ColdFusion?

[Nick]

01?. What is it?

02?. How do you code it?

03?. What can it do?

04?. Does it resemble any other lanuages?

05?. What does the `m` in *.cfm mean?

 

[ashben]

You can find more information on ColdFusion at http://www.allaire.com (the makers of ColdFusion) Or http://www.devshed.com (a resource site)

The "m" in ".cfm" is "Markup" as ColdFusion is also known as ColdFusion Markup Language.

 

[cds]

01?. What is it?

- its another scripting language built upon a database server

02?. How do you code it?
- it looks surprisingly like html, and it is by far the easiest language to script in - companies love it

03?. What can it do?
- its like PHP-mysql combo

04?. Does it resemble any other lanuages?
- only html really....if you are a seasoned programmer, you may be frustrated by its dumbed down coding style..

05?. What does the `m` in *.cfm mean?
- see above

 

[Nick]

Thanks guys.

 

[Koolguy]

How come not many hosts support it?

 

[Nick]

Originally posted by Koolguy
How come not many hosts support it?

It's extremely expensive to install...

 

[cds]

It costs $1500 for a liscence. At one time they gave away a 'lite' version for free with the 7 most popular features. They stopped doing that however, so you have to buy it...

 

[Koolguy]

Damn, that explains it.

 

[razor]

nix or nt

is it like php running better on a nix server or asp running better on a nt server?
question:what server does it run on?

 

[jvv]

They have a version for windows, linux, solaris and HP-UX.