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Title: Making a complicated subject complicated
Review: The problem is, ColdFusion is NOT for dummies. I usually fault "Dummies" books for taking too much time explaining elementary concepts and not enough time on more complex topics. Not here. Right from page 1 the reader is dumped into a confusing set of new terms and concepts, with little in the way of examples. Billed as "Your easy guide to developing interactive Web pages", the text never mentions that there are a lot of much easier-to-use products for "developing interactive Web pages" -- ColdFusion's forte is large, complex, high-end database applications that no "dummy" is ever going to build. Anyone who picks this up as a quick way to increase their Web page interactivity will be sorely disappointed.
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