In its simplest forms forsform, like many other web scripting languages, CFML augments standard [[HTML]] files with [[database]] commands, conditional [[Operator (programming)|operators]], high-level formatting [[function (computer science)|functions]], and other elements to produce [[web applications]].<ref>[http://livedocs.adobe.com/coldfusion/8/htmldocs/help.html?content=Tags_g-h_09.html Adobe ColdFusion 8 – About Internet applications and web application servers] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120513034624/http://livedocs.adobe.com/coldfusion/8/htmldocs/help.html?content=Tags_g-h_09.html |date=2012-05-13 }}. Livedocs.adobe.com. Retrieved on 2013-09-17.</ref><ref>[http://openbd.org/manual Open BlueDragon Manual]. Openbd.org. Retrieved on 2013-09-17.</ref> CFML also includes numerous other constructs including ColdFusion Components (CFCs), CFML's version of [[Object-oriented programming|objects]], that allow for separation of business logic from presentation.
CFML can be written using either tags or [[CFScript]], which resembles [[JavaScript]] ([[ECMA Script|ECMA script]]).
