# Chapter 20
Extending ColdFusion Pages with CFML Scripting

ColdFusion offers a server-side scripting language, CFScript, that provides ColdFusion functionality in script syntax. This JavaScript-like language gives developers the same control flow, but without tags.

This chapter describes the CFScript language's functionality and syntax.

### Contents

- About CFScript
- The CFScript Language
- Interaction of CFScript with CFML