# Intended Audience

This manual is particularly useful for Web application developers who are new to ColdFusion. In particular, Chapters 1 through 6 provide instructions for creating a basic ColdFusion application. If you are somewhat familiar with ColdFusion, but want to learn more about a particular topic such as sending and receiving email, refer to Chapters 7 through 17. Finally, if you want to extend ColdFusion's capabilities with CFML scripting or creating custom tags, Chapters 18 through 21 will be helpful.