Chapter 1: Introduction To Coldfusion Mx - MACROMEDIA COLDFUSION MX 61-DEVELOPING COLDFUSION MX Develop Manual

CHAPTER 1
Introduction to ColdFusion MX
This chapter describes Macromedia ColdFusion MX and the role it plays in Internet applications,
including Macromedia Flash MX based applications. This chapter also introduces the topics
discussed in this book.
Contents
About Internet applications and web application servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
About ColdFusion MX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Using ColdFusion MX with Macromedia Flash MX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
About J2EE and the ColdFusion architecture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
ColdFusion features described in this book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
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