Hi all,
I am newbie to cold fusion. I am in plan to create a e-commerce as well as business oriented application using cold fusion as front-end and sql-server as back end. It contains all the functionality including db connectivity, report generation, etc...
I found some tutorials, but i like to get a clear vision from SOF professionals.
Any guidance will be useful and thankful..
THANKS IN ADVANCE
Books:
ColdFusion developer tutorial is a good start if you like books:
http://www.amazon.de/Coldfusion-Developer-Tutorial-John-Farrar/dp/1849690243/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books-intl-de&qid=1286262659&sr=8-1-spell
All in one swiss army knife book:
http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-ebook/dp/B003VPWXMY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=digital-text&qid=1286262919&sr=8-1-spell
Of course Forta's books if you have little bit more time and no other language knowledge or experience.
Sites:
OO stuff
Quick help while coding:
http://www.cfquickdocs.com/cf9/
Awesome archive of recording running for years including answers to probably everything related to coding in coldfusion:
http://www.meetup.com/coldfusionmeetup/pages/Recordings_of_the_ColdFusion_Meetup-2010/
Design patterns related:
http://www.coldfusiondesignpatterns.org/
Read the Developer Guide:
CF8: http://livedocs.adobe.com/coldfusion/8/htmldocs/help.html?content=Part_4_CF_DevGuide_1.html
CF9: http://help.adobe.com/en_US/ColdFusion/9.0/Developing/index.html
If you like online meetup recordings as much as I do: http://www.carehart.org/ugtv/
subscribe to: http://coldfusionbloggers.org/
follow a CF dev twitter list: http://twitter.com/#!/iknowkungfoo/coldfusion
BLog: http://www.bennadel.com/
Some other sites http://www.fusionauthority.com/
As far as a quick reference goes, I love this web-based (Flex-based!) reference site:
http://coldfusiondocs.com/app/
Note: it's only updated to CF8. There is, however, a Railo section too.
Hope that helps!
There's also Adobe's official 'how to learn' Coldfusion curriculum that I point new developers at. http://www.adobe.com/education/instruction/teach/cfcurriculum.html
Surprise that nobody mentioned the ColdFusion Jedi, Ray Camden.
Blog: http://www.coldfusionjedi.com
Book: ColdFusion 9 Web Application Construction Kit (WACk) all volumes http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Adobe-ColdFusion-9-Web-Application-Construction-Kit-Volume-1/Ben-Forta/e/9780321660343/?itm=1&USRI=coldfusion+9 If you want to "get your feet wet" though, volume 1 should be good enough.
I have no idea where you live. However, if there is a ColdFusion user group meeting in your area, maybe you can attend their meetings too.
Can't suggest both http://www.easycfm.com/ and learncf.com/home enough... both are really great tutorial sites that were enormous helps to me when I first started.
I also definitely have to echo both Ray Camden ( coldfusionjedi.com/index.cfm/ColdFusion) and Ben Nadel's sites ( bennadel.com/ )which were mentioned above.. I visit them almost daily and still learn something new every time.
A few other really great sites to check out:
Todd Sharps Blog - cfsilence.com/blog/client/
Coldfusion Example - coldfusion-example.blogspot.com/
and of course the Grand Master Ben Forta - forta.com/blog/
Stack wont let me post more than one link cuz I'm new so throw a http:// in front of the addresses above. lol
Along with the other good options here, a new ColdFusion book for Object-Oriented Programming has just come out. https://www.packtpub.com/object-oriented-programming-in-coldfusion/book