August 2001
Intermediate to advanced
976 pages
38h 8m
English
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Getting Started with ColdFusion
Obviously, to use this book, you need access to a ColdFusion server. If your company is already developing web applications with ColdFusion, the server should already be available to you. Or, if you are developing for a remote server, you should be all set. In either case, you just need to know where to put your templates; check with your system administrator or webmaster.
If you don’t have access to a ColdFusion server, your first step is to pick an edition of ColdFusion. There are currently four editions of ColdFusion available to support the needs of various sized projects and organizations; all of them are available at Allaire’s web site, http://www.allaire.com (as of this writing, the latest release of ColdFusion is Version 5.0):
- ColdFusion Express (Windows and Linux only)
A free, bare bones edition of ColdFusion designed to introduce you to the ColdFusion development environment. ColdFusion Express supports only a subset of the full CFML language and provides limited database support and limited server administration. ColdFusion Express can be downloaded for free from Allaire’s web site.
- ColdFusion Professional (Windows and Linux only)
The professional edition gives full access to the CFML language as well as full ODBC database support, administration, and advanced security services.
- ColdFusion Enterprise (Windows, Solaris, Linux, and HP-UX)
Contains all the functionality of ColdFusion Professional but adds server clustering, native database ...
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