Programming instructions

56 Lesson 1 Preparing to Build the Sample Application

Each lesson guides you through a scenario to enhance the Compass Travel Trip

Maintenance application. Sections within a lesson present basic programming concepts

that you need to understand before completing the section exercise(s).

Depending on your programming experience, you can read the entire lesson then

proceed to the hands-on exercises, or you can skip some information in the lesson and

proceed directly to the exercises.

Working directories

The following table describes the working directories for this tutorial:

Locating the working directories

You can locate the working directories for this tutorial under your web root directory. For

example, the directory path on your computer might be:

(on Windows NT) <mywebserverdocroot>\cfdocs\getting_started

(on UNIX) <mywebserverdocroot>/cfdocs/getting_started

You can view ColdFusion application pages on your local computer by opening a web

browser and entering one of the following URL:

For more information about the tutorial file structure and the location of the

getting_started subdirectories, see “Verifying the tutorial file structure” on page 36.

Directory Description

my_app You will save all your source code in this directory.

solutions You can find solutions to all the exercises in this directory.

db You will use this directory as the working directory for the Compass

Travel database.

Note: As discussed earlier in Chapter 4, you should verify that the

Compass Travel database file residing in the db directory is the original

file supplied. This file should have the same date as the file in the

new_user_db directory. If date on the file in the db directory is different,

replace the file in db directory with a copy of the Compass Travel

database file that is located in the new_user_db directory.

photos You will use this directory to access existing trip photographs.

images You will use this directory to access application image files.

Configuration URL

For local third-party

web server

configuration

http://localhost/cfdocs/getting_started/my_app/<pagename>.cfm

For standalone

ColdFusion web

server configuration

http://localhost:8100/cfdocs/getting_started/my_app/

<pagename>.cfm