Web designers, especially professional ones, use ColdFusion for the purpose of creating more professional-looking customized websites. ColdFusion is supported by several other applications including MS Access, FoxPro, Paradox, and dBASE.
The Use Of ColdFusion
One of the most common uses of ColdFusion is to create a search database. For example, it has been used to help users find department store locations or movie theatres nearest them. This particular program can also be used to create e-commerce shopping carts, real estate home listings, consumer surveys, shipping trackers, and payment verifiers. It also can be used to create more specific types of databases, such as ones use to create a recipe-of-the day. ColdFusion has also been used to create shipping trackers. Along with that, major retailers have used it to check stock before picking up new inventory. It is also very effective for the completion of ongoing inventory tasks as well. It is also used for cloaking, which is a type of URL or e-mail address masking. However, the use of cloaking is highly debated ethically.
The Benefit Of Using ColdFusion
ColdFusion is considered to be less of a complex system to use to create databases than is C++ or other type of programming language. ColdFusion can be integrated with regular HTML and JavaScript applications. Webmasters have also found that the use of ColdFusion saves quite a bit of time. Websites that are created with this type of technology may require less maintenance.
How ColdFusion Is Implemented
ColdFusion works in a very similar way that HTML pages are designed. The language supported by the ColdFusion is the ColdFusion Markup Language (CFML) and this language is embedded much like HTML would be in web pages.
Who Created ColdFusion
This software was developed by a company called Allaire Corporation located in Massachusetts. This company had merged with Macromedia in 2001.
Who Uses ColdFusion
Professional web designers and beginning website designers use this particular application. Many websites for major Fortune 500 companies have been designed using this technology. Names of companies that have benefited from the use of ColdFusion technology include AT&T Wireless, Compaq Direct Plus, Mailboxes etc., and Nestle Toll House. Numerous other major companies and small businesses also have fared well using this type of software.
System Requirements For Using ColdFusion
It depends upon the ColdFusion package that you order. For instance, the ColdFusion Professional Server 4.0 requires the use of Windows NT 4.0 operating system, Intel 486 processor or higher, 50 MB of hard drive space, 32 MB of RAM, and a CD-ROM drive.