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Choosing your application server
An application server is software that helps a web server process dynamic pages. When choosing an application
server, you should consider several factors, including your budget, the server technology you want to use
(ColdFusion, ASP.NET, ASP, JSP, or PHP), and the type of web server.
Budget Some vendors sell high-end application servers that are expensive to buy and administer. Others vendors
provide easier, more cost-effective solutions (examples include ColdFusion and JRun servers). Some application
servers are built into web servers (such as Microsoft IIS) and others can be downloaded for free from the Internet
(such as Jakarta Tomcat and PHP).
Server technology Application servers use different technologies. Dreamweaver supports five server technologies:
ColdFusion, ASP.NET, ASP, JSP, and PHP. The following table shows common application servers available for the
five server technologies supported by Dreamweaver:
Note: Make sure the application server works with your web server. For example, the .NET Framework only works with
IIS 5 or higher.
To learn more about ColdFusion, select ColdFusion Help from the Help menu.
To learn more about ASP.NET, visit the Microsoft website at http://msdn.microsoft.com/asp.net/ .
To learn more about ASP, visit the Microsoft website at
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnanchor/html/activeservpages.asp .
To learn more about JSP, visit the Sun Microsystems website at java.sun.com/products/jsp/ .
To learn more about PHP, visit the PHP website at www.php.net/ .
Installing a ColdFusion application server
To run ColdFusion pages, you need the ColdFusion application server. This server is available for Windows, Linux,
Solaris, and HP-UX systems.
Both Windows and Macintosh users can download and install a fully functional, developer edition of ColdFusion
MX 7 from the Adobe website at
www.adobe.com/go/coldfusion/ .
Note: The Developer Edition is for non-commercial use for developing and testing web applications. It is not licensed for
deployment. It supports requests from the local host and two remote IP addresses. You can use it to develop and test your
web applications as long as you want; the software does not expire. For more information, see ColdFusion help (Help >
ColdFusion Help).
Server technology Application server
ColdFusion Macromedia ColdFusion MX 7
ASP.NET Microsoft IIS 6 with .NET Framework
ASP Microsoft IIS
Sun ONE Active Server Pages
JSP Macromedia JRun
Apache Tomcat
PHP PHP server
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