Advanced Macromedia ColdFusion 5 : Application Development

by Forta, Ben

• ISBN13: 9780789725851
• ISBN10: 0789725851
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-01-01
• Publisher: Macromedia Press

Summary

Much of Advanced Macromedia ColdFusion 5 Application Development is a discussion of technologies and ideas with examples to demonstrate specific techniques. The book also contains case studies to illustrate real-world examples of specific topics. ColdFusion 5 is a massive upgrade, and it adds lots of new features, including some designed specifically for advanced and power users. This book addresses these issues and technologies, including

Using clustering and fail-over technologies to ensure server uptime

Using the new archive and restore features

Server monitor and benchmarking

Creating secure applications and integrating with existing security systems

Writing custom tags and functions

Working with XML and XSL

Table of Contents

I Creating High-Availability Applications	5	(106)
Understanding High Availability	7	(10)
Monitoring System Performance	17	(30)
Different Ways to Scale	47	(20)
Software-Based Load Balancing	67	(10)
Hardware-Based Load Balancing	77	(12)
Managing Session State in Clusters	89	(22)
II Ensuring Security	111	(60)
Understanding Security	113	(12)
ColdFusion Security Options	125	(14)
Implementing Advanced Security	139	(20)
Security in Shared and Hosted Environments	159	(12)
III Advanced Application Development	171	(374)
ColdFusion Scripting	173	(38)
Using Regular Expressions	211	(32)
Creating Intelligent Agents	243	(30)
XML Development	273	(42)
Using WDDX	315	(74)
Advanced WDDX Integration	389	(56)
Interacting with Directory Services	445	(32)
Internationalization and Localization	477	(68)
IV Extending ColdFusion	545	(348)
Creating Advanced Custom Tags	547	(78)
Creating User-Defined Functions	625	(30)
Extending ColdFusion with COM	655	(40)
Extending ColdFusion with COBRA	695	(14)
Extending ColdFusion with Java	709	(30)
Extending ColdFusion with CFX	739	(52)
Writing ColdFusion Studio Tag Extensions	791	(72)
Scripting ColdFusion Studio	863	(30)
V Appendixes	893	(194)
A VTML and WIZML Language Reference	895	(22)
B ColdFusion Studio Object Model Refrence	917	(162)
C The WDDX DTD	1079	(8)
Index	1087