AUG Belgium - Introduction to ColdFusion 9

AdobeUser Group Tour 2009
An introduction to ColdFusion 9 and ColdFusion Builder

About me
1973
Web development
2009
1998
2005
1991
2007
1999
Physics Studies

ColdFusion
WHAT’S COLDFUSION?

ColdFusion Population Growth

ColdFusionMedia Coverage
ColdFusion 8 Awards
Best in Web Development
Best Web Services solution
Best in Web Development

Industry analysts are starting to “get it”
Recommending ColdFusion for new projects
Encourage ColdFusion expansion in existing organizations

"...ColdFusion can provide unique value that is not fully addressed by any competing alternative technology. Most notably, ColdFusion is unmatched by any competitor for ease of use and technical capabilities. When we combine this with cross-platform deployment, and significant integration into both Java and .NET, ColdFusion stands out as a compelling solution for many IT challenges."

So…What is ColdFusion?

Web Scripting language(CFML + CFScript)
Enterprise Services
JEE application server

CF is productivity layer that adds value through a set of tags, functions and services that run on top of JEE
…OR…
« Flexis to ActionScript as CFML is to Java »Peter Elst (Scotch On The Road 2009)

Centaur & Bolt
What We Know

CentaurThemes
Integration

PDF Enhancements
Office Files

Richness

Flash Builder 4 Integration
Exposed Service Layer
AIR Online Offline

Productivity

CF Builder
ORM
Server Manager

Richness

CentaurExposed Service Layer
Direct access to ColdFusion services
Query Service
Mail
Document Services
Imaging
Charting/Graphs
Exchange
More…
Available as SOAP & AMF
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CentaurRich Internet Applications
AS3 / MXML Libraries for Adobe Flex
Consumer CF Services
AS3 Data Persistence Library for Adobe AIR
Online / Offline Data Synchronization

CentaurEnhanced UI Controls
Powerful new controls
Video / Audio Player
Multi-File Upload
Enhanced Data Grid
Accordion Navigation
Progress Indicator
Confirm & Alert
Buttons / Sliders
Google Maps
Themes - Easy to skin and style
Multiple designs included
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RICHNESS
DEMOS

Integration

CentaurPDF Enhancements
Add/Remove Headers and Footers
Optimize PDF’s
Remove Unused Elements
Extract Content
Text
Images
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CentaurOffice Interoperability
Create, Read & Update Excel Spreadsheets
Dynamically generate PowerPoint Presentations
Create Flash Presentations fromPowerPoint
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CentaurPortal Integration
Easily build ColdFusion powered content for industry leading portal servers
Built-in support for portlet standards
JSR-168 & JSR-268
Web Services for Remote Portlets (WSRP)
WebSphere
Sharepoint webparts

CentaurSearch Enhancements
Enhanced search support
Classic Search: Autonomy Verity K2
Enhanced Search: Apache Lucene / Solr
Open source and unrestricted

CentaurMail Enhancement
CFIMAP
View Folders
Read Messages
Move Messages

INTEGRATION
DEMO

Productivity

CentaurCFML Enhancements
Explicit local scope for private function variables
<cfset LOCAL.myvar = 1 /> in addition to <cfset var myVar = 1 />
Implicit getters/setters – based on CFPROPERTY
Import & Newkeyword

CentaurCFML Enhancements
Server.cfc
onServerStart()
Defined via ColdFusion Administrator
Nested CFTRANSACTION
CFFINALLY / finally
CFCONTINUE
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CentaurCFSCRIPT Enhancements
New Operators
abort ["message"]
exit ["methodName"]
include "template"
param [type] name [=defaultValue]
throw "message“
rethrow
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CentaurCFSCRIPT Enhancements
Full language support for CFSCRIPT
Fully define functions and components
JavaDoc style notation for documentation and metadata
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CentaurServer Manager
Desktop application for monitoring and managing ColdFusion servers
Flex-based AIR application
Run as a background service
System notification & alerts
Multi-Instance / Cluster Management
Manage / Apply settings for multiple servers
Datasources, Mappings, etc.
Apply Hotfixes
Deploy Scheduled Tasks
More…

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
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CentaurDatabase to Code (ORM)
Save CFC data to a database without SQL
Build database independent applications
Bi-directional (CFC  Database)
Access to Hibernate internals
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BoltColdFusion IDE
Eclipse-based Editor
HTML, DOM & CSS Code Assist
CFML Code Assist
CFML Insight
FTP Support
Snippets
AptanaPlugin Support
CFML Debugging
Log Viewer
Extensible with CFML
Framework Scaffolding
Code Generation
Project Tasks
Whatever you want
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EXTENDING BOLT
DEMO

Why you should care about ColdFusion
RAD
Easy to learn
Short Development Cycle
Easy to Maintain
Security made simple
Out of the Box Services

Easy Integration into existing Data Center
ACROBAT READER
Documents / Forms
FLASH PLAYER
Flex / Flash
Flex / AJAX / PDF
FLASH REMOTING
FLASH REMOTING
AJAX REMOTING
.NET
Local / Remote
LEGACY
COM / CORBA
NETWORK
Email / FTP / LDAP
DATA
RDBMS/XML
WEB SERVICES
SOAP / REST
MOBILE DEVICES
SMS / HTML
WEB BROWSER
HTML / AJAX
WEB SERVICES
SOAP / XML
EXCHANGE
Contacts / Calendar
Mail / Tasks
EXCHANGE
Contacts / Calendar
Mail / Tasks

Love other Technologies
ESL

Centaur & Bolt
More to come…

Soon
Centaur/BoltPublic Beta
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Sometime in 2009
Centaur/BoltRelease Date
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