Foundation ColdFusion for Flash

By Fiaz Khan, Bryan Mahoney

Please note that this title is now out-of-print, and so availability is likely to be limited.

If, as a web designer, you are looking for a server-side scripting language with the power to build and deploy web applications, ColdFusion 5 is exactly what you need. Like ASP, ColdFusion can integrate email, XML and information from databases. The result is a truly dynamic, responsive website with the fast, funky user-interface of Flash. What’s more, now that a number of hosting companies are beginning to provide reasonably priced ColdFusion hosting, this intuitive tag-based technology is becoming increasingly accessible to professional web designers.

This book assumes you have a fairly good knowledge of Flash 5 while being a novice user of ColdFusion 5. The designer is led through chapters containing stand-alone tutorials, each reinforcing the others, until finally they build to form a complete real-world case-study. The fundamentals of ColdFusion 5 will be introduced particularly within the context of their use in a professional setting, and in conjunction with Macromedia Flash.

Who is this book for?

Professional designers who want an intuitive software package capable of integrating dynamic content into their site.
Designers who want to enhance the productivity of their site by integrating it with the ColdFusion server.
Readers of Foundation ActionScript or Flash 5 Dynamic Content Studio, who want to expand the capability of their Flash site.

Summary of Contents

1. The Case for ColdFusion
2. Installation and Interface
3. CFML Concepts
4. Database Creation and Connection
5. Forum Foundations
6. SQL
7. Data Validation and Form Handling
8. Client Session Management
9. Email with ColdFusion and Flash
10. Verity Searching
11. Flash Component Kit

This book is part of friends of ED's 'Foundation' series

The Foundation series is perfect for beginners to a technology, because it doesn't assume any previous knowledge. Each book in the series takes you step by step through your chosen technology, starting with the absolute fundamentals and working through all aspects of the technology, ultimately providing you with a firm grasp of the basics that will enable you to create your own applications or web sites. You will learn by following complete examples at every stage of your journey, often by extended case studies that you will build upon throughout the book. The Foundation series will give you the broad and solid base you need in order to progress to a higher level of expertise.