Allaire Spectra E-Business Construction Kit with Cdrom

Allaire Spectra'" e-Business Construction Kit is the first and only book to provide complete and thorough coverage of all of Allaire Corporation's revolutionary e-business development platformAllaire Spectra. Built on the award-winning ColdFusion Web application server, Allaire Spectra is a packaged system and framework for creating and deploying high-end, secure, and flexible Web applications. From basic concepts and design considerations to the complexities of content management, personalization, e-commerce, and online communities, this book covers everything you need to know to leverage this remarkable product.

Not only does this book provide overviews of technologies and ideas, with examples to demonstrate specific techniques, but it also contains practical applications of hard-earned experience, written by members of the team that helped create and test Allaire Spectra. From editing tools to object-oriented building blocks, from workflow management to sophisticated reporting analysis mechanisms, from distributed development tools to content syndication options, from process automation to roles-based security, this book covers the concepts, techniques, and implementation details that can't be found anywhere else.

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Allaire Spectra E-Business Construction Kit teaches Allaire Spectra development from the ground up, primarily from the viewpoint of developers and administrators. A 900 page volume, Allaire Spectra E-Business Construction Kit is divided into multiple sections, starting with high-level concepts and moving on to planning and building an application. Throughout Allaire Spectra E-Business Construction Kit , the reader is presented with not just technical information but also the best practices and business methodologies and how to implement them. Very highly recommended for intermediate to advanced computer students and e-commerce entrepreneurs.

Lead author Ben Forta is Allaire Corporation's Product Evangelist and is the author of three other books on Allaire products (ColdFusion 4 Application Construction Kit, Advanced ColdFusion 4 Application Development, and Sams Teach Yourself HomeSite 4 in 24 Hours). He is a recognized authority on Web application development and is a frequent lecturer and columnist on these subjects. Ashley King, Gerry Libertelli, Nate Weiss, and Raymond Camden are members of the Allaire Spectra design and development team. They also are contributing authors to existing ColdFusion books.