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Luis Majano October 15, 2008

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Below you can see our press release dealing with ColdBox training. It covers our early bird pricing and Course Outline. So remember that you can register online now.

ColdBox Platform Training
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http://www.coldboxframework.com/index.cfm/support/training

ColdBox Platform Training Seminars Releases October 2008 Outline and Extends Early-Bird Special Pricing

Rancho Cucamonga, CA, August 5, 2008 - ColdBox Platform Official Training Seminars today released the Course Outline for their October 2008 ColdBox Platform 101 seminar to be held in Dallas, Texas, and also announced that the Early-Bird Special Price of just $1,195 has been extended through August 31, 2008. Registrants can take advantage of this $200 savings over the full seminar price of $1,395 by completing their registration before 5PM (Pacific Daylight Time) on August 31, 2008.

Course Outline

Unit 1

  • Course Introduction
  • ColdFusion Components
    • Overview
    • Best Practices
  • Effective Web Application Architecture
    • MVC Architecture
    • What is a Model?
    • Domain Modeling
    • Service Layers
    • IOC
  • ColdBox Platform Introduction
    • What is a framework
    • Why use a framework
    • What is ColdBox
    • ColdBox Application Request Life Cycle
      • ColdBox's Front Controller
      • Event Driven Framework
      • SES routing overview
      • MVC Request Life Cycle
      • Remote Request Life Cycle

Unit 2

  • ColdBox Installation
  • Reference & Development Tool Installations
  • ColdBox Dashboard
  • A ColdBox Application Field Trip
    • ColdBox Debugger
    • Directory Structure & Conventions
    • ColdBox's Main Components

Unit 3

  • The ColdBox Configuration File
  • URL Actions
  • The ColdBox Setting Structures
  • The Request Context Object

Unit 4

  • Pretty URLs SES Routing
  • Framework Super Type
    • Understanding the basic Framework class
    • Reserved Words & Methods
  • Event Handlers

Unit 5

  • The ColdBox Layout Manager
  • ColdBox Plugins Architecture
  • Core Plugins
    • Storage Plugins
    • Utilities Plugins
    • Visual Plugins
    • Internationalization
    • RSS/Feeds

Unit 6

  • ColdBox Interceptor Architecture
  • Core Interceptors
    • SES
    • Environment Control
    • Autowire
    • Security Interceptor: Securing your application

Unit 7

  • ColdBox Proxy
  • ColdBox-Ajax Integrations
  • ColdSpring/Lightwire Integration

Unit 8

  • ColdBox Event Handler Unit Testing
  • ColdBox Best Practices

The ColdBox Platform 101 Seminar is a 2-Day Introduction to ColdBox and ColdBox Platform Application Development providing 16+ hours of intense, hands-on training with ColdBox author Luis Majano and other qualified ColdBox Trainers in an intimate setting with only 15 seats available. Attendees will be guided through a quick overview of ColdBox and then step-by-step instruction on putting ColdBox to work for themselves in their own applications. The skills learned in this seminar can be immediately applied to a developer's daily tasks.

For more information on ColdBox Platform Training or to register, please visit the ColdBox Training web site.

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