COLDFUSIONMX Programming Guide Installation Tutorials _coldfusion

First issue: Enter Macromedia Coldfusionmx World

Program Development:

Tutorial Authoring:

Mjking

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System and Environment requirements:

• Window2000/xp
• 256M RAM
• Coldfusion MX (Developer Edition)
• Microsoft Access
• Any text editor (this tutorial defaults to ColdFusion Studio 5 + dreamweavermx)

Preface

Before you enter the world of ColdFusion MX, you should understand the latest MX family products of Macromedia. The following figure:

From left to right are: Dreamweaver, Flash, ColdFusion, Freehand, Fireworks. The programmers and designers who must have contacted Macromedia's Web development design tools are no strangers. Here, for products outside the ColdFusion is not to repeat, online and bookstores have a lot of resources.

Here is a brief talk about the relationship between the Macromedia MX series and its impact on Web applications. Macromedia has radically changed its product development strategy before launching the MX series, using Macromedia's new generation of MX products to develop a highly user-experienced rich Internet Application became the ultimate goal of Macromedia. Refer to the following table for the application location of the Macromedia MX product:

Client clients	Extended HTML and different device support
Server-side servers	Rapid and scalable environment and support for the extension of. NET and Java Technologies
development tool Tools	Fully integrated development platform to completely improve the level of front and rear platform development

In the table above, Flash Player is used for the client side, for the server side is ColdFusion MX or JRUN4, and for the development tool is the MX of Flash MX, Dreamweaver mx, Fireworks mx Studio. Through the above Macromedia Strategy to meet our web application development of three criteria: rapid development, user experience, industry standards.

The first part understands ColdFusion MX

Many developers have used ASP, PHP, JSP, CGI and other languages, but encountered a lot of headaches, some cross-platform problems, some language commercialization problems, some learning a language of the threshold problem, some performance problems and so on. Many people do not have to learn a variety of languages to meet the needs of customers on different platforms, many people have to learn more basic knowledge to meet their own learning a language premise. Here we would like to recommend Macromedia ColdFusion MX, it is easy to learn, really realize the cross-platform. ColdFusion MX is a set of enterprise-oriented application service system, it is not only a language, but based on the Java EE Infrastructure has its own unique development methods of products. Therefore, ColdFusion MX and ASP, PHP and other scripting languages can not be divided into the same kind of language. The ColdFusion MX system includes a application Server based on Java EE Architecture, an open coding method called Neo, and a common interface for developing enterprise applications. The architecture of ColdFusion MX can be clearly understood from the following figure.

You can see that the base service architecture based on Java EE is the biggest feature of ColdFusion MX, which means that ColdFusion MX is the same as other industry application servers (BEA Weblogic, Sun iplanet, and so on) Has the infrastructure layer to address enterprise applications, and ColdFusion MX has specially customized functional modules, such as charting capabilities, Full-text search engines, Flash Remoting, Web Services. These modules have features and advantages that other scripting languages simply do not have. In addition, the architecture at the top of the ColdFusion Scripting development Environment has a unique scripting style, powerful, easy to learn, does not require developers too much additional quality. Rapid development, low cost, so that ColdFusion MX early in Europe and the United States has become a network solution for enterprises to provide a popular choice. The ColdFusion MX, which has been comprehensively improved, has a more powerful advantage. So what can be done with ColdFusion MX, and how do you call it an enterprise-oriented application server? Take a look at the picture below:

With ColdFusion MX, you can develop a wide range of applications for your enterprise, involving in-house employees, suppliers, partners, and customers. Whether large enterprises, or in the entrepreneurial phase of small and medium-sized enterprises, ColdFusion MX can be from these four aspects to develop enterprise-oriented different applications.

About the ColdFusion MX feature is introduced here, the above content is introduced to a large number of developers a comprehensive concept. Here we go into the wonderful world of ColdFusion MX.

The first part installs ColdFusion MX

The process of installing ColdFusion MX is based on a version of Windows, to learn more about the installation process for other operating systems, visit the resource for the response, and the list of resources is at the end of the article.

The process of installing the ColdFusion MX is divided into the following steps, which can be installed step-by-step by reference to the graphics below.

The first step, the installation interface is as follows, first of all your system should be 2000 or XP, and then recommend your server with 256RAM, otherwise run the enterprise-class application server will not be very smooth. The following is the welcome interface in the installation process.

The second step is to fill in the user name, password, ColdFusion MX serial number in the window below, and different serial numbers to determine the version of ColdFusion MX. ColdFusion MX is divided into 4 versions, the developer version (no need to fill in the serial number), Professional Edition, Enterprise version, Java EE embedded version. If you need to upgrade from an older version, fill in the serial number required for the upgrade. Then select the user who will be able to manipulate the software.

The third step is to select the Web server where ColdFusion MX resides, either as a iis,apache or as a standalone mode, which is to make ColdFusion mx its own web server. The following figure selects the standalone mode, and the port is 8500.

Step Fourth, select the location of the ColdFusion MX file and the location where the Web page is stored, which is related to the previous step of selecting Webserver.

The fifth step is to select the following installation to the contents of the hard disk, but the files running the ColdFusion MX environment must be installed.

The sixth step, fill in the ColdFusion MX management password, here's the password must remember well, in addition, can let ColdFusion rds password and administrator's password consistent, can also enter separately. RDS is the meaning of remote data management, and later databases, etc., are operated in ColdFusion Studio or DREAMWEAVERMX via RDS.

The seventh step, the installer will give the previous steps of the settings, you can check through this window, if there is no error, the next step of the operation.

Step eighth, wait for an installation process, it is recommended to close the Web Server, close some of the applications will be insured.

The Nineth step, see this interface means ColdFusion MX installation finished, but has not tested it!

The tenth step, after ColdFusion MX will open the browser, if you see this interface, congratulations, your ColdFusion MX installation was successful!

Well, with this installment, we have a basic understanding of the basic architecture of ColdFusion MX and how to install it. The next issue will introduce you to the basic management steps of ColdFusion MX, as well as simple introductory programming, and follow this tutorial to step into the wonderful world of ColdFusion MX.

Second Part resource list

For an understanding of the Macromedia MX series knowledge, please visit:

Http://www.macromedia.com

Http://www.macromediachina.com

Http://www.flashempire.net

Http://www.blueidea.com

About Macromedia Product Strategy Analysis Chinese article please visit:

Http://61.156.17.126/efe_news/newsread.php?id=123

To download the Macromedia MX series, please visit:

http://www.macromedia.com/software/trial_download/

* Macromedia ColdFusion MX and JRUN4 can get a developer version on the official website free of charge, compared to the commercial version, only limited the developer version of the IP access restrictions, server advanced reporting tools, server balanced load functions, and other advanced features of the use.

Comments:
JRUN4, ColdFusion mx, Flash mx, Dreamweaver mx, Fireworks MX are the registered products of Macromedia Company.