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Static Page Architecture |
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Dynamic Page Publishing with ColdFusion |
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ColdFusion Markup Language (CFML) |
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ColdFusion Components and Features |
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ColdFusion Configuration Scenarios |
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A Web browser makes a request for a .htm page |
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A Web server sends that page back to the browser |
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The Web browser interprets and renders the HTML |
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Request pages from Web servers using HTTP |
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Interpret HTML pages |
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Interpret client-side scripting languages |
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Validate user-supplied data with a scripting
language |
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Execute Java applets and ActiveX controls |
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Decrypt Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) pages |
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Reply to requests from browsers using HTTP |
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Perform server-side processing using these
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ColdFusion Markup Language (CFML) |
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Microsoft’s Active Server Pages (ASP) |
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Perl |
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Java |
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Encrypt pages using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) |
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Perform security and user authentication |
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If the requested page has a .cfm extension, it
gets passed to ColdFusion for processing |
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Creating a Variable and Outputting Its Value on
a Page |
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CFABORT |
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CFAPPLICATION |
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CFBREAK |
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CFCONTENT |
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CFCOOKIE |
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CFFORM and CFINPUT |
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CFIF, CFELSE, CFELSEIF |
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CFINCLUDE |
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CFINPUT |
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CFINSERT |
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CFLOCATION |
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CFOUTPUT |
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CFPARAM |
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CFQUERY |
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CFSET |
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CFSWITCH/CFSWITCHCASE/CFDEFAULTCASE |
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CFUPDATE |
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Any client-side technology is allowed |
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Client-side scripting such as JavaScript,
Jscript and VBScript |
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Client-side executables such as ActiveX and Java
applets |
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Dynamic HTML |
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Other client technologies |
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Other server-side technologies are not allowed |
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ColdFusion Application Server |
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ColdFusion Studio |
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Advanced database connectivity using ODBC
connections, native database drivers and OLE-DB. |
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Email generation and retrieval SMTP/POP |
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File management capabilities |
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Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)
server integration |
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ColdFusion's own API - CFAPI |
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COM and DCOM object support |
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Extensive set of tags and the ability to create
custom tags |
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Hundreds of functions |
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Supports expressions in queries, including
regular expressions |
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Can be managed and administered from any Web
browser anywhere |
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Offers scalable deployment through
multi-threaded service, Web server API support and other technologies |
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Can be deployed on multi-server clusters with
native load balancing and failover to deliver large volume sites |
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Provides the infrastructure for secure remote
development across intranets and extranets |
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ActiveX |
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COM/DCOM |
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CORBA |
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Cybercash |
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Macromedia Flash |
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HDML SDK |
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ICVerify |
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JavaBeans |
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Macromedia Dreamweaver |
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NetObjects Fusion |
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OpenMarket |
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Shockwave |
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SMIL |
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Verity SEARCH'97 |
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Version Control Software |
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Windows NT |
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Netscape servers (NSAPI) |
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Microsoft servers (ISAPI) |
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O’Reilly’s WebSite (WSAPI) |
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Apache |
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Solaris |
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Netscape servers |
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Apache servers |
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Each supported Web server API has a .dll which
sets up communication from the Web server to the ColdFusion Application
Server. |
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Database on a separate machine |
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MS SQL Server, Oracle, Sybase, Informix, etc. |
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Test data |
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Runs Web server and ColdFusion Server |
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Hosts Web site and ColdFusion templates |
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Develop CFML and HTML pages |
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May do remote development via FTP or ColdFusion
RDS |
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Can optionally run "stand-alone” ColdFusion
Server |
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Centralized server for main source code |
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Many developers remotely developing using
ColdFusion Studio |
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Source code control system |
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Development database |
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Clustered servers with latest release of code in
a static environment |
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Many testers |
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Emulation of expected load |
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Static, predictable test database with sample
data |
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Clustered servers with last release of code |
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Connection to the intra/Internet |
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Live, production database |
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When a static page is requested, the Web server
sends the page to the browser in the form of HTML. The browser interprets the HTML and
displays the page. |
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When a dynamic ColdFusion page is requested, the
Web server passes the page to the ColdFusion server which processes the
ColdFusion tags and sends the results back to the Web server as HTML. |
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ColdFusion is a server-side technology that lets
you create dynamic Web pages and whole Web applications. |
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CFML is a server-side markup language that is
similar in syntax to HTML. |
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ColdFusion components include the ColdFusion
Application Server and ColdFusion Studio. |
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Notes