ColdFusion 4.0 (Four Volume Book Set)

by Allaire

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 4.7 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00002S9BK
• Item model number: CF-DOC-40
• Date first available at Amazon.com: May 10, 2002
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #44,761 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
  • #53 in Software > Web Development > Web Site Hosting > Application Servers
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

From Winmag®

If you have access to (or money for) a ColdFusion Server and like dealing with mark-up language and scripts, ColdFusion Studio will serve you well. ColdFusion handles database access and other server-side logic with CFML, a set of HTML-like tags that the ColdFusion Server preprocesses for the Web server. I found CFML fairly easy to understand, very powerful and in many ways cleaner than ASP scripting. However, it was yet another programming language to learn.

ColdFusion's editor is basically HomeSite (which is on our WinList), plus extensions for CFML support. I liked the editing tools, but if you're not an experienced programmer, you'll probably prefer Drumbeat's visual tools.

There are both pros and cons to CFML when you compare it with ASP. The CFML language is simpler, but not as widely supported. The ColdFusion Server appears to be more robust than the ASP processor built into Internet Information Server, but it's an additional expense. If you have a large site, you might be able to justify ColdFusion Server Enterprise for its clustering, load balancing and fail-over support.