Cold Fusion Application Development

Cold Fusion was created as a commercial product by the Allaire Corporation. As a commercial product it has some features different from other Server Side Scripting Languages. The first major difference is that Cold Fusion scripts do not have to display their source code like every other scripting language, it is possible to run encrypted versions of the scripts. This allows for individuals to sell their own scripts without fear of piracy, however it has the side effect of stemming the flow of free open source CF scripts for use by the learning webmaster. The second major difference is that Cold Fusion costs money. A server side scripting language works with an interpreter. Depending on the extension of the filename to be served, .php .asp or .cfm, the server will first send the file to an interpreter which is what dynamically generates your page. So to use these languages you need to install them on your server. PHP is free, ASP is free, but CF costs money, and that may be the reason why it is growing only slowly. However most NT hosting packages do already include Cold Fusion so for the person who does not own their own server this pricing difference will not have much affect.

Our technical expertise includes:

* ColdFusion expressions: operands, operators, and other constructs
* Managing session-aware clusters
* Leveraging ColdFusion 5's bundled Verity K2 Server for use in a clustered server environment
* Configuring the Macromedia ColdFusion MX built-in web server
* Using SSL with the built-in Macromedia ColdFusion MX web server
* ColdFusion 4.0 advanced custom tag syntax
* Progress meters in ColdFusion 5
* Invoking Java servlets in ColdFusion
* Programmatic caching in ColdFusion
* ColdFusion methodologies for content management
* Integrating ColdFusion applications with Microsoft Active Directory
* Using LDAP as an Advanced Security Policy Store
* Writing maintainable code
* ColdFusion 8, ColdFusion Components(CFC), Custom Tags, UDF.
* XML Handling
* JSP Tag Library Import
* Code Compatibility Analyzer
* Full-Text Search
* Dynamic Charting
* +Flash Remoting
* Web Services
* Internet Protocol Integration
* Cross-Platform Portability
* Multiple Server Configurations
* Java Application Server Deployment
* Multiple Server Instances
* Web Server API Support
* Database Connection Pooling
* Flexible Page Caching
* Bytecode Caching
* Dynamic Load Balancing
* Server Clustering
* Role-Based Security
* JSP, Servlet, and EJB Support
* Internationalization
* Advanced Database Connectivity
* Directory Servers
* Component/Object Integration
* Microsoft.NET Integration
* Advanced Server Management
* Application Deployment Services
* Server Sandbox Security
* Advanced Application Monitoring
* Scheduled Tasks

VMO offers the following Cold Fusion-based development services:

* powerful web applications
* web services