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ColdFusion Resources

by Ron Kurtus (revised 8 November 2001)

The following material are books and web sites for more information on using ColdFusion.

Books

You can purchase these books through Amazon.com or your local bookstore. (Note: Listing of ColdFusion 5.0 books coming soon.)

ColdFusion MX Web Application Construction Kit by Ben Forta, Nate Weiss, Leon Chalnick, Angela C. Buraglia; Macromedia Press (2002) $54.99
Both a tutorial and reference, provides everything to begin creating ColdFusion MX applications.

Advanced Macromedia ColdFusion MX Application Development by Ben Forta (Editor), Sheldon Sargent, Greg Snortland, Rob Rusher, Nate Weiss; Macromedia Press (2002) $49.99
Book covers many advanced topics like scalability, WDDX , CFC, custom tags, COM.

Reality ColdFusion MX: Flash MX Integration by Ben Forta, Randy Drisgill, Dennis Baldwin, Matt Tatam, Derek Lu; Macromedia Press (2002) $39.99
Covers the construction of real-world applications which use Flash MX at their core, with a focus on the entire application development lifecycle.

ColdFusion MX with Dreamweaver MX by David Golden; New Riders (2002) $49.99
Creating ColdFusion MX Applications in Dreamweaver MX, in a no-frills, hands-on approach.

Web sites

The following Web sites will give you product and tutorial information.

User groups

Chicago Area ColdFusion User Group

Simple tutorials

What is? - Search for ColdFusion for brief overview of product

WebMonkey - Search for ColdFusion to access tutorial and helpful tips

Resource sites

Allaire Software - Maker of ColdFusion; includes product information, support and other CF related material

Ben Forta's ColdFusion Page - Contains tutorials, tags, links and list of some companies using ColdFusion

CFMCentral.com - Tutorials, tips and interaction with other CF developers

ColdFusion Hosting Plans - Listing and rating of ColdFusion hosts as well as other ColdFusion information

Scripts and tags

Albert's CF Download Directory - Access to compiled versions of the bundled Cold Fusion CFX tags

ColdCuts - ColdFusion cut and paste code snippets, hosted by TeraTech

House of Fusion -Links, tags, and resources.

Conferences and magazines

CF Spot - ColdFusion news site

CF Advisor - Web magazine devoted to ColdFusion

CFMasters - a ColdFusion e-zine

Cold Fusion Developers Conference -Important ColdFusion resource; you can leave questions about Cold Fusion and browse through of threads on ColdFusion related topics

Cold Fusion Developer Journal - An excellent publication for ColdFusion developers

Defusion - A free e-zine for Cold Fusion developers

Sites selling ColdFusion material

CFDev.com - Company selling ColdFusion Custom Tags and Applications

FuseBox - Contains articles on how to write reusable ColdFusion code, using their FuseBox Tag Object Model

CartEase Shopping System - Robust, online shopping system for ColdFusion users

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