ColdFusion MX For Dummies comes with a sample
application, the Human Resources Portal (HRP), that shows the various
features of ColdFusion MX. The HRP that we build over the course of
this book is basically a phone book that enables people to search
for employees by first name, last name, or even phone number. The
HRP also contains an organization listing that shows all the employees
in a selected department. You can see detailed information about employees,
such as names, phone numbers, and office locations. In the spirit
of useful running examples, this application touches on most of the
ideas we demonstrate in this book. (By the way, all the employees
in the HRP are fictitious, with the exception of two. Your mission,
should you choose to accept it, is to determine which two are not
fictitious.)
Download HRP.zip or
the Fusebox version fbhrp.zip.
Exploring the Sample Application
To get started, download the ZIP file containing the HRP application
and source code. To unpack the archive, you need an unzipping tool,
such as Winzip. Unzip the files to a directory under your Web server’s
root directory and read the install.txt file for further installation
instructions.
Useful Links
Here is a list of very useful Web sites that can help you improve
your ColdFusion skills.
webforums.macromedia.com/coldfusion
One of the largest repositories of ColdFusion information on the
planet is the venerable ColdFusion Forums, part of the Macromedia
site.
www.macromedia.com/desdev/mx/coldfusion
You can find articles by ColdFusion gurus, tutorials, sample sites,
and plenty more about ColdFusion. Plus there are white papers galore,
a knowledge base, and all the other features you'd expect in a support
site.
www.houseoffusion.com
House of Fusion is responsible for CF-Talk and several other key
mailing lists for the ColdFusion community. Most of the gurus of the
ColdFusion world read CF-Talk.
www.defusion.com
The site includes an extensive DevBank of developers, consulting
companies, and others who perform ColdFusion work.
www.sys-con.com
The folks at SYS-CON publish a number of technology-specific magazines,
but the online CFAdvisor (www.cfadvisor.com)
and the print ColdFusion Developer's Journal (CFDJ) are both outstanding
resources for ColdFusion techniques.
www.cfnewbie.com
CFNewbie is aimed squarely at answering the questions of new ColdFusion
developers. This is one site worth exploring as you improve your ColdFusion
skills.
www.cflib.org
This is a great site that can save you hours of work in building
your own functions. The functions are grouped into about a dozen categories,
and you can download the entire set of functions for each category
in a single file.
www.cfm-resources.com
CFM Resources is a source for ColdFusion information, as well as an
excellent resource for lists of newsgroups, ColdFusion user groups,
jobs, and other ColdFusion material.
www.cfconf.org
The ColdFusion community has done a great job organizing conferences,
particularly the conferences thrown in the Washington, D.C., area
(such as TeraTech's yearly CFUN conference) and the conferences thrown
the day before the official Macromedia ColdFusion Developer's conferences.
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