I had this same question as I was recently getting ready to develop my
first FB5 app.

If you have no budget (pretty common these days) there really isn't much
out there, and until you try to create an app yourself, you really can't
grasp it until you see pieces of it in action.

I downloaded as many "sample" apps as I could, avoiding CFC versions
since I'm pretty lost in the CFC world still.

Using Jeff Peters book, I followed it pretty much to the letter (too
much so, it turns out) and I was able to kludge my way through it.

I now have a full app written in FB5 and I now feel pretty comfortable
with it... the xml, non-CFC version, that is.

I think the biggest hurdle for me (after the FLiP part), was
understanding how the xml files and XFAs worked.

Once I got those, it was pretty much just trying things and seeing how
they worked.

Also, I tried building a small piece of my app first using FB5 and that
helped me kind of "see" what it was all about.

I also think the Fusebox Project Wiki
(http://wiki.fuseboxframework.org/display/fb/Home) is very helpful.

One problem I had was knowing where to post questions. There's the
fusebox forums, the Yahoo Group, and various user group ListServes, and
I had varying degrees of success getting my questions answered,
depending on where I posted and who was "watching".

Hope this helps, at least to some degree.

Dan

Eva wrote:
>
>
> So I take it from the silence that there isn't any place to learn
> Fusebox. Everyone for themselves kind of deal, not sure why it is so
> popular then.
> I like the idea but it would be nice to have some place to learn it....
> Eva
>
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> *From:* fusebox5@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fusebox5@yahoogroups.com] *On
> Behalf Of *Sean Corfield
> *Sent:* Sunday, June 28, 2009 12:38 AM
> *To:* fusebox5@yahoogroups.com
> *Subject:* Re: [fusebox5] new to fusebox
>
> On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 7:10 PM, Eva<bluemoonbow@...
> <mailto:bluemoonbow%40earthlink.net>> wrote:
> > Is there any place where I can sign up for a class on fusebox....kind of
> > walk through an application from start to finish? I am reading the
> Fusebox:
> > Developing Coldfusion Application but it would be nice to discuss
> it as I
> > go along.
>
> I'd be interested to hear what people recommend on Fusebox training.
>
> I've heard of some very bad experiences with TeraTech Fusebox courses
> so this is a good discussion to have here!
> --
> Sean A Corfield -- (904) 302-SEAN
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