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November 26, 2022
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How to build nice dashboards using CF

  • November 26, 2022
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Is there some sort of integration (maybe third party) that allows for building out nice JS/HTML dashboards using Coldfusion for server side?

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    November 26, 2022

    Sure! You can develop CFCs that output XML or JSON. But it's up to you to build the client-side HTML, CSS and JavaScript to use those APIs. You can do that with "bare-metal" JavaScript, or use front-end JavaScript or Typescript in React, Vue or Angular. That's basically another development skill you'll need to develop, although I don't think it's that difficult.

     

    Dave Watts, Eidolon LLC 

    Dave Watts, Eidolon LLC
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    November 26, 2022

    @m44802303 ,

    I second what Dave says. Not only ColdfFusion, but any other application server should be able to play the server-side role. You can even use a combination where necessary.

     

    In fact, whether or not that is simple to do is a test of how good your client-server architecture is. In other words, a good software design will actually contradict your question. 🙂

    In general, the less integration between frontend and backend, the better your design!