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language and this implies that it enabled our developers to develop applications faster and deliver them as soon as possible for clients. It has features by which it can work both an application server and a language.
One of the major arenas in which we make use of ColdFusion software is in the development of dynamic websites. ColdFusion has a scripting language which is known as the ColdFusion Markup Language (CFML).
ColdFusion Components (CFCs) bring in the feature of polymorphism into the ColdFusion MX application development environment to enrich the developer's application development process. The result is efficient coding and quick delivery of application to clients and end users.
Interesting features of ColdFusion that developers can make use of are its full text search, file upload and graphs. The use of ColdFusion in development of web-based application offers the following benefits to clients:
It has features that help to create PDF or FlashPaper documents with just HTML coding. The generated file can be saved.
It offers efficient XML parsing, querying, and validation.
The applications created using ColdFusion are very user-oriented and highly interactive making it easier or users to carry out their intended functions
It is extremely flexible an enables development of small, medium to large scale web applications.
With its ODBC or JDBC functionality, it enables platform-independent database querying.
It offers features that enable effective client and server cache management.
It is very popular and is used extensively by many organizations as a web development platform.
It seamlessly mingles with Macromedia Flash which is use in the development of interactive websites.
ColdFusion's features offer support for NSAPI, IIS and Apache based web servers. When it comes to platforms it can support Solaris, HP-UX and Windows.
This means, there is a lot of choice for both the developer and the user or clients in the development process and they can decide on how their web-application environment should be and work for them. |