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ColdFusion Resources
by Ron Kurtus (revised 8 November 2001)
The following material are books and web sites for more information on using ColdFusion.
Books
You can purchase these books through Amazon.com or your local bookstore. (Note: Listing of ColdFusion 5.0 books coming soon.)
ColdFusion MX Web Application Construction Kit by Ben Forta, Nate
Weiss, Leon Chalnick, Angela C. Buraglia; Macromedia Press (2002) $54.99
Both a tutorial and reference, provides everything to begin creating ColdFusion
MX applications.
Advanced Macromedia ColdFusion MX Application Development by Ben
Forta (Editor), Sheldon Sargent, Greg Snortland, Rob Rusher, Nate Weiss;
Macromedia Press (2002) $49.99
Book covers many advanced topics like scalability, WDDX , CFC, custom
tags, COM.
Reality ColdFusion MX: Flash MX Integration by Ben Forta, Randy
Drisgill, Dennis Baldwin, Matt Tatam, Derek Lu; Macromedia Press (2002)
$39.99
Covers the construction of real-world applications which use Flash MX
at their core, with a focus on the entire application development lifecycle.
ColdFusion MX with Dreamweaver MX by David Golden; New Riders
(2002) $49.99
Creating ColdFusion MX Applications in Dreamweaver MX, in a no-frills,
hands-on approach.
Web sites
The following Web sites will give you product and tutorial information.
User groups
Chicago Area ColdFusion User Group
Simple tutorials
What is? - Search for ColdFusion for brief overview of product
WebMonkey - Search for ColdFusion to access tutorial and helpful tips
Resource sites
Allaire Software - Maker of ColdFusion; includes product information, support and other CF related material
Ben Forta's ColdFusion Page - Contains tutorials, tags, links and list of some companies using ColdFusion
CFMCentral.com - Tutorials, tips and interaction with other CF developers
ColdFusion Hosting Plans - Listing and rating of ColdFusion hosts as well as other ColdFusion information
Scripts and tags
Albert's CF Download Directory - Access to compiled versions of the bundled Cold Fusion CFX tags
ColdCuts - ColdFusion cut and paste code snippets, hosted by TeraTech
House of Fusion -Links, tags, and resources.
Conferences and magazines
CF Spot - ColdFusion news site
CF Advisor - Web magazine devoted to ColdFusion
CFMasters - a ColdFusion e-zine
Cold Fusion Developers Conference -Important ColdFusion resource; you can leave questions about Cold Fusion and browse through of threads on ColdFusion related topics
Cold Fusion Developer Journal - An excellent publication for ColdFusion developers
Defusion - A free e-zine for Cold Fusion developers
Sites selling ColdFusion material
CFDev.com - Company selling ColdFusion Custom Tags and Applications
FuseBox - Contains articles on how to write reusable ColdFusion code, using their FuseBox Tag Object Model
CartEase Shopping System - Robust, online shopping system for ColdFusion users
Miscellaneous
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