ColdFusion

	ColdFusion

ColdFusion is a Web based language, a product of Allaire Corporation. The ColdFusion programming environment centers on an intuitive, tag-based, server scripting language called the ColdFusion Markup Language (CFML). CFML controls the application logic, back-end integration, and dynamic page generation. CFML features tight integration with HTML, structured exception handling, regular expressions, and easy expansion with COM, CORBA, and C/C++.

When a browser requests a page in a ColdFusion application, ColdFusion Server processes the scripting in the page, interacts with other components, connects with back-end systems, and dynamically generates the HTML page that is returned to the browser. ColdFusion can use any ODBC database, MS Access, SQL Server, Oracle, and Sybase are most common.

Sample Applications Written By Norman Penick:

PERSONNEL DIRECTORY - A family directory showing generations graphically.
VENDOR REQUEST FORM - A service request system which generates performance statistics.
LOAN PAYMENTS - Compare two or more loans for size of payment and interest.
SCREEN-SCRAPER - Extract and parse a weather forecast from a remote web page using <cfhttp>.
Code for SCREEN-SCRAPER - ColdFusion code for the screen scraper above.

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