Summary

Two guys, who wanted to save time on their Web coding, so they could do other stuff, created ColdFusion. By mastering the software and using it in your own Web projects, you too can save many hours of coding and remain free to venture into the daylight.

At the heart of the program is a database-to-Web gateway, a means of sharing database information with Web users. ColdFusion can take databases containing thousands of records and serve them up as individual Web pages via a single template file. It also handles input, allowing Web users to contribute to a database.

ColdFusion server is an ideal tool for business and organizations because it allows the creation of very large sites with a minimum design time. It features built-in security ...

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