Coldfusion programming

The name ColdFusion refers to a commercial rapid application development platform and the programming language used with that platform. In 1995 it was designed to connect simple HTML pages to a database. By 1996 it had become a full platform complete with a robust scripting language. As of 2011, ColdFusion (owned by Adobe Systems since 2005) includes advanced features for enterprise integration and rich internet application development.

I first encountered CF in 1996 when it was a brand-new product and was referred to as “middle-ware”, or software in the middle of a web server and a database. I began writing custom CF applications for client websites in 1997 for Ads-Online, a Massachusetts-based web development firm. My first large-scale ColdFusion project was the website for Centerline Software.