CF8 Installed - now what?

Question

I just installed the Cold Fusion 8 developer edition - which
I assumed was all I needed to get rolling with development, but it
appears (at least to me) to only be the server side of things. Is
there something more I have to download and install, or was the
installation of dev edition somehow wonky and I'm missing
something?

Answer 1

Rolaaus,
I can see Katsuey's point. Your response to him could have
been fairer.
His IIS answer is a valid answer to your original question.
You had installed Coldfusion and wished "to get rolling with
development", but admitted you had only taken care of the server
side. Katsuey's advice here, that you install or configure a web
server, is quite good actually. In fact, his advice that you test
your installation by opening the Administrator page is as
fundamental to Coldfusion as an output of "Hello World!" is to
Java. The fact that you were able to configure a datasource in the
Coldfusion Administrator means that you did indeed do as Katsuey
had suggested.
There is something else I don't quite understand. Why would
you want to download and install two flavours of Coldfusion, one of
half GB and one of 200 MB? Coldfusion is an application server.
Downloading and installing just the Coldfusion 8 Developer Edition,
as you apparently have done, is sufficient.
You shouldn't give up so soon. Especially not when you seem
to be doing all right. From what you've described, you got a clean
installation in one. Some of us are bald from all the hair-pulling
that went on during failed installation attempts.
I think you're almost there. As you already intend to do,
start a new thread on the datasource question. Mention the settings
you used in the administrator and how you wish to test the
connection to a database.
Good luck.