"Business intelligence" is one of the hottest catch phrases circulating throughout the industry today and refers to a methodology for turning data into information. ColdFusion is a complete Web... This description may be from another edition of this product.
I have some experience with ColdFusion development, and found the book to be a good introduction to an essential element of business intelligence--keeping the project on track. The first chapters of the book as well as the case study provided an easy-to-read introduction to the issue of project management (something I struggle with on all my development projects). Although the SQL coverage might seem superfluous, any seasoned developer will look to a robust database engine such as SQL Server to enable their applications: as it happens, I am fairly new to SQL so this coverage was a bonus for me. And, the CF examples--while somewhat basic--were nevertheless informative. A good start to a difficult topic--maybe there is a more robust, detailed second version in the works?
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