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Exercise 4: Developing the sample application

Using the application functional requirements and the database that is provided for this tutorial,
you are ready to use ColdFusion to develop the Trip Maintenance application. The remaining
lessons in the tutorial step you through the process of constructing this application. When you are
done, the main page for the Trip Maintenance application will appear as follows:
The main application page is where users will come to view information about trips and to
navigate to other ColdFusion pages to add, edit, or search for new trips.
The following lessons explain how to do these tasks:
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Configure your development environment
Development Environment" on page
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Retrieve data from a database
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Build dynamic queries
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Build the trip detail page
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Build the main application page
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Write code to enforce Compass Travel business rules
Business Rules" on page
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("Lesson 3: Retrieving Data" on page
("Lesson 4: Building Dynamic Queries" on page
("Lesson 5: Creating a Trip Detail Page" on page
("Lesson 6: Creating a Main Application Page" on page
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