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Speed_up_Your_Application_Development_in_Macromedias_ColdFusion_MX_70
| Speed up Your Application Development in Macromedias ColdFusion MX 7.0
Macromedia announced their release of Coldfusion’s latest
version on February 7, 2005. This latest version is ColdFusion
MX 7.0 clearly offers several important new features and useful
improvements on its existing ones. A major focus of this release
is to target new ColdFusion developers and get them up to speed
even faster than before.
Before we go on about the solid and massive set of new
capabilities that’s imparted in the latest version of
ColdFusion, let’s get a grip on what this application program
really is and its significance in the Web development technology
today.
Although full details on ColdFusion are available from
Macromedia, we give you a piece of important knowledge about it.
Thus, if you haven’t heard enough of ColdFusion, it is a very
powerful and easy-to-use application server. It is actually a
J2EE application that interprets a simple, tag-based language
called the ColdFusion Markup Language (CFML). The CFML is
compiled to Java byte code and executed on a Java application
server such as JRun (included), WebSphere, WebLogic, or
virtually any other J2EE server.
Here’s a general preview of the new features and improvements
that CFMX 7.0 offers:
•Speed enhancements - targets new ColdFusion developers and get
them up to speed even faster than before. While simplicity is
already one of CF's chief benefits, enhancements are provided by
having the "Getting Started" resources. Two fully functional
sample applications are available, that does a great job of
showing off the new features along with demonstrating coding
best practices.
•New and powerful presentation options - Flash-based forms and
generating PDF files are now possible with stunning ease and
give developers very powerful presentation options. Existing
presentation elements like charts and graphs have had their
capabilities expanded.
•Sophisticated enterprise applications – Although CF is
favorable and simple enough for new developers, Macromedia
didn't ignore the more advanced ColdFusion developers. Through
its new version it can also scale to extremely sophisticated
enterprise applications. CFMX 7.0 brings some impressive new
capabilities, like ability to interact with SMS text messaging
and development of non-HTTP event gateways. This is to satisfy
the list of large customers using ColdFusion which now includes
JP Morgan, NEC, Reebok, Victoria's Secret, and Bank of America
among many others.
You also have to know that CFMX 7.0 uses the core code from the
very mature 6.1 release. Most of the existing code was not
changed; the focus was on adding new features. Thus, version 7.0
promises to be stable and backwards compatible.
Overall, this new release of ColdFusion is quite a reliable tool
that brings with it a huge amount of capacity that will take Web
application to wider possibilities. -30- For comments and
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For her, writing is an effective tool to express your
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