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Summary: Cold Fusion Picture Book
Review: Contrary to the experience of some of the reviewers I have seen here, I worked through ColdFusion 5 Training From the Source with neither confusion nor significant errors. What I liked about the book is that each task in each lesson was focused on a single, core functionality. These include tasks like passing variables between pages, connecting to a data source, working with web forms, form validation, creating SQL queries, displaying the results of SQL queries, creating customized user experiences, and creating web-based database interfaces (insert, update, delete records). Towards the end, the book moves on to complex data structures (like arrays) and coding methods (like functions). I think the book is quite successful in what it sets out to do: offer a sequence of tutorials that ushers the newbie into the world of ColdFusion. It is not a reference book and does not attempt to provide all of the answers. Nor is it an advanced book that will have you building power applications like a CF veteran. But the book does let you get your hands dirty, build several core CF applications, and it explains each step well enough that you know why do what you do, which makes it easy to transfer the knowledge to your own ColdFusion applications--which is exactly what I have since done.
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Summary: Beginners Beware - Everyone else don't bother
Review: I am a CF instructor, and I do use this book as a guide to teach beginners on developing in ColdFusion. However, I do not recommend this book to my students, nor anyone else. The book contains several errors, as well as the Complete code samples on the CD. Often they present 'A' means for setting up your CF site, not necessarily the best. There are plenty of other books to go by that have solid material with solid examples. This is not one of them.
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Summary: "ConFusion"
Review: I justed went to a ColdFusion training class that used this book. It has more errors than it does correct lessons. It refers to databases that do not exist on the CD. The class decided the only thing good for the book was the fireplace. It would be a good book if you did not have to debug their code. New users will have a great deal of difficulty with this. It proved to be so confusing that our instructor stopped using it and came up with his own lesson plan.
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Summary: Solid Title - Minor problems
Review: I purchased this title with the intent of learning ColdFusion. I was able to do so quite easily. There were some minor problems such as file locations and a few other things here and there, but nothing that couldn't be worked through. Overall it was a good title and I would recommend it to anyone wanting to learn ColdFusion.
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Summary: Cold Fusion Picture Book
Review: If you don't know Cold Fusion and can only learn by looking at pictures, you might have a chance to learn something from this book. If you are mildly educated, you would be much better off to buy a book from an author that knows what they are doing. Why buy a book that only goes over the basics when Ben Forta's books go over basics and advanced topics for about the same price. My final comment is that this book is about 1/3 pictures. Don't let the number of pages fool you, cause there is little to read...
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Summary: Information from the Author
Review: This book was written for a new ColdFusion developer, someone with no ColdFusion experience. However, it does require you to have knowledge of HTML and some Javascript. This book is a great starting point for anyone wanting to learn the basics of ColdFusion. Once you're finished with this book you'll be ready to move on to another book that covers a wider range of topics. If you're ready to make that move, I highly recommend the books from fellow Macromedia Press author Ben Forta.
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