Chapter 1, Introducing ColdFusion Components outlines the basic elements of ColdFusion Components. The reader is guided through the structure of a CFC, arguments, parameters, and encapsulating information.

Chapter 2, Effective Component Development highlights some important attributes and techniques to optimize your component's output. We also investigate introspecting a component as well as providing and reading metadata.

Chapter 3, Building Your First Bean begins the reader's journey into object-oriented development. This chapter focuses on a Bean object, understanding requirements and benefits for using one, and how to set and access properties within the Bean.

Chapter 4, Inheritance and Object-Oriented Concepts starts to explore the world of object-oriented programming in a little more detail. This chapter also introduces some key concepts such as polymorphism and composition.

Chapter 5, Data Access Objects looks at the use of Data Access Objects to access and obtain information from a data source. We'll also look at persisting objects in memory throughout your application.

Chapter 6, Gateways introduces an optional data access method for use in your object-oriented development, and also highlights some extra benefits of code separation to help enable easier code management within your applications.

Chapter 7, Creating a Service Layer introduces the use of facade objects to your application's underlying API / component structure. We also explore object inheritance and options to streamline the existing code within your framework.