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This tutorial guides you through the process of building a simple Macromedia ColdFusion web
application. By the end of the tutorial, you will be familiar with how to use Macromedia
ColdFusion MX 7 to query and update a database, validate data, generate a report, and require
user authentication.
The application that you will build in this tutorial is for a fictitious travel company called
Compass Travel. Compass Travel markets a wide range of adventure trips to the public through its
website. Trip coordinators at Compass Travel are responsible for maintaining the trip
information. The sample tutorial application assists the trip coordinators in maintaining trip
information in the Compass Travel database.
ColdFusion development is the emphasis of the tutorial; therefore, you will not need to design or
build the Compass Travel database. It is important, however, for you to be familiar with the
layout of the database. Additionally, you must understand the functional requirements that will
help determine the application design. This lesson provides an overview of these application
design steps, while the remainder of this manual guides you through the lessons on constructing
the sample application.
Application development steps
Most software applications contain three major functions:
•
A user interface to capture data
•
Logic to validate the captured data
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A database to store the validated data
The steps to develop these major functions vary from project to project. In this tutorial, you will
review or participate in the following application development steps to build the Compass Travel
Trip Maintenance application:
Step
Description
1
Determine the application functional requirements.
2
Determine the data requirements by identifying the information required for the Trip
Maintenance application.
Lesson 1: Preparing to Build the
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