UNIT 01 - Introducing the Course

Overview

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 5.1 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.

Prerequisites

In order to get the most from the course students should be:

• familiar with basic web development concepts such as HTML, CSS and JavaScript
• comfortable with the ColdFusion mark-up language

Course Format

Concepts

The course is divided into units, each of which presents new information and contains demonstrations, walkthroughs, and a lab. At the end of each unit, you will find a summary and a short review to test your knowledge of the unit's content.

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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