Jun
25
2003ColdFusion on Mac OS X
25
2003
Wow, I did it… I got ColdFusion Server running on my iBook. Of course, I don’t have any sort of HTML editor on it, so it was pretty much an academic exercise but, nonetheless, there it is.
BOY, WAS THAT A ROYAL PAIN IN THE ASS.
Don’t even attempt it if you don’t know your way around the UNIX command line.
To get ColdFusion MX running on Windows, you just run a basic InstallShield thingy, hit “Next”, “Next”, “Next”, etc… and you’re pretty much done.
Compare that with these instructions. Do you know to use the “Terminal”? Do you know the unix path to the “java” executable? Oh, the GUI version of the installer tends to occasionally turn things invisible, and crash when you try to install to a different directory (which is highly recommended), so use the text version. Wait, do I want “War” files or “Ear” files? Huh? Oh, now I have to manually move a bunch files around. Hey, now it’s up and running, but it’s set up so that I have to have a “cfusion” directory at the root of my web site. What’s up with that? Oh, wait, just follow these instructions (OK, who in their right mind would not want this setup by default?) Oh, and don’t forget that before you do any of this, you need to have JRun installed. Which has its own joys.
Bleah. But this is all part of Macromedia’s dream… Java makes everything so much easier, no? Maybe it’s time for me to make the move over to LAMP programming - *sigh*