Re: Book Suggestions

2012-12-27 Thread Jerry Milo Johnson
9, 2012 11:30 AM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: Book Suggestions > > > Yes. This. > > On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 11:28 AM, Jerry Milo Johnson > wrote: > > > read everything by a book apart > > http://www.abookapart.com/

Re: Book Suggestions

2012-12-27 Thread Cameron Childress
d separately in the store. > > -Original Message- > From: Cameron Childress [mailto:camer...@gmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2012 11:30 AM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: Book Suggestions > > > Yes. This. > > On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 11:28 AM, Je

RE: Book Suggestions

2012-12-27 Thread Scott Raley
You talking about buying the complete bookapart because the three items you said to investigate are not listed separately in the store. -Original Message- From: Cameron Childress [mailto:camer...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2012 11:30 AM To: cf-community Subject: Re: Book

Re: Book Suggestions

2012-12-19 Thread Jerry Barnes
As stated before, investigate Twitter Bootstrap: http://twitter.github.com/bootstrap/ No need for a book, just print the sections of a website and put them in a binder. J - Ninety percent of politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation. - Henry Kissinger Politicians are people who

Re: Book Suggestions

2012-12-19 Thread Cameron Childress
Yes. This. On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 11:28 AM, Jerry Milo Johnson wrote: > read everything by a book apart > http://www.abookapart.com/ > > investigate: > node.js > prototype.js > jquery ... ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anth

Re: Book Suggestions

2012-12-19 Thread Jerry Milo Johnson
read everything by a book apart http://www.abookapart.com/ investigate: node.js prototype.js jquery On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 6:29 PM, Maureen wrote: > > All of the CMS suffer from severe OPC - designed and coded by committee, > with very little coherent documentation. You are much better off

RE: Book Suggestions

2012-12-18 Thread Eric Roberts
Message- From: Bruce Sorge [mailto:sor...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2012 1:35 PM To: cf-community Subject: Book Suggestions So I have decided to really ramp up my web development skills (not back end CF or PHP, front end) and I am looking for a good book(s) to help with this. I am

Re: Book Suggestions

2012-12-18 Thread Maureen
All of the CMS suffer from severe OPC - designed and coded by committee, with very little coherent documentation. You are much better off designing and coding it yourself unless you specifically need a CMS. On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 6:06 PM, Bruce Sorge wrote: > > I know what you mean. It took m

Re: Book Suggestions

2012-12-18 Thread Bruce Sorge
I know what you mean. It took me a couple weeks to get through the book that was recommended to me, then I decided to do an actual site. I did look at PHP based CMS but I did not like anything out there. I suppose if I were not in a hurry to get the site up and running I'd have taken the time t

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2012-12-18 Thread Maureen
Books: The Javascript Bible Learning Photoshop: Tons of excellent stuff on youTube. Search for photoshop tutorials. I'm neck deep in a php site, first one I've done since 2009 that wasn't based on a CMS. It is a totally different world than CF. On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 2:34 PM, Bruce Sorge w

Re: Book Suggestions

2012-12-18 Thread Judah McAuley
Javascript - The Good Parts by Douglas Crockford. Does a great job explaining what awesome bits of js to use and how...and what bits to absolutely avoid because they are nightmares. I'd also recommend Head First Design Patterns. Not about any particular programming bit, but rather about developm

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2012-12-18 Thread Larry C. Lyons
jQuery in Action On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 2:34 PM, Bruce Sorge wrote: > > So I have decided to really ramp up my web development skills (not back end > CF or PHP, front end) and I am looking for a good book(s) to help with this. > I am already getting heavy into Photoshop and I figure that with

Book Suggestions

2012-12-18 Thread Bruce Sorge
So I have decided to really ramp up my web development skills (not back end CF or PHP, front end) and I am looking for a good book(s) to help with this. I am already getting heavy into Photoshop and I figure that with intermediate Photoshop skills and advanced web design skills I should have no

Re: Book Suggestions

2007-10-02 Thread Paul Ihrig
they are pre-order status... On 10/2/07, Paul Ihrig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > if no one has mentioned it > books 2 & 3 of wack 8 have a 35% discount per ben's blog... > http://www.forta.com/blog/index.cfm/2007/10/2/Peachpit-Offering-35-Discount-On-ColdFusion-Books > > "Use coupon code PPT-PBM-1

Re: Book Suggestions

2007-10-02 Thread Paul Ihrig
if no one has mentioned it books 2 & 3 of wack 8 have a 35% discount per ben's blog... http://www.forta.com/blog/index.cfm/2007/10/2/Peachpit-Offering-35-Discount-On-ColdFusion-Books "Use coupon code PPT-PBM-1145." http://www.peachpit.com/store/index.aspx?st=60901&rl=1 ~~~

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2007-10-02 Thread Murray Firebird
I made it back without losing my retirment or my wife at the mall. :) I found two books and ordered a third. I ordered the CFWACK. It looks like an excellent book, but the one on the shelf was a bit beat up. I raise hell with the sales staff. I also bought the Advanced ColdFusion Applicatio

Re: Book Suggestions

2007-09-28 Thread Dana
yes :) On 9/28/07, Vivec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The FACK-U from HOF? > Did I miss something? > > ^_^ > > On 9/28/07, Mary Jo Sminkey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >just to clarify... if you're using CF 8, the -only- books are the > > >CFWACK books (there are 3 in the series for 8, as ha

Re: Book Suggestions

2007-09-28 Thread Vivec
The FACK-U from HOF? Did I miss something? ^_^ On 9/28/07, Mary Jo Sminkey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >just to clarify... if you're using CF 8, the -only- books are the > >CFWACK books (there are 3 in the series for 8, as has been pointed > >out). > > > The FAQU available through HOF makes

Re: Book Suggestions

2007-09-28 Thread Mary Jo Sminkey
>just to clarify... if you're using CF 8, the -only- books are the >CFWACK books (there are 3 in the series for 8, as has been pointed >out). The FAQU available through HOF makes for good reading as well! Just click the ad in the upper left of the HOF site.

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2007-09-28 Thread Charlie Griefer
just to clarify... if you're using CF 8, the -only- books are the CFWACK books (there are 3 in the series for 8, as has been pointed out). The CF Bible (which I did like a lot) was for CFMX 6.1 O'Reilly's CF book was for MX 6 (and then the 2nd edition for 6.1). You can get the older books cheape

Re: Book Suggestions

2007-09-28 Thread Murray Firebird
> I don't belive the bible. There are no coyotes mentioned > > I do not believe that there are any coyotes in the CF|WACK books > either, but they are still very good. They will take you from barely [snip] But they aren't religious books ;) I was trying to be silly. Been a long week and I

Re: Book Suggestions

2007-09-28 Thread Bruce Sorge
You forgot yelling, name-calling, arguing, heart attacks, jumping up and down, pulling out of one's hair, etc... LOL Bruce Ian Skinner wrote: > This one, cf-community, is meant to be the 'water cooler, gossip' list. ~| Crea

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2007-09-28 Thread Ian Skinner
I don't belive the bible. There are no coyotes mentioned I do not believe that there are any coyotes in the CF|WACK books either, but they are still very good. They will take you from barely knowing what a browser is to writing sophisticated n-tear web applications if one reads all of the se

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2007-09-28 Thread Murray Firebird
Thanks for the responses. WACK or CFWACK... You are too much. I'll see what is on the shelves and order what they don't. I will get the Ben Forta books for sure. I might also get the others. > The 'Bible' of ColdFusion is the Ben Forta, ect. set. Previously this I don't belive the bible.

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2007-09-28 Thread Ian Skinner
The 'Bible' of ColdFusion is the Ben Forta, ect. set. Previously this has included two titles, "ColdFusion ... Web Application Construction Kit" and "Advanced ColdFusion ... Application Development". The latest edition which is coming soon to a book seller near you, is now in three parts; Ado

Re: Book Suggestions

2007-09-28 Thread Bruce Sorge
Murray, Welcome to the community. CFWACK! (ColdFusion Web Application Construction Kit) ColdFusion MX Bible ColdFusion MX Developers Handbook All good books. Bruce Murray Firebird wrote: > I'm heading to Amarillo this weekend and will be buying a few books. Any > suggestions on Cold Fusion b

Re: Book Suggestions

2007-09-28 Thread William Bowen
what version of CF? > I'm heading to Amarillo this weekend and will be buying a few books. Any > suggestions on Cold Fusion books to learn from? I downloaded the manuals > from Adobe's site, but I think I need other help. -- will "If my life weren't funny, it would just be true; and that w

Re: Book Suggestions

2007-09-28 Thread Crow T. Robot
yo (wo)man, you need WACK! http://tinyurl.com/2wdzkc On 9/28/07, Murray Firebird <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm heading to Amarillo this weekend and will be buying a few books. Any > suggestions on Cold Fusion books to learn from? I downloaded the manuals > from Adobe's site, but I think I

Book Suggestions

2007-09-28 Thread Murray Firebird
I'm heading to Amarillo this weekend and will be buying a few books. Any suggestions on Cold Fusion books to learn from? I downloaded the manuals from Adobe's site, but I think I need other help. ~| Get the answers you are lo