Adobe ColdFusion User Group Tour

1. Adobe ColdFusion User Group Tour Adam Lehman Product Manager

2. Agenda • ColdFusion Overview • Centaur • Bolt • Demos • Q & A

3. ColdFusion State of the Union

4. ColdFusion 8 – Industry Recognized & Award Winning Best in Web Development Best Web Services Solution 2009 Winner Web Development Tool 2008 Top Ranked App Server

5. ColdFusion Population Growth

6. Sneak Peek Centaur & Bolt

7. Centaur & Bolt Overview RAD Without Rules Develop and Manage applications faster and easier than ever Enterprise Glue Integrate applications with a multitude of technologies and services Expressive Applications Create rich interfaces for applications quickly and easily

8. CentaurCFML Enhancements • Server.cfc • onServerStart() • Defined via ColdFusion Administrator • Nested CFTRANSACTION • CFFINALLY / finally • CFCONTINUE 8

9. CentaurCFML Enhancements • Pass implicit structures/arrays to tags and functions • Assignment chaininga = b = c • Direct access to elements of returned arraysmyFunction()[x] • Ternary operatorsa = (b < c) ? b : c 9

10. CentaurCFSCRIPT Enhancements • Full language support for CFSCRIPT • Fully define functions and components • JavaDoc style notation for documentation and metadata

11. CentaurCFSCRIPT Enhancements • New Operators • abort ["message"] • exit ["methodName"] • include "template" • param [type] name [=defaultValue] • throw "message“ • rethrow

12. CentaurCFC Enhancements • Explicit local scope for private function variables • <cfset LOCAL.myvar = 1 /> in addition to <cfset var myVar = 1 /> • Var scope variable anywhere within a function/method • Automatic getters/setters – based on CFPROPERTY • Import & Newkeyword

13. BoltColdFusion IDE • Eclipse-based Editor • HTML, DOM & CSS Code Assist • CFML Code Assist • CFML Insight • CFML Debugging • CFML ORM Insight • Code Snippets • FTP / SFTP Support • Extensible with CFML • Framework Scaffolding • Code Generation • Project Tasks • Whatever you want

14. CentaurIMAP • Retrieve and manage email/folder via IMAP • Return headers-only for faster download • Download attachments • Manage Folders

15. CentaurPDF Enhancements • Create PDF Packages • Add/Remove Headers and Footers • Optimize PDF’s • Remove Unused Elements • Down–sample images • Extract Text / Images • High Quality Thumbnails

16. CentaurSpreadsheet Integration • CFSPREADSHEET • Create • Read • Merge • Support for • Excel 97, 2000, 2003, 2007, 2008 • Open Office Spreadsheets

17. CentaurPowerPoint Integration • CFPRESENTATION • Generate PPT files from CFML/HTML content • Convert PPT to HTML or Flash • Support for • PowerPoint 97, 2000, 2003, 2007, 2008 • Open Office Presentations

18. CentaurDatabase to Code (ORM) • Save CFC data to a database without SQL • Build database independent applications • Bi-directional (CFC  Database) • Powered by the industry leading Hibernate framework 18

19. CentaurAdvanced Caching • Object Cache • Save / Retrieve objects from a built-in cache • Programmatic access to cache metadata / propertiescacheGet()cachePut()cacheGetMetaData()etc. • Template Cache • Cache page fragment or entire templates

20. CentaurLucene Solr • New Full-Text Search Engine • Full CFSEARCH/CFINDEX functionality • Advanced Replication / Caching • No document limit • Verity is officially deprecated • Verity  Solr migration tool

21. CentaurExposed Service Layer (CFaaS) • Direct access to ColdFusion services • General Utilities • Includes file upload support • Charting (CFCHART) • Document Services (CFDOCUMENT) • PDF Utilities (CFPDF) • Image Manipulation (CFIMAGE) • Mail (CFMAIL) • Pop (CFPOP) • Available as SOAP & AMF

22. CentaurRich Internet Applications • AS3 / MXML Libraries for Adobe Flex • Consumer CF Services • High-speed Flash Remoting • AS3 Data Persistence Library for Adobe AIR • Online / Offline Data Synchronization

23. CentaurEnhanced UI Controls • Updated UI Controls • ExtJS 3.0+ • Powerful new controls • Multi-File Upload • Enhanced Data Grid • Progress Indicator • Message Box • Sliders • Accordion Layouts • Much More! 23

24. CentaurServer Manager • Desktop application for monitoring and managing ColdFusion servers • Flex-based AIR application • Run as a background service • Receive system notification & alerts • Manage / Apply settings for multiple servers • Datasources, Mappings, etc. • Apply Hotfixes • More…

25. Demo

26. Centaur & Bolt More to come…

27. Public Bugbase and Enhancement Requests • Targeted Release:Centaur / Bolt Public Beta

28. Open CFML Advisory Board • Working on CFML 2009 Recommendation • All CFML/CFSCRIPT updates for Centaur submitted for consideration • The ColdFusion Community Drives CFML Not Adobe

29. Free ColdFusion For Education • ColdFusion 8 Enterprise isfree for students and faculty • ColdFusion 8 curriculum isfree for everyone http://freeriatools.adobe.com

30. User Group Tour – North America • Atlanta, GA - 6/8 • Washington, DC - 6/9 • New York, NY - 6/10 • St. Paul, MN - 6/11 • Seattle, WA – 6/15 • Raleigh, NC - 6/16 • Albany, NY - 6/16 • San Diego, CA - 6/16 • Orange County - 6/17 • Cleveland, OH - 6/17 • Hartford, CT - 6/17 • East Lancing, MI - 6/18 • Torrance, CA - 6/18 • Pittsburgh, PA - 6/18 • Chicago, IL – 6/18 • Bloomington, IN - 6/22 • San Francisco, CA - 6/23 • Boston, MA - 6/23 • Philadelphia, PA - 6/24 • Houston, TX - 6/24 • Austin, TX - 6/25 • Dallas, TX - 6/26 • Los Angeles, CA - 6/19 • San Antonio, TX 6/23 • Macon/Warner, GA - 6/25 • Toronto, Canada – 6/25

32. Join the Social @ColdFusion @Adrocknaphobia - Adam @BenForta @TPRyan - Terry

33. Q & A