About ColdFusion MX

ColdFusion MX is a powerful web application server that lets you create robust sites and applications without a long learning curve. ColdFusion MX does not require coding in traditional programming languages (for example, C, C++, Java, XML), although it supports these traditional programming languages.

ColdFusion MX consists of the following core components:

The following sections describe these core components in more detail. In addition, the Getting Started Experience, which you can view by opening the Macromedia ColdFusion MX Administrator and clicking Getting Started, provides introductory information about ColdFusion and code snippets that highlight the new features of ColdFusion MX 7.