Adobe ColdFusion 8 Web Application Construction Kit, Volume 3: Advanced Application Development

Chapter 48. Using JavaScript and ColdFusion Together

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• A Crash Course in JavaScript E277

• Working with Form Elements E288

• Passing Variables to JavaScript E290

• Passing Data to JavaScript Using <cfwddx> E311

• Working with WDDX Packets in JavaScript E322

• Calling CFCs from JavaScript E340

• Passing Simple Variables to ColdFusion E341

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As you now know, ColdFusion gives you an extremely powerful, easy to use language for creating interactive Web sites. As you also know, all ColdFusion code executes on the server; the browser isn’t expected to understand CFML, and it certainly isn’t expected to be able to connect to your databases and other server-side resources directly.

All of which is, like, sooooo dreamy. But depending ...