What Is Coldfusion; Editions Of Coldfusion; Coldfusion Features - MACROMEDIA COLDFUSION 4.5-DEVELOPING WEB Develop Manual

Chapter 1: Introduction to ColdFusion

What is ColdFusion?

ColdFusion lets you create page-based Web applications using ColdFusion Markup
Language (CFML), the tag-based language you use to create server-side scripts that
dynamically control data integration, application logic, and user interface generation.
ColdFusion Web applications can contain XML, HTML, and other client technologies
such as CSS and JavaScript.
ColdFusion application pages are different from static HTML pages in the following
ways:
They are saved and referenced with a specific file extension.
The default ColdFusion file extension is CFM.
They contain ColdFusion Markup Language.

Editions of ColdFusion

There are three editions of ColdFusion: Enterprise, Professional, and Express. Using
ColdFusion Enterprise and Professional editions and ColdFusion Studio, you can build
Web applications that leverage existing technologies and business systems such as
RDBMS, messaging servers, file repositories, directory servers, and distributed object
middleware. ColdFusion Enterprise also offers advanced security features, load
balancing, server fail-over, and visual cluster administration. Using ColdFusion
Express, you can build Web applications that interact with desktop databases that
support the ODBC standard.

ColdFusion Features

ColdFusion provides a comprehensive set of features that enable:
Rapid development
Scalable deployment
Open integration
Complete security
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