Cold Fusion 3.0: Application Development Toolkit (Internet Professional Series)

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Summary: Too thin, wrong angle on important topic
Review: I was aware that this book was outdated by the time I ordered it, but I was curious to see what exactly it had to offer.

Ironically, it's best use (IMHO) is NOT how to use ColdFusion to build an intranet - the code exampled used are too simple and rudimentary to do much good without major tweaking - but, rather, as an introduction to the intranet concept. And as such, it actually does a decent job. Now, if only Mr. Desborough had stuck with elaborating in depth on the structural setup of an intranet and mentioned ColdFusion only in passing, then it would have been a really good read.

As it is, the book can no longer be recommended. CF3.0 is too outdated, and the code examples are downright lame - more space is wasted on gratuitous hype for the consultants and companies who have written the code than on actual code. And a large part of the code consists of commented-out copyright notices from those same consultants. Waste of paper.

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Summary: Must have book!
Review: If you are looking for an authorative source on Cold Fusion and for getting ideas for your database driven Web site, this is a must have book. All the applications contained are very professional and require little work getting them up and running on your Internet or Intranet site. Also excellent for learning how Cold Fusion works.

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Summary: No 3.0 in Cold Fusion 3.0
Review: Money. This was probably the motivating factorin naming this book Cold Fusion 3.0. The ONLYreferences to 3.0 are "it should be out by the time this book is published". Looks like the author/publisher wanted to capitalize on Cold Fusions popularity and not give a book containing 3.0 applications. The 20 applications in the book will get a new Intranet on its feet, however, the code will have to be rewritten to work best. Some applications use Cold Fusion 1.5, which is totally unacceptable being 2.0 was available before this book went to press.

Money.. The author had some good ideas and wanted to cash in, instead he should have rewritten the applications in Cold Fusion 3.0, using some new features (CFTREE, etc) and this book would have been a must have. Instead, its a beginners only book for small organizations. You can't judge a book by its cover.