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Summary: good start
Comment: Like the book says "Getting Started". I would say that this book it's good for beginners who wants to know the ColdFusion 8 technology and get a bit deep into it. You will learn about the configuration, dreamweaver wizard, database fundamentals, datasource, basic ColdFusion tags, basic forms and search, basic validations, understanding components, some ajax examples, generating reports, how to configure your Application.cfm/cfc, a bit of how to plan an Application, and will know the basics of Session. The book has an project that you can follow if you want or just use it to learn what chapter do you really need. It's incredible the Power of ColdFusion 8 for Web Applications. Instead of learning other languages such php/asp, go and learn ColdFusion and get your application finished sooner than ever before, you won't regret about CF8.
I would recommend this book if you are starting this ColdFusion World, and the others (volume 2, 3) as well.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Best Coldfusion book
Comment: no one puts it better then Ben. touches on all basic parts of coldfusion and sql. you would be crippled if you did not pick this book up! i used online tutorials for a while. and after reading some of this book. i know i get alot more out of this book then any video tutorial. you buy this book you can sell it in a year and not lose any money, if you would even want to !
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Summary: Left some things out....
Comment: If you are brand new to Coldfusion and the database side of web, this book will make you a little crazy. I'm about halfway through the book and have had to jump online several times to find our why things weren't working out for me the way they were outlined in the book. Several small, but VERY important steps are left out. Overall, it's not a horrible book, just be prepared to supplement your reading with online help if you are a beginner.
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Summary: You will get nothing from this book except a headache
Comment: The book is filled with typos and missing information. It references files and folders that do not exist and doesn't explain where to get them. It is a waste of time expecting to learn anything from this disaster of a book. If you've already bought it, return it and try another book, because this one is garbage.
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Summary: A welcomed Update....
Comment: I have been coding CFML since Coldfusion 5, and I have long used the Cold Fusion MX book as a reference in my daily work, so I was happy to get the new books to help with using some of the newer features.
So this is a large jump from my book for version 6, there is a lot more in the book, but also a lot less. I went ahead and got all three books in the series, and one of the things that I found was missing was the CFML tag reference at the end of the book. I know that sometimes I do work while on the road, and so do not have internet access, but they seem to only want to have that information on-line.
In my review of Volume 3, I did complain about half the book being on-line only and not actually in the print book. When you buy a book, it is nice to actually get the book.
I am far from a new user of Coldfusion so I can not speak of how well it teaches the language, but as a long time user, I do find this series as a nice reference. One things that does seem to be missing is talking about which of the features are new to 8, which were added in 7, and so on. I know that in my development, I need to constantly support customers who are on old version of Coldfusion, so that would be a great thing to have with the Tag reference.
Hope this helps people out there...
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