JavaScript and ColdFusion
In Chapters 14–19, different types of server-side or database applications were viewed working with JavaScript. JavaScript’s main role was that of a preprocessor in a client-side environment. Another popular server-side program is one from Macromedia called ColdFusion. Like PHP, CGI, and ASP, ColdFusion works only with a special server that processes its code. However, unlike the other server-side languages discussed so far, ColdFusion has some JavaScript keywords that it adds to the JavaScript lexicon when used in a CF context. The keywords, however, are designed to work exclusively with CF and do not have a wider application.
If you decide to take up ColdFusion, you will be happy to learn that much of the server-side ...
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