Foreword
Well, someone has finally dared to use the J-word in a book written for the ColdFusion developer community. I couldn't be happier! Eben Hewitt has written a book about Java for ColdFusion developers—and it's an excellent book, I'm happy to report.
But wait—Java? Hasn't Macromedia spent a great deal of effort reassuring ColdFusion developers that they won't need to learn Java to use ColdFusion? They certainly have—and when the question is phrased as “Must I learn Java?,” the answer must be “No.” But perhaps our question ought to be, “Should I learn Java?” Ask a better question and you may get a better answer.
There are any number of very practical reasons that you might want to learn Java. That you're holding this book in your hands rather ...
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