Sam's Teach Yourself Coldfusion Express in 24 Hours [With CDROM]

by Ben Forta

A tutorial that teaches you how to turn basic websites into Web applications. From installation to database connection configuration, from tag and function usage to code reuse, this book helps you... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0672316625
• ISBN13: 9780672316623
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Sams
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 2.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 7.3" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

This book is a champ!

I picked up the book over a weekend & was coding on a project the following Monday. My background is in Java application server development & CGI, so web programming isn't new to me. However, I believe this would be a great jumpstart for beginners & more advanced developers alike.The book is a good tutorial & a lightweight reference. Download the cold fusion server documentation for a more complete reference set ....My only complaint is about installing Cold Fusion Express - it doesn't seem to recognize iPlanet or Apache webservers without a bunch of tinkering (I never got it to work) - so you may just want to stick with MS IIS for this version. Cold Fusion 5 is available for evaluation & works great with iPlanet. I would recommend the later if you are just using it as a single developer in a development environment.

Excellent book on ColdFusion Express

As a professional ColdFusion programmer, I have thoroughly enjoyed reading this book from beginning to end. Ben Forta clearly describes all aspects of the ColdFusion Express application server from installation, CFML (Coldfusion markup language) to administration and security. I have really learned quite a few tricks from reading this book, and I would recommend it to anyone who is considering using ColdFusion platform.

Excellent Beginners Book

I'm new to Cold Fusion and I spent a couple of hours at B & N yesturday evaluating all the books they had (the Dummies and Quick and Easy books specifically). Forta's book is hand's down the best of the bunch. I agree with the previous reviewer that there are some typos, but when you consider how easy he is to understand - especially compared to what else is out there - this is the book I bought.

Great place to start with ColdFusion Express

This is a fantastic book! The first chapters' review of the client-server web dynamic is worth the price of admission alone. Excellently written! This book takes you from the beginning step-by-step to explain some advanced application development. A perfect choice to jump into working with ColdFusion!! An added benefit is having ColdFusion express on the CD-ROM, with helpful installation tips that will help you get ColdFusion up and running quickly!!!Great work!!

Excellent Ben Forta Cold Fusion book

Ben Forta is a rare combination of a technology educator who combines a writing style that is easy for web beginners to understand with cutting edge content that will challenge technology experts. An important reason for the popularity of Cold Fusion as an easy to use web application development tool among web heads is the excellent book by Ben Forta 'Allaire Cold Fusion 4.0'. Ben Forta's latest work 'Sams Teach Yourself Cold Fusion Express' continues that excellent tradition and is highly recommended.