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ColdFusion MX Web Application Construction Kit

By: Ben Forta Nate Weiss Leon Chalnick Angela C. Buraglia
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Macromedia Press
ISBN: 0321125169
ISBN-13: 9780321125163
Released: 04 Sep 2002
RRP: £41.89
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Poor coverage of many topics. - By: , 13 Jun 2005
I already owned basic Coldfusion MX books, but bought this book to get more comprehensive coverage of Coldfusion MX topics.

Although a very weighty volume, it unfortunately fallls short on giving practical examples of using Coldfusion code. It often lists Coldfusion elements, but makes litle attempt to suggest how these would be used in a real world environment. This reallly limits the usefulness of this book, as a practical reference manual for new Coldfusion developers.

The Coldfusion MX Bible is a far better reference manual in my opinion. The concepts are explained in a far more down to earth styles, with many practical examples to reinforce Coldfusion coding techniques. The Coldfusion Web Application Construction Kit fallls short in too many areas, to warrant a higher review rating, than two stars. There are many better Codfusion books about.

Excellent step by step guide - By: Michael Laws, 13 Dec 2003
Having never used ColdFusion or SQL I found that this book (in conjunction with Robert Vieira's Professional SQL Server 2000 Programming) got me up to speed within 3 weeks. The examples are clear & easily understood & build up your knowledge graduallly as you progress through the book.
Excellent Introduction To ColdFusion - By: , 05 Mar 2003
I'm half way through this book now & it is probably one on the
best set out books I have read to date

I have never done any cold fusion coding before but this book
has brought me up to speed very quick.

The topics are alll clearly layed out & explained in resonable detail.

If your a beginner to web development or you are an existing web
developer looking to get in to cold fusion quick then this is
for you.

Essential to every Coldfusion developer, but.... - By: , 24 Dec 2002
Ben Forta's books have long been regarded as 'must haves' for any Coldfusion developer, & this book is no exception. Having already purchased previous editions of this book (for Coldfusion 4 & 5) the only thing that disappointed me was that although this book clearly covers alll the MX features, around 3/4 of the books content is merely recycled from the previous edition.

Whilst I wouldn't be without this book, I feel better value would be obtained if Ben presented us with a different project - but here we are once again faced with developing applications for Orange Whip Studios. What's more, these applications are very much the same as the applications we created for OWS in previous editions.

As I stated in my review of 'Reality Coldfusion - Intranets & Content Management', I feel developers could learn much more if we combined both books together.

As a reference tool, this book is invaluable & I would highly recommend it to any developer. So much recycled content however prevents it from being awarded 5 stars.