Objective Action - Centaur

ColdFusion 9 Released

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 10:23:00+0100

Last week Adobe announced the release of ColdFusion 9. I am very pleased to have been part of the Beta for CF9 and although I didn't spend as much time as I would have liked on it, my one enhancement suggestion was incorporated in the final release. What supprised me about the release was that Adobe's marketing of the features in CF9 don't match my list of great new features I have found during the Beta. (I do hope all my favourites are still in the final release!) Adobe has a list on their web site which has the following headings:

Office file interoperability
Tight integration with ColdFusion Builder
Object-relational mapping
Microsoft Office SharePoint integration
Enhanced Adobe Flash Platform integration
ColdFusion as a Service
Adobe AIR local/remote database synchronization
New Ajax controls
Server Manager
Built-in support for portlet standards

It doesn't match my personal list very closely. My top five favourites are:

Implicit Getters / Setters
ORM Hibernate Integration
AJAX UI controls
Script Enhancements
Implicit Structure and Array improvements

What's your favourite CF9 feature? Tommorrow eveing at the Thames Valley CFUG I will be presenting an introduction to ORM in CF9 and we will be discussing our favourite enhancements in CF9. Why not come along and find out what CF9 can offer you? It free and I'll even supply some sandwiches.

TVCFUG October Meeting - What's New in CF9?

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:50:00+0100

The ColdFusion 9 public beta release has three main themes: * Unrivaled developer productivity, * Deep enterprise integration and * Simple work flow with Adobe Flash® Builder", Adobe AIR® and AJAX to create expressive applications. At our October meeting we will be discussing what's new, what's good and what's bad in this latest release. I am particularly interesting to know if you agree with Adobe's choice of the marketing points they are promoting on the new release. Please register if you plan to come, so that security are expecting you. I will provide a few sandwiches and as usual Adobe have given us some goodies to raffle.

New stuff in CF9

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 09:44:00+0100

Ben Forta has posted an article on whats new in CF9. All I can say is that it only scratches the surface of the new features. As soon as I work out what I can say (Non Disclosure Agreement in force) I will post my own list of what I think is good about the new release. In the meantime what's your favourite new feature? Please let me know so I can plan a TVCFUG meeting on CF9.

Adobe ColdFusion Centaur and ColdFusion Builder Betas on Labs

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 09:23:00+0100

If you are a ColdFusion user you've probably seen the recent announcements about the upcomming release of ColdFusion 9 (aka Centaur) and ColdFusion Builder. Well if you haven't had a chance to join the Beta program yet and see them for yourself, today is your chance since they are both available today on Adobe Labs. I have been playing with the Beta for a while now and am impressed by the new features in version 9 which seem to have taken on board a number of suggestions from the community. I'm just hoping all mine get in before the final release.

Offline CF Applications Demo At MAX 2007 in Chicago

Thu, 04 Oct 2007 18:25:00+0100

Rob Brooks-Bilson has blogged about the sneak peek of a possible new tag in CF which allows the creation of an AIR application from the CF Page. The application has ability to work offline in disconnected mode and upload the data when next connected. Fantastic! Will it be released soon or do we have to wait for Centaur?