ColdFusion good for chat room?

[Zohn]

I am learning ColdFusion MX and it seems like it would be really easy to make a chatroom with CF and a database. I am not yet that experienced in it, but would it be possible to make a good chat room with CF MX?

[freddycodes]

Sure it can be done with any server side langauge, the question comes with how good. Any chat room that is going to be good, will need to be able to push data out from the server with a client requesting it. This means sockets. I am not aware of the capabilities of creating a socket servers with Cold Fusion MX. I do know that java, php, perl and .net are all capable alternatives.

[Zohn]

LoL...yea...I dont know about this Socket thing either, and PHP seems much harder to learn than CF.


Another Question...I have set up a server on my PC and I was wondering if I can access the websites stored on my machine from another computer and if so...how. If it is possible to do this how do i make it so that I can have my own domain name like www.mysitename.com?

[freddycodes]

Well that will be tough, you would need to have a dns server and you would also need a static IP address from your ISP. You would be better off buying some cheap hosting somewhere that supports CFMX.

[carpo]

Hi Zohn,

Check out www.dyndns.org (also google for "dynamic dns" for others)

You can use their dns server to point to your IP address. They also have links to software that will keep your ip address updated if you happen to have a dynamic ip.

Then all you need to do is config your webserver.

Be aware though that some ISP's will not allow traffic to your machine on port 80. This is the case with some in Australia.

BTW, which webserver are you using?

Cheers,
Chris.

[freddycodes]

If ColdFusion MX then most likely ColdFusion's built in web server, or IIS.

The thing I would be leary of is opening port 80 on your personal computer to the world.

[Zohn]

I am using iis...thanks for the link carpo...