Overview ColdFusion Markup Language (CFML)
Brothers J. J. Allaire and Jeremy Allaire originally created ColdFusion (CF) in 1997 using C++. In January 2001, the two brothers joined up with Macromedia and redeveloped the language in JAVA. The very first commercial release by Macromedia was ColdFusion MX 5 in early 2002.
Derived from JAVA, ColdFusion adopts lots of inherent JAVA principles. ColdFusion can exploit JAVA libraries mix it JAVA classes with its own components and more. ColdFusion can even be set-up on JAVA supporting Servlet Containers like Tomcat and JRun.
In the latest version (7.0.1), ColdFusion can also implemented a system which allows JAVA and .Net applications to use CF components (CFC-Proxy Class), prior to version 7.0.1 you would need a web service created to achieve such a task.
ColdFusion has an extensive class library, and several methods for creating and implementing custom made tag should the need arise. The most popular technique in creating a ‘Custom Tag’ is to use a CFML page and call it using the CFIMPORT.
Another method is to create a CFX tags using JAVA or C++ then adds them to the server via the CF administration panel so they can be called
ColdFusion also supports a wide range of databases, Structured Query Language (SQL) and recently SQL3 for object orientated relationship databases like Oracle 8.
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Last modified: 11/06/2008
