Why Choose Cold Fusion?
Until recently, developing sites with dynamic content was a difficult process. Writing custom Web-based applications was a job for experienced programmers only. A good working knowledge of UNIX was a prerequisite, and experience with traditional development or scripting languages was a must. But all that has changed. Macromedia’s Cold Fusion (CF) enables you to create sites every bit as powerful and as capable but without a long and painful learning curve. So, what is Cold Fusion? Simply put, Macromedia CF is a Web application development tool that enables the rapid creation of interactive, dynamic, and information-rich Web sites. Macromedia CF does not require coding in traditional programming languages. Instead, you create applications by extending your standard HTML files with high level formatting functions, conditional operators, and database commands. These commands are instructions to the Cold Fusion processor and form the building blocks on which to build industrial strength ap
