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heshamd
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February 19, 2011
Question

Document an old CF project

  • February 19, 2011
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Greetings,  I have a web application that was written in CF long time ago. Unfortunately the person who developed the application retired long time ago. The applications does not have any documetation what so ever. We are getting ready to rebuild it with new and updated functions.  My task is to document the project and how the code works. I never worked with CF but I understand code.  Which version or CF product should I use to view the code and maybe step into it.  Best Regards

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BKBK
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BKBKCommunity Expert
Community Expert
February 20, 2011

It all depends on the importance of the software and the urgency. The best solution could be to spend a few hundred dollars to hire a ColdFusion professional to assist you.

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heshamdAuthor
Participant
February 20, 2011

Thanks to all.

BKBK

Do you have someone in mind who document the code?

Best Regards

BKBK
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BKBKCommunity Expert
Community Expert
February 20, 2011

Someone in this forum who lives near you!

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Dan_Bracuk
Inspiring
February 19, 2011

You can view the code in notepad or wordpad if you want.  It will be legible, but not colour coded.

Adobe has a product called Cold Fusion Builder or something like that.  Personally, I use Dreamweaver.  I've heard of Eclipse, but that's about it.

To run the code, it has to exist on a computer which has ColdFusion application server installed.  Where I work, we have a mapped drive to a development server.  Other people use their local machines.  If that's your plan, you should be able to get a developer's version of ColdFusion for free.

I don't know of any product that allows you to step through code.  I tend to use the combination of <cfdump> and <cfabort> to see variable values and stop the application.

Google is helpful if you come across things that are not self evident.  cfNameOfTag or Coldfusion NameOfFunction lead you to adobe's online documentation very quickly.

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Adam Cameron.
Inspiring
February 19, 2011

ColdFusion Builder has a line debugger. Eclipse with the CF extensions also does.

The extinct ColdFusion Studio also had a line debugger, but it was a bit erratic. Not that is of any use to you other than as a bit of history.

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Adam

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