Reusing Code in Macromedia ColdFusion 5

Overview/Description
To describe how to create and use custom tags and user-defined functions, and to explain how these techniques facilitate code reuse

Target Audience
Web and enterprise application developers who have had an introduction to ColdFusion development and wish to learn advanced development techniques

Prerequisites
The Macromedia ColdFusion 5: Foundation learning path or equivalent experience; at least three months experience developing and deploying ColdFusion web applications; practical experience of SQL data manipulation commands, including SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, and DELETE; practical experience of HTML

Expected Duration
2:35 Hours

Objectives:

Reusing Code in Macromedia ColdFusion 5

  • understand what custom tags are and how they can be used to extend ColdFusion applications.
  • describe CFML custom tags and outline how to call them.
  • describe how to create custom tags following best practice guidelines to maximize reusability.
  • describe how to nest custom tags within base tags to provide sophisticated processing functionality.
  • create and use nested custom tags.
  • understand the role user-defined functions play in a ColdFusion application and explain how to call a user-defined function.
  • write basic user-defined functions and describe variable use in user-defined functions.
  • define and call user-defined functions.


    • Course Number: 63187_eng