. If they need chunks of functionality changes I'd have a
good look at some of the on-line stuff, then decide whether you want to
do it, or sub-contract it out to someone else. Depending on how the
pages have been written, you might find it very easy to dive in, or it
could be a mind-bogglingly convoluted pile of crap. Hopefully it's the
former!


[1] http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0782141242 - =A327ish quid
from Amazon, but you'll easily get that back in reduced stress.

Cheers

Paul

On 1 Feb 2005 11:39:08 -0000, "Dave Boulden" said:
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> Charles,=20
> I'd also recommend the following sites for ColdFusion help:
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> http://livedocs.macromedia.com Macromedia's online CF reference..
> Including
> "How to code CFML"
> http://bombusbee.com/articles.view/id/4.htm - article on converting CF to
> PHP, will be useful for comparison of techniques.
> http://www.easycfm.com/ - tutorials
> http://www.forta.com/cf/ - Ben Forta - Coldfusion Royalty ;o)
> http://sys-con.com/coldfusion/ - Cold Fusion Developers Journal
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> Should keep you going for a while... And you can always ask specific
> questions here, I know I'm not the only CF developer on the list.
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> HTH,
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> Dave.
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> > Hi all,
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> > I've been asked to update/refresh my local MP's site which is=20
> > written using coldfusion (cfm extensions), which I know=20
> > nothing about (!).
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> > using DW MX -- shurrely it can't be that difficult?
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> > Any other hints/ideas/suggestions welcome too.
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