The Macromedia ColdFusion 5 Web Application Construction Kit

by Ben Forta and Nate Weiss

Que, July, 2001.
Trade Paperback, 1492 pages.
ISBN: 0789725843

The Macromedia ColdFusion 5 Web Application Construction Kit by Ben Forta and Nate Weiss

This huge 1,400+ page book provides information about developing applications using ColdFusion, a web publishing tool focused on building web database applications. The book provides thorough coverage of ColdFusion programming with language reference sections, instruction, sample applications, practical advice and tips. Plenty of example code, including complete applications are included with the instruction. This is the fourth edition of the book, and includes the new features available with ColdFusion 5. A CD-Rom is also included which explores third party software, sample code and databases and thirty add-on tags designed for use with your own applications. The book also provides several detailed reference sections which contain information about ColdFusion tags, functions and variables.

Authors Ben Forta and Nate Weiss do an excellent job of explaining both ColdFusion basics and advanced topics. Forta also helped write the official ColdFusion training manuals and often lectures on the topic. ColdFusion is a powerful web-publishing tool and for those ready to get started and learn everything there is to know, this comprehensive book is the best way to begin. Some prior knowledge of HTML will make it easier for readers to comprehend the instruction and apply what they have learned.

The Macromedia ColdFusion 5 Web Application Construction Kit is available for purchase on Amazon.com

Note: We may receive a commission from sales made through product links in this article.

This review was published in the September, 2001 of The Internet Writing Journal.