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@@ -3,13 +3,17 @@ language: coldfusion
filename: learncoldfusion.cfm
contributors:
- ["Wayne Boka", "http://wboka.github.io"]
+ - ["Kevin Morris", "https://twitter.com/kevinmorris"]
---
ColdFusion is a scripting language for web development.
[Read more here.](http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion-family.html)
-```html
+### CFML
+_**C**old**F**usion **M**arkup **L**anguage_
+ColdFusion started as a tag-based language. Almost all functionality is available using tags.
+```html
<em>HTML tags have been provided for output readability</em>
<!--- Comments start with "<!---" and end with "--->" --->
@@ -229,40 +233,38 @@ ColdFusion is a scripting language for web development.
<em>Code for reference (Functions must return something to support IE)</em>
-<pre>
-&lt;cfcomponent&gt;
- &lt;cfset this.hello = "Hello" /&gt;
- &lt;cfset this.world = "world" /&gt;
+<cfcomponent>
+ <cfset this.hello = "Hello" />
+ <cfset this.world = "world" />
- &lt;cffunction name="sayHello"&gt;
- &lt;cfreturn this.hello & ", " & this.world & "!" /&gt;
- &lt;/cffunction&gt;
+ <cffunction name="sayHello">
+ <cfreturn this.hello & ", " & this.world & "!" />
+ </cffunction>
- &lt;cffunction name="setHello"&gt;
- &lt;cfargument name="newHello" type="string" required="true" /&gt;
+ <cffunction name="setHello">
+ <cfargument name="newHello" type="string" required="true" />
- &lt;cfset this.hello = arguments.newHello /&gt;
+ <cfset this.hello = arguments.newHello />
- &lt;cfreturn true /&gt;
- &lt;/cffunction&gt;
+ <cfreturn true />
+ </cffunction>
- &lt;cffunction name="setWorld"&gt;
- &lt;cfargument name="newWorld" type="string" required="true" /&gt;
+ <cffunction name="setWorld">
+ <cfargument name="newWorld" type="string" required="true" />
- &lt;cfset this.world = arguments.newWorld /&gt;
+ <cfset this.world = arguments.newWorld />
- &lt;cfreturn true /&gt;
- &lt;/cffunction&gt;
+ <cfreturn true />
+ </cffunction>
- &lt;cffunction name="getHello"&gt;
- &lt;cfreturn this.hello /&gt;
- &lt;/cffunction&gt;
+ <cffunction name="getHello">
+ <cfreturn this.hello />
+ </cffunction>
- &lt;cffunction name="getWorld"&gt;
- &lt;cfreturn this.world /&gt;
- &lt;/cffunction&gt;
-&lt;/cfcomponent&gt;
-</pre>
+ <cffunction name="getWorld">
+ <cfreturn this.world />
+ </cffunction>
+</cfcomponent>
<cfset this.hello = "Hello" />
<cfset this.world = "world" />
@@ -314,8 +316,13 @@ ColdFusion is a scripting language for web development.
<cfoutput><p>#getWorld()#</p></cfoutput>
```
+### CFScript
+_**C**old**F**usion **S**cript_
+In recent years, the ColdFusion language has added script syntax to mirror tag functionality. When using an up-to-date CF server, almost all functionality is available using scrypt syntax.
+
## Further Reading
The links provided here below are just to get an understanding of the topic, feel free to Google and find specific examples.
1. [Coldfusion Reference From Adobe](https://helpx.adobe.com/coldfusion/cfml-reference/topics.html)
+2. [Open Source Documentation](http://cfdocs.org/)