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titleWork in Progress

Updating the course for FarCry 6.x. If you can help let us know! Put your notes in the comments for the page.

Overview

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FarCry Core is a web application framework based on the ColdFusion language. FarCry CMS is a popular content management solution built with FarCry Core. As a community, we provide support for the framework, CMS, and a host of community plugins including libraries for Google Maps, image manipulation, free text searching, and many more.

FarCry 56.1 x Jump Start is designed to bring developers up to speed with the FarCry Core Web Application Framework. Although FarCry is a huge topic, this course distills key components of the development environment in a bid to enable students to start building their own solutions immediately.

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The following concepts are used throughout the course:

  • Demonstrations illustrate new concepts
  • Walkthroughs guide you, with the instructor's assistance, through procedures
    in a hands-on context.
  • Labs let you practice new skills on your own.
  • Summaries provide a brief synopsis of the unit's content.
  • Reviews test how well you remember the concepts from the unit.

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titleAdditional Information or Cross Reference

A cross reference or additional information about something that is not specifically course related. For example, we might refer to Blueprint CSS Framework in the courseware and need to define what it is and provide a link to the site.

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titleWarning. Be Careful!

An alert highlighting an activity that might cause a problem for the student.

Great Learning Resources

Tip
titleFarCry Cheat Sheet

Get the FarCry developer cheat sheet, print it out and set it beside your keyboard. It will be a great help in getting to grips with FarCry Core: http://farcry.posterous.com/farcry-developer-cheat-sheet-v01

In addition to this course there are a variety of great online learning resources that you should explore:

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titleFarCry Custom Google Index

We have a custom search index for all the sites, blogs, and docs from the FarCry community. Use this search to focus your results: http://www.farcrycore.org/search?q=help