New to CFMX

[Perla]

Can someone out there in CFMX siber space recommend an easy to use and understand CFMX book for a visual right brain person who needs to learn CFMX? :)

[Paul Whitham TMM]

Best to straight to the bible of CF, ColdFusion MX 7 Web Application
Construction Kit written by Ben Forta. It is a very big book but is quite
easy to follow.

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"Perla" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> Can someone out there in CFMX siber space recommend an easy to use and
> understand CFMX book for a visual right brain person who needs to learn
> CFMX? :)

[Andley Jandley]

The Ben Forta book is okay - quite welll known. The problem with this is that
it is not very visual and it flows very poorly from concept to concept due to
it's multiple authors.

For a solid and thorough intro to cf have a look at O'Reillys 'Programming
Coldfusion" by Rob Brooks Brooks Bilson - it's still not very visual (though
not may coding texts are) but it is well written and a cohesive whole.

Sadly, O'Reilly will no longer be printing any future versions of this book.
(The rumour I heard was that they are no longer doing any coldfusion books
period, as they just don't sell well enough)

[Dave in Orlando]

That's strange, I thought Ben Forta's book on CFMX 7 was one of the best
books I read in a very long time, for CF or ASP or .Net...Most of the others
I've invested in are fine and have their good points...However the latest CF
book that Ben Forta has done on CFMX 7 is the only programming book that I
have read in it's entireity.....

I thought the visual aspects were fine, if I wanted a visual book I would
have purchased something on the order of a "Visual Quick Start" series, of
which many are very good...I feel that the way the chapters were link led
one through the CF experience pretty much from "0 to 60" in a very logical
manner, with each part building on the last...The code examples also worked,
which is much more than I can say about several of the books on programming
I have purchased in the past...As far a getting someone up to speed with CF,
I think Ben's is a much more enjoyable read that Rob
Brooks-Bilson's...Everyone attacks a task and absorbs knowledge in different
ways, and while I have read much of the O'Reilly book by Rob, I felt I
gained a much better understanding of CF and at a quicker pace from
Ben's...Again, just my 2 cents worth...Everyone learns in their own way,
pick up and read some of both, then purchase the book that speakes to you
best!.........

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_|_| Dave in Orlando
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Andley Jandley wrote:
| The Ben Forta book is okay - quite welll known. The problem with this
| is that it is not very visual and it flows very poorly from concept
| to concept due to it's multiple authors.
|
| For a solid and thorough intro to cf have a look at O'Reillys
| 'Programming Coldfusion" by Rob Brooks Brooks Bilson - it's still not
| very visual (though not may coding texts are) but it is well written
| and a cohesive whole.
|
| Sadly, O'Reilly will no longer be printing any future versions of
| this book. (The rumour I heard was that they are no longer doing any
| coldfusion books period, as they just don't sell well enough)

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[Darryl A. J. Staflund]

Hi there,

I use Forta's certification book as a reference. It's light weight, get's
right to the examples, somes with a good index, and gives good explanations on
CFML topics within a page or two. It doesn't cover everything CFML can do but
does give you a well-rounded presentation of CFML.

Cheers,
Darryl

[Andley Jandley]

>>Everyone learns in their own way,
pick up and read some of both, then purchase the book that speakes to you
best!...

I think the Forta book appeals more to absolute beginners, ie; those who do
not know what a variable is, how to do a select query in sql, this kind of
thing. Forta caters very well here - still, my major issue with this book was
the long winded code examples that dragged on for pages, even repeated in their
entireity when slight modifications were made (no wonder the books so thick!)
and the flow due to multiple authors let it down too.


The OReilly book gets to the point and flows well from chapter to chapter -
though I must say, on reflection, much better for those with some developement
experience.

As cf books go out of print, as many seem to be (well, I know the o'reilly one
has and a few others, but I rarely see any cf books at any book shops these
days , unless they are all hidden away behind the mass of java, .net and php
books!!) I guess the CFWACK will be the one solid resource.

I actually picked one up a few years ago by Que, wish I could remember the
title (not the "Mastering" one) but it was a cracker for beginners. Not sure if
its still around but if i can recall the title / author I will defo post it
here.

[Dave in Orlando]

I thought the request was for info on a good book to get ones feet wet in
CF, perhaps I misunderstood, sorry...I didn't need the book to learn what a
variable is, just to get up to speed quickly with CF for a project we
untook...For the time and effort invested, Ben's book, in my case was the
choice, for others, "your mileage may vary"...I just suggest skim both and
select the one that best suits your needs...Both are very good books,
however if you are using CFMX 7, Ben's book address it's new features, while
Rob's is written to CFMX 6..........

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_|_| Dave in Orlando
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Andley Jandley wrote:
||| Everyone learns in their own way,
| pick up and read some of both, then purchase the book that speakes to
| you best!...
|
| I think the Forta book appeals more to absolute beginners, ie; those
| who do not know what a variable is, how to do a select query in sql,
| this kind of thing. Forta caters very well here - still, my major
| issue with this book was the long winded code examples that dragged
| on for pages, even repeated in their entireity when slight
| modifications were made (no wonder the books so thick!) and the flow
| due to multiple authors let it down too.
|
|
| The OReilly book gets to the point and flows well from chapter to
| chapter - though I must say, on reflection, much better for those
| with some developement experience.
|
| As cf books go out of print, as many seem to be (well, I know the
| o'reilly one has and a few others, but I rarely see any cf books at
| any book shops these days , unless they are all hidden away behind
| the mass of java, .net and php books!!) I guess the CFWACK will be
| the one solid resource.
|
| I actually picked one up a few years ago by Que, wish I could
| remember the title (not the "Mastering" one) but it was a cracker for
| beginners. Not sure if its still around but if i can recall the title
| / author I will defo post it here.

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