About J2Ee And The Coldfusion Architecture - Adobe 38043740 - ColdFusion Standard - Mac Development Manual

DEVELOPING COLDFUSION 9 APPLICATIONS
Introducing ColdFusion
CFML development tools
Adobe® Dreamweaver® CS3 helps you develop ColdFusion applications efficiently. It includes many features that
simplify and enhance ColdFusion development, including tools for debugging CFML. Because CFML is written in an
HTML-like text format, and you often use HTML in ColdFusion pages, you can also use an HTML editor or a text
editor, such as Notepad, to write ColdFusion applications.
ColdFusion 9 includes a line debugger that you can use to debug your ColdFusion applications in Eclipse™ or Adobe
Flex™ Builder™.
Verity Search Server
The Verity Search Server (also called the Verity search engine) provides full text search capability for documents and
data on a ColdFusion site.
ColdFusion Administrator
ColdFusion Administrator configures and manages the ColdFusion application server. It is a secure web-based
application that you can access using any web browser, from any computer with an Internet connection. It includes a
Server Monitor, which lets you see the status of your ColdFusion server.
For more information about ColdFusion Administrator, see Configuring and Administering ColdFusion.

About J2EE and the ColdFusion architecture

As the Internet software market has matured, the infrastructure services required by distributed Internet applications,
including ColdFusion applications, have become increasingly standardized. The most widely adopted standard today
is the Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) specification. J2EE provides a common set of infrastructure services
for accessing databases, protocols, and operating system functionality, across multiple operating systems.
About ColdFusion and the J2EE platform
ColdFusion is implemented on the Java technology platform and uses a J2EE application server for many of its base
services, including database connectivity, naming and directory services, and other runtime services. ColdFusion can
be configured to use an embedded J2EE server (in the server configuration) or it can be deployed as a J2EE application
on an independent J2EE application server (in the multiserver configuration or the J2EE configuration). ColdFusion
Enterprise includes a fully featured version of the JRun J2EE application server, or can be deployed on third-party J2EE
servers such as IBM WebSphere and BEA WebLogic.
For more information on ColdFusion configurations, see Installing ColdFusion.
By implementing the ColdFusion scripting environment on top of the J2EE platform, ColdFusion takes advantage of
the power of the J2EE platform while also providing an easy-to-use scripting environment and built-in services.
Moreover, because ColdFusion is built on a J2EE platform, you can easily integrate J2EE and Java functionality into
your ColdFusion application. As a result, ColdFusion pages can do any of the following:
• Share session data with JSPs (Java Server Pages) and Java servlets.
• Import custom JSP tag libraries and use them like ColdFusion custom tags.
• Integrate with Java objects, including the J2EE Java API, JavaBeans, and Enterprise JavaBeans.
For more information on using J2EE features in ColdFusion, see
Applications" on page 1125.
"Integrating J2EE and Java Elements in CFML
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