title: CFForm vs Form in Coldfusion
body: <p>I have been using plain forms and input fields in coldfusion for some time now but recently discovered that cfinput tags will automagically prevent some xss attacks for me. This has made me wonder, if there is any disadvantages to using cffrom and cfinput over normal form and input tags in coldfusion. </p>
  
  <p>The only disadvantage I have found in the short time looking into it is that it adds 2 external style sheets and 1 script tag to the page.</p>
  
  <p>so in short:</p>
  
  <p><strong>What are the advantages and disadvantages of using CFFORM over FORM in coldfusion?</strong></p>