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A solution was needed. In July 1995, ColdFusion, a product from J. J. and Jeremy Allaire, was created. If you read Charles' Introduction, you already know that ColdFusion has a simple tag syntax that's both powerful and easy to learn. And, most important, it provides an easy way to connect to a backend database.

And with this great tool, there are ways to make a new kind of form that is far more dynamic and responsive. The modern form, created with ColdFusion, has five key characteristics:

1. Data awareness
2. Validation
3. Memory
4. Robustness
5. Adaptability

Now, I have always advocated learning by doing. So to show you how forms have changed, I thought it might be fun to take a primitive HTML form and modernize it, adding each of these features step by step. In order to do this, we need to create a sample application. Luckily, I just happen to have one in mind. We'll set the stage on page 2.

But first, if you don't have ColdFusion running, you can go ahead and download both ColdFusion Server 4.0 and ColdFusion Studio 4.0 from Allaire.

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