Re: Favorite CF books
it's not only CF but more on theory and it is one of the best books out there for software development.. a must read for any one who wants to swim The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master (Paperback) http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/020161622X/ref=pd_kar/104-3619649-4062328?n=283155 On 12/28/05, Cutter (CF-Talk) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I would also suggest the Deitel & Dietel title "Java How To Program." > > Great book for beginning to intermediate Java Programmers, including a > step by step small game programming project with primer for OOD with UML > and Design Patterns. > > Cutter > > Yves Arsenault wrote: > > >My personal favorite was the CF 5 wack book... sentimental it is... > >was my first CF book.. > > > >I have one of the CF7 wack books. I use it occasionally for reference. > > > >I do like Ben Forta's books in general. > > > >One of my current favorite books is one I bought several months ago > >but never really got into it.. > > > >Ivor Horton's Beginning Java 2 by Wrox. > > > >I'm completely new to Java and so far love this book. I did study C++ > >ages ago but never used it since I had been out of college (and it > >wasn't a very deep study). > > > >Much of the early stuff in the book looks very familliar. I find this > >book very interesting because for about 8 of the last chapters, you > >concentrate on building different aspects of a small desktop app... > >got me very interested. > > > >One book that I had wanted to read for a while was that book by Ben > >Forta which was titled "Reality ColdFusion: Intranets and Content > >Management" > >http://www.forta.com/books/0321124146/ > > > >Anyone read that? > > > >I have the Flash integration one.. > > > >-- > >Yves Arsenault > > > >"Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend". > >--Martin Luther King, Jr. > > > > > > ~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:22 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
Re: Favorite CF books
I would also suggest the Deitel & Dietel title "Java How To Program." Great book for beginning to intermediate Java Programmers, including a step by step small game programming project with primer for OOD with UML and Design Patterns. Cutter Yves Arsenault wrote: >My personal favorite was the CF 5 wack book... sentimental it is... >was my first CF book.. > >I have one of the CF7 wack books. I use it occasionally for reference. > >I do like Ben Forta's books in general. > >One of my current favorite books is one I bought several months ago >but never really got into it.. > >Ivor Horton's Beginning Java 2 by Wrox. > >I'm completely new to Java and so far love this book. I did study C++ >ages ago but never used it since I had been out of college (and it >wasn't a very deep study). > >Much of the early stuff in the book looks very familliar. I find this >book very interesting because for about 8 of the last chapters, you >concentrate on building different aspects of a small desktop app... >got me very interested. > >One book that I had wanted to read for a while was that book by Ben >Forta which was titled "Reality ColdFusion: Intranets and Content >Management" >http://www.forta.com/books/0321124146/ > >Anyone read that? > >I have the Flash integration one.. > >-- >Yves Arsenault > >"Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend". >--Martin Luther King, Jr. > > ~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:227745 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
Re: Favorite CF books
Yep, that's one's on the shelf behind me. There are some very interesting ideas in that book. On 12/24/05, Yves Arsenault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > One book that I had wanted to read for a while was that book by Ben > Forta which was titled "Reality ColdFusion: Intranets and Content > Management" > http://www.forta.com/books/0321124146/ > > Anyone read that? -- CFAJAX docs and other useful articles: http://jr-holmes.coldfusionjournal.com/ ~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:227663 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
Re: Favorite CF books
My personal favorite was the CF 5 wack book... sentimental it is... was my first CF book.. I have one of the CF7 wack books. I use it occasionally for reference. I do like Ben Forta's books in general. One of my current favorite books is one I bought several months ago but never really got into it.. Ivor Horton's Beginning Java 2 by Wrox. I'm completely new to Java and so far love this book. I did study C++ ages ago but never used it since I had been out of college (and it wasn't a very deep study). Much of the early stuff in the book looks very familliar. I find this book very interesting because for about 8 of the last chapters, you concentrate on building different aspects of a small desktop app... got me very interested. One book that I had wanted to read for a while was that book by Ben Forta which was titled "Reality ColdFusion: Intranets and Content Management" http://www.forta.com/books/0321124146/ Anyone read that? I have the Flash integration one.. -- Yves Arsenault "Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend". --Martin Luther King, Jr. ~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:227661 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
Re: Favorite CF books
On 12/23/05, Wally Randall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > OK, the boss is flush this time of year! He said give me a list of manuals > you NEED and I will order them! > > Gotta act fast: What are your favorite CF 7 books today and why? If I were you, assuming you actually know ColdFusion, I'd move into getting some books to make you a better programmer instead of more reference books with fundamentally the same information in them. I'd start with The Pragmatic Programmer (Thomas/Hunt) and the Steve McConnel books (Code Complete 2, Rapid Development, Software Project Survival Guide). Then I'd think about getting Head First Design Patterns, which is probably the best recent book on design patterns (though you'll need a little Java/C# to understand it all). And if you're comfortable with Java, pick up Agile Software Development (Martin) to see what Agile Development is all about. Outside of that, invest in a good book about the database(s) you use most often. I'd suggest Kalen Delaney and Ken Hendersen if you're using MS-SQL and Michael Kolfer is you use MySQL, not to mention Joe Celko's more generic SQL books. (Can't speak to DB2, Oracle, or Postgres). Another great option is to spend money on an OReilly Safari subscription, which allows you to have between 5-20 books/month in your online bookshelf from basically every major technology publisher. That's going to return much more value if you're ok reading online. If you actually know ColdFusion, I can't imagine you getting very much out of yet another CF WACK book or the like. Those are for learning CF and do a fine job (I like the CF Bible as well -- better than the WACK books IMHO. Rob Brooks-Bilson's ill-fated OReilly book was good as well, but out-of-print) -- but they're all fundamentally covering the same information. Take the money and make an investment in your future development. And the dynamic livedocs at Macradobia, as well as the community sites will give you far more information that one of the Forta books (hey -- I've bought at least 9 Forta books so no offense to Ben) if you've been doing CF for more than a few months. -- John Paul Ashenfelter CTO/Transitionpoint (blog) http://www.ashenfelter.com (email) [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:227645 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
RE: Favorite CF books
Although its not MX 7 specific I think, I loved ColdFusion MX Bible. It was a very practical book that had a few tips and tricks that I have never heard of. One thing I am not crazy about in some text books is they have a lot of information about load balancing servers and multiprocessing and stuff that on a day-to-day basis I do not find very useful. The "Bible" I felt concentrated on a lot of stuff that I used day-to-day. I, however, think that NO books out there that I have read / flipped through cover CFCs very well. ... Ben Nadel Web Developer Nylon Technology 6 West 14th Street New York, NY 10011 212.691.1134 212.691.3477 fax www.nylontechnology.com "Vote for Pedro" -Original Message- From: Will Tomlinson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 9:39 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Favorite CF books Here's my favs. Anything with the name Forta on it. 1. CFMX7 Web Application Contruction Kit - http://forta.com/books/0321223675/ 2. Same thing but advanced - http://forta.com/books/0321292693/ 3. Macromedia ColdFusion MX7 Certified Developer Study Guide - http://forta.com/books/0321330110/ 4. Jeff Peters' book (not cf7 per se) - ColdFusion Lists, Arrays & Structures - http://protonarts.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Books.showBookDetails&ISBN=097526 4702 5. More Forta Books 6. I'd count blogs as great reading - specifically: ben Forta- http://forta.com/blog/ Sean Corfield- corfield.org Ray Camden- http://www.camdenfamily.com/morpheus/blog/ hth, Will ~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:227609 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
RE: Favorite CF books
The WACK of course... ..:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:. Bobby Hartsfield http://acoderslife.com -Original Message- From: Wally Randall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 9:19 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Favorite CF books OK, the boss is flush this time of year! He said give me a list of manuals you NEED and I will order them! Gotta act fast: What are your favorite CF 7 books today and why? ~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:227607 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
Re: Favorite CF books
Correction on Ray Camden's blog: It's http://ray.camdenfamily.com/ :) Will ~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:227600 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
Re: Favorite CF books
Here's my favs. Anything with the name Forta on it. 1. CFMX7 Web Application Contruction Kit - http://forta.com/books/0321223675/ 2. Same thing but advanced - http://forta.com/books/0321292693/ 3. Macromedia ColdFusion MX7 Certified Developer Study Guide - http://forta.com/books/0321330110/ 4. Jeff Peters' book (not cf7 per se) - ColdFusion Lists, Arrays & Structures - http://protonarts.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Books.showBookDetails&ISBN=0975264702 5. More Forta Books 6. I'd count blogs as great reading - specifically: ben Forta- http://forta.com/blog/ Sean Corfield- corfield.org Ray Camden- http://www.camdenfamily.com/morpheus/blog/ hth, Will ~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:227596 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
Favorite CF books
OK, the boss is flush this time of year! He said give me a list of manuals you NEED and I will order them! Gotta act fast: What are your favorite CF 7 books today and why? ~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:227593 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
