Cold Fusion was created as a commercial product by the Allaire Corporation. As a business product it has some skin tones which are unusual from other Server Side SL. The first main variation is that Cold Fusion scripts do not have to display their source code like every other scripting language, it is possible to run encrypted version of the scripts. This allow for those to sell their own script devoid of 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 analyst. 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 rationale why it is growing only bit by bit. 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 concern.
As to the language itself, I have worked with both ASP and PHP earlier than and it is my view that Cold Fusion is the easiest to learn and use.
Posted By: Kiran Solanki
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