Ben Forta
{{short description|American software engineer}}
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| name = Ben Forta
| image = Ben Forta - Adobe Max 2007.jpg
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| caption = Ben Forta as seen at Adobe MAX 2007 delivering the Keynote
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| birth_place = London
| citizenship = American
| known_for = Prolific author and speaker on EdTech
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| employer = Adobe Systems
| occupation = Senior Director of Education Initiatives & Author
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| spouse = Marcy
| children = 7
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| website = [http://forta.com Forta.com]
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Ben Forta is Adobe Systems Inc's Senior Director of Education Initiatives. His primary responsibility is a focus on students, both K-12 and higher-ed, with an eye towards digital and visual literacy, and the role that Adobe services and tools play in the future of communication and storytelling. He is the author of over 40 technical books (with over 750,000 copies in print) on SQL (including the best-selling SQL book of all time), Regular Expressions, ColdFusion, Windows development, JSP, and more. Many of his books have been translated into over fifteen languages worldwide. Before working for Allaire and Macromedia, he founded the website Car.com, which was later purchased by Auto-By-Tel. Born in London, England, Forta lives in Oak Park, Michigan with his wife and their children.
Bibliography
- {{cite book |title=Macromedia Coldfusion 5 Language: The Definitive CFML Language Reference Reference |publisher=Pearson Education |year=2001 |isbn=0-7897-2698-X }}
- {{cite book |title=Reality ColdFusion: Flash MX Integration |publisher=Macromedia Press |year=2002 |isbn=0-321-12515-0}}
- {{cite book |title=Macromedia ColdFusion MX Development with Dreamweaver MX: Visual QuickPro Guide |publisher=Macromedia Press |year=2002 |isbn=0-321-15802-4 |url=https://archive.org/details/macromediacoldfu0000hove }}
- {{cite book |title=Sams Teach Yourself Regular Expressions in 10 Minutes |publisher=Sams |year=2004 |isbn=0-672-32566-7}}
- {{cite book |title=Sams Teach Yourself SQL in 10 Minutes |publisher=Sams |year=2004 |isbn=0-672-32567-5 |url=https://archive.org/details/samsteachyoursel00fort_0 }}
- {{cite book |title=Advanced ColdFusion MX 7 Application Development |publisher=Macromedia Press |year=2005 |isbn=0-321-29269-3}}
- {{cite book |title=Certified Macromedia ColdFusion MX Developer Study Guide |publisher=Macromedia Press |year=2005 |isbn=0-321-33011-0}}
- {{cite book |title=MySQL Crash Course |publisher=Sams |year=2005 |isbn=0-672-32712-0}}
- {{cite book |title=Adobe ColdFusion 8 Web Application Construction Kit, Volume 1: Getting Started |publisher=Adobe Press |year=2007 |isbn=978-0-321-51548-3}}
- {{cite book |title=Adobe ColdFusion 8 Web Application Construction Kit, Volume 2: Application Development |publisher=Adobe Press |year=2007 |isbn=978-0-321-51546-9}}
- {{cite book |title=Adobe ColdFusion 8 Web Application Construction Kit, Volume 3: Advanced Application Development |publisher=Adobe Press |year=2007 |isbn=978-0-321-51547-6}}
- {{cite book |title=Adobe ColdFusion 9 Web Application Construction Kit, Volume 1: Getting Started |publisher=Adobe Press |year=2010 |isbn=978-0-321-66034-3}}
- {{cite book |title=Adobe ColdFusion 9 Web Application Construction Kit, Volume 2: Application Development |publisher=Adobe Press |year=2010 |isbn=978-0-321-67919-2}}
- {{cite book |title=MariaDB Crash Course |publisher=Addison Wesley |year=2011 |isbn=978-0-321-79994-4}}
=Coauthored works=
- {{cite book |first1=Ben |last1=Forta |first2=Nate |last2=Weiss |title=The ColdFusion 4.0 Web Application Construction Kit |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780789718099 |url-access=registration |publisher=Que |year=1998 |isbn=0-7897-1809-X }}
- {{cite book |first1=Ben |last1=Forta |first2=Nate |last2=Weiss |title=Advanced Cold Fusion 4 Application Development |publisher=Que |year=1998 |isbn=0-7897-1810-3 }}
- {{cite book |first1=Ben |last1=Forta |first2=Sue |last2=Hove |title=Sams Teach Yourself ColdFusion Express in 24 Hours |publisher=Sams |year=2000 |isbn=0-672-31662-5 |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780672316623 }}
- {{cite book |first1=Ben |last1=Forta |first2=Paul |last2=Fonte |first3=Greg |last3=Brewer |title=Windows 2000 Developer's Guide |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |year=2000 |isbn=0-7645-4653-8 }}
- {{cite book |title=WAP Development with WML and WMLScript |first1=Ben |last1=Forta |first2=Dylan |last2=Bromby |first3=Ronan |last3=Mandel |first4=Paul |last4=Fonte |first5=Keith |last5=Lauver |first6=Robert |last6=Juncker |publisher=Sams |year=2000 |isbn=0-672-31946-2 }}
- {{cite book |first1=Ben |last1=Forta |first2=Emily |last2=Kim |first3=Geoff |last3=Bowers |title=Certified Macromedia ColdFusion 5 Developer Study Guide |publisher=Pearson Education |year=2001 |isbn=0-7897-2696-3}}
- {{cite book |first1=Ben |last1=Forta |first2=Nate |last2=Weiss |first3=Leon |last3=Chalnick |first4=David |last4=Crawford |first5=John |last5=Cummings |first6=David |last6=Golden |title=ColdFusion 5 Web Application Construction Kit |publisher=Pearson Education |year=2001 |isbn=0-7897-2584-3 |url=https://archive.org/details/coldfusion5webap00fort }}
- {{cite book |first1=Ben |last1=Forta |first2=Benjamin |last2=Elmore |first3=Shawn |last3=Evans |first4=Dain |last4=Anderson |first5=David |last5=Krasnove |first6=Paul |last6=Hastings |first7=Emily B. |last7=Kim |first8=Robert |last8=Panico |first9=Jeff |last9=Taylor |first10=Nate |last10=Weiss |title=Advanced Macromedia ColdFusion 5 Application Development |publisher=Pearson Education |year=2001 |isbn=0-7897-2585-1 }}
- {{cite book |first1=Ben |last1=Forta |first2=Dennis |last2=Baldwin |first3=Randy H. |last3=Drisgill |first4=Derek |last4=Lu |first5=Matt |last5=Tatam|title=Reality Macromedia ColdFusion MX: Macromedia Flash MX Integration |publisher=Pearson Education |year=2002 |isbn=0-321-12515-0 }}
- {{cite book |first1=Ben |last1=Forta |first2=Nate |last2=Weiss |first3=Leon |last3=Chalnick |first4=Angela |last4=Buraglia |title=Macromedia ColdFusion MX Web Application Construction Kit |publisher=Macromedia Press |year=2002 |isbn=0-321-12516-9 |url=https://archive.org/details/macromediacoldfu00fort }}
- {{cite book |first1=Ben |last1=Forta |first2=Tim |last2=Buntel |first3=Ben |last3=Elmore |first4=Paul |last4=Hastings |first5=Brendan |last5=O'Hara |first6=Sheldon |last6=Sargent |first7=Greg |last7=Snortland |first8=Rob |last8=Rusher |first9=Nate |last9=Weiss |title=Advanced Macromedia ColdFusion MX Application Development |publisher=Macromedia Press |year=2002 |isbn=0-321-12710-2 |url=https://archive.org/details/advancedmacromed0000fort }}
- {{cite book |first1=Ben |last1=Forta |first2=David |last2=Aden |first3=Andrew |last3=Hindle |first4=Stephen |last4=Milligan |first5=David |last5=Schnell-Davis |first6=John |last6=Stanard |title=Reality ColdFusion: Intranets and Content Management |publisher=Pearson Education |year=2002 |isbn=0-321-12414-6}}
- {{cite book |first1=Ben |last1=Forta |first2=Sue |last2=Hove |first3=Robert |last3=Crooks |first4=Jay |last4=Kellett |title=Certified Macromedia Dreamweaver 4 Developer Study Guide |publisher=Pearson Education |date=March 1, 2002 |isbn=0-7897-2736-6 }}
- {{cite book |first1=Ben |last1=Forta |first2=Drew |last2=Falkman |first3=Bonnie |last3=Plottner |first4=Kristian |last4=Cibulskis |first5=Charles |last5=Arehart |title=Reality ColdFusion: J2EE Integration |publisher=Macromedia Press |year=2002 |isbn=0-321-12948-2}}
- {{cite book |first1=Ben |last1=Forta |first2=Raymond |last2=Camden |first3=Leon |last3=Chalnick |first4=Angela C. |last4=Buraglia |title=Macromedia ColdFusion MX 7 Web Application Construction Kit |publisher=Macromedia Press |year=2005 |isbn=0-321-22367-5}}
- {{cite book |first1=Ben |last1=Forta |first2=Raymond |last2=Camden |first3=Josh |last3=Adams |first4=Charlie |last4=Arehart |first5=Jeffrey |last5=Bouley |first6=Ken |last6=Fricklas |first7=Alan |last7=Rother |first8=Sarge |last8=Sargent |first9=Matt |last9=Tatam |title=Adobe ColdFusion 9 Web Application Construction Kit, Volume 3: Advanced Application Development |publisher=Adobe Press |year=2010 |isbn=978-0-321-67920-8 }}
References
External links
- {{official website|http://forta.com/}}
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