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Anonymous
March 17, 2011
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What is the difference between Coldfusion 9 and Coldfusion Builder?

  • March 17, 2011
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in plain english

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    ilssac
    ilssac
    Inspiring
    March 17, 2011

    Who am I to enhance two Community Professionals.

    But another way one might look at it.

    ColdFusion 9 ~ ASP.NET

    ColdFusion Builder ~ Visual Studio

    I.E. one is the language interpreter/compiler/execution environment.  The other is a tool that can help developers write the language.

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    mlswartz
    Participant
    August 4, 2011

    So what you're saying is that ColdFusion Builder replaces ColdFusion  Studio? I apologize if my question sounds trivial but I haven't been  involved with ColdFusion since version 4.5, I have not taken the time to  keep up on the latest releases and associated products.

    Owainnorth
    Owainnorth
    Inspiring
    August 4, 2011

    ColdFusion Builder is essentially a poncy Notepad, ColdFusion is the actual software running on the server itself which serves up CFM pages.

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    TheRealAgentK
    Participating Frequently
    March 17, 2011

    ColdFusion 9 = Server/backend platform

    ColdFusion Builder = Development IDE

    in plain english

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    mlswartz
    Participant
    August 4, 2011

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    Dave WattsCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    March 17, 2011

    ColdFusion 9 is a web application server. It gets installed on the same machine as a web server, typically, and will generate output when someone requests a URL that corresponds to a CF script in their browser. ColdFusion 9 is necessary to run CF programs.

    ColdFusion Builder is a development environment for ColdFusion programmers. It allows programmers to write and debug the scripts you put on a CF server. While it's very helpful, it's not required to write CF programs. It also doesn't run CF programs - you need ColdFusion for that.

    Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software

    http://www.figleaf.com/

    http://training.figleaf.com/

    Dave Watts, Eidolon LLC
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