David Gassner is the president of Bardo Technical Services, an Adobe Solutions Network Training Provider. He holds Adobe developer certifications in ColdFusion, Flash, and Dreamweaver, in addition to Flex. David has been a regular speaker at Macromedia conferences and a contributor to ColdFusion Journal and XML Journal , where he has assisted many developers with the integration of Adobe's ColdFusion with Java, XML, and other development technologies. Duration: 06h 43m Released on: 8/1/2007 Exercise files: Yes Software works on: Mac and Windows In ColdFusion 8 Essential Training, developer and Adobe Certified Instructor David Gassner teaches the essentials of Internet application development. From defining a ColdFusion-enabled page in Dreamweaver to publishing the finished project, the training teaches all the steps for creating powerful web-based applications . The training also covers how ColdFusion processes pages, how to query a database, how to validate data entry forms, and much more. Exercise files accompany the tutorials. Exercise files are copies of the identical files (documents, photos and so on) the author uses throughout this course. The files will help you make the most of your learning experience by providing you the opportunity to open them in your own software and follow along with tutorials.