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Summary: As close to perfect an entry CF book as your going to find
Comment: This book is limited in its scope; it only deals with the basics of ColdFusion. What's great is that it's limited in scope and deals only with the basics of ColdFusion. It takes the topic and does what I feel is a perfect job. There are no mistakes in the book and I looked for them.
If you have someone who needs to learn ColdFusion, this is the book they should start on.
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Summary: More than 10 excellent CF steps!
Comment: Written clearly, and concisely, this reference book is a good option for entry-level ColdFusion developers. Taken from the angle of a developer looking to add dynamic content to a static web application, this provides a superb base reference. The structure of the book allows the reader to progress to advanced ColdFusion integration quite rapidly in an understandable manner. The book also encompasses SQL databases and user security issues. All in all, the book is enjoyable and I have found it well used in the day-to-day work environ.
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Summary: Perfect book for beginners and intermediate users
Comment: I started reading this book at precisely the same time I began fooling around with ColdFusionMX.
The best thing about this book is that not only does the author tell you how to build workable applications in a simple manner, but explains "why" the application works the way it does. Too many books on the market seem to forget how important this is. This book brings you a greater understanding of ColdFusionMX through it's very thoughtful explanations throughout each chapter.ColdFusion can be intimidating when looked at in a basic, technical aspect, but the author does a great job of putting the reader at ease with a matter-of-fact, "non-techie" approach. I seriously looked at some of the code in the first couple sections and thought "it can't be this easy", but it really was simple to follow the book and create some dynamic pages after my first day of reading. Everything from understanding/using the ColdFusion Administrator to building an actual shopping cart is covered in this book. Mr. Moore doesn't get into some of the more advanced features of CFMX, but that doesn't seem to be the intent of the book. The focus appears to be getting you to understand ColdFusionMX and to build workable pages with it. This book does that extremely well.
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Summary: "The Second Coming"
Comment: I wish I had this book when I first started learning ColdFusion!! I found Barry's way of explaining concepts so easy to understand that anyone attempting to learn ColdFusion would be silly not to get his book. After programming for only 2 years I was able to "fix" bad techniques that I picked up along the way.I had always felt Macromedia had a major gap for programmers trying to find out how to learn and understand techniques for programming in the ColdFusion language. Barry Moore's book achieved to fill this gap. When is his next book coming out??!
Also his website is really useful if you get stuck
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Summary: Extremely useful.
Comment: Written in an easy to read style, this book is an excellent choice for anyone wanting to dynamicise their website using Coldfusion. The book is hands-on, choc-a-bloc full of practical examples and useful tips.
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