ColdFusion Summit 2017 RESTFul Training Bootcamp

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Luis Majano August 25, 2017

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Luis Majano

August 25, 2017

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We are excited to bring our training Bootcamp series as a pre-conference workshop for this years Adobe ColdFusion Summit 2017 in Las Vegas, NV. This training series will be led by Box creator Luis Majano and CommandBox Creator Brad Wood at the Mirage Hotel in a private training penthouse retreat. Register as soon as possible as space is very limited!

Course Detail

This training bootcamp is designed for beginning or intermediate ColdBox developers and focuses on the understanding and implementation of RESTful applications, modules, and microservices. At the end of the workshop, the participant will have developed a working RESTful API service which can be used as a baseline template for their own future development needs. The API service will be scaffolded and implemented using a variety of readily-available tools, such as CommandBox and the ColdBox REST application skeleton.

Pre-Requisites

Beginner to Intermediate ColdBox knowledge
Beginner ORM knowledge
Intermediate TestBox BDD/Unit Testing
The latest stable version of CommandBox installed on your machine

Training Course Outline

Introductions
REST Core Principles
RESTFul Architectural Patterns
RESTFul Tools
API Modeling - Swagger/Relax
API Routing - ColdBox URL Mappings
API Versioning - ColdBox Modularity
API Uniformity - ColdBox Base Handlers + AOP
API Testing - TestBox BDD
Securing RESTFul Services
API Microservices with CommandBox + Docker
Scaling RESTFul Services

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