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What is ColdFusion?
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ColdFusion (CF)is a web application server - a program that sits on the server with your web pages - that allows your pages to change depending on the contents of a database.
Your pages are written in a combination of HTML and CFML (Cold Fusion Markup Language). When the request is made to view your page, the page is first passed to CF which runs through all the CFML, querying the database for any required values. The result of this is a file which contains only HTML - this is the file that is passed on to the end-user. So they can't see the CFML, only HTML.
Another technology which is very similar is ASP (Active Server Pages). They both focus on producing dynamic content and are far more efficient and flexible than trying to write a page for each extra bit of data.
checkout the CF forum to get more of an idea on how it works
gollyg
Your pages are written in a combination of HTML and CFML (Cold Fusion Markup Language). When the request is made to view your page, the page is first passed to CF which runs through all the CFML, querying the database for any required values. The result of this is a file which contains only HTML - this is the file that is passed on to the end-user. So they can't see the CFML, only HTML.
Another technology which is very similar is ASP (Active Server Pages). They both focus on producing dynamic content and are far more efficient and flexible than trying to write a page for each extra bit of data.
checkout the CF forum to get more of an idea on how it works
gollyg
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Yes. I just installed Dreamweaver UltraDev. It's cool. I've been hand writing my ASP for some time now, and this is neat. I've only touched the tip of the iceberg, and already I'm sold.
I haven't really gone thru the code it writes yet, I'm going thru the tutorial on databases.
Hats off to Macromedia for a good product.
-Gary
BTW: Thank you for the reply.
The door to life is never locked, but few have the knowledge to open it.
I haven't really gone thru the code it writes yet, I'm going thru the tutorial on databases.
Hats off to Macromedia for a good product.
-Gary
BTW: Thank you for the reply.
The door to life is never locked, but few have the knowledge to open it.
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