In Detail Adobe ColdFusion is a server application, renowned for rapid development of dynamic web sites, with direct language (CFML), powerful methods for packaging and reusing your code, and AJAX support that will get developers deep into powerful web applications quickly. This book is the most powerful guide to creating professional ColdFusion applications available. Packed with sample code, and written in a friendly, easy to read style, this book is just want you need if you are serious about ColdFusion. This book will give you a clear, concise and of course, practical guidance to take you from the basics of ColdFusion 8 to the skills that will make you a ColdFusion developer to be reckoned with. ColdFusion expert John Farrar will teach you how the basics of ColdFusion programming, application architecture, and object reuse, before showing you a variety of topics including AJAX library integration, Web Services calm, PDF creation and manipulation, and presentation files generated dynamically that will make you toast your ColdFusion developer town. This book is digging deep into the basics, with real-world examples of how and why, to get more done faster with ColdFusion 8. The book also covers new features of ColdFusion 8 Update 1. What you will learn from this book? Fundamentals and techniques ColdFusionBasic debugging exception handling, and conditional processingMaking your ColdFusion Components (CFCs) to live with the method, using object inheritance, connecting to the database through an internal method of our object / CFCsKeeping object / CFC thread safe when multiple users run the same code segmentsManaging some products through general form for recording, editing and adding information dataPassing into custom tags, a different method of storage and access tags and tags that ThickBox librariesWrapping gallery JavaScript functions into a custom tag for simple functional reuseWrapping Google map of the library into our code with custom tags for simplified interactive map, and create multi-form list of countries which are covered with custom tagControlling site content based on the feature when a user layout and ColdFusion AJAX permissionsColdFusion widgetsEnhancing AJAXSearching with user interface with a database, features of Verity search solution, how to integrate third-party search solutionManaging files, emails, and images for dynamic websiteIntegrating feeds, REST, and SOAP web services to interact with other reports of data-driven sitesCreating in ColdFusion with some style and interactionsPresenting dynamic content on your site using CFPresentation Approach This book is a quick tutorial for developing ColdFusion applications, with emphasis on real-world skills.