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What is ColdFusion?

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Last Updated: February 19, 2007 8:47 AM

Like PHP and ASP, you can use ColdFusion to develop dynamic Web sites and Web applications. Using ColdFusion, you can quickly develop sites that pulls data and content from a database. This can make it a lot easier to manage users, data, and content on your Web site. ColdFusion is often used to build ecommerce sites.

You can use ColdFusion to quickly:

  • Grab data from existing database applications.
  • Create a custom content management system or blog.
  • Design and generate structured business reports.
  • Transform Web content into printable PDF or FlashPaper 2 documents.

For more information about ColdFusion, visit Macromedia's ColdFusion Web site.