Create better Internet
applications quickly and easily
Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software solves the
day-to-day challenges of Internet application development, allowing you
to be extremely productive as you create and deliver engaging online
applications. And because it fits into any IT environment, you can use
ColdFusion 8 for everything from small departmental applications to
highly scalable, reliable implementations of your most important
business applications.
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Now from Adobe
With a host of new features,
dramatically improved performance and scalability, and easier
integration with enterprise IT environments, Adobe ColdFusion 8
is a must-have release for ColdFusion developers.
New in ColdFusion 8
See exactly what's happening in your application to help
identify bottlenecks and tune the server for better
performance. ColdFusion 8 also features a Multiserver
Monitor to gain insight on all servers in a cluster.
ColdFusion 8 applications can dynamically generate and
interact with PDF documents and forms for a printable,
portable way to intelligently capture and share information.
ColdFusion 8 can easily provide data to existing Ajax
applications and frameworks. You can use simple tags to
access a large library of prebuilt Ajax user interface
components such as rich text editors, data grids, tree
controls, tab navigators, and more.
With ColdFusion 8, you can specify any .NET object —
either local or remote — and use it in your ColdFusion
application, just like any Java™ or other object resource.
Programmatically interact with a Microsoft Exchange
server to perform common tasks such as reading, creating,
and modifying calendar events, contacts, tasks, and e-mail.
ColdFusion 8 introduces an Eclipse™ plug-in debugger. Use
it to set breakpoints, watch variables, and step through
code, making it easier to debug all your application code.
All new features ›
See how ColdFusion 8 allows you to
populate and extract data from PDF forms for a printable,
portable way to share information and collect data from
application users.
New to ColdFusion?
What is
Adobe ColdFusion?
Adobe ColdFusion software makes
Internet application development and deployment faster and
easier than any other solution available today. More than
300,000 developers at over 10,000 companies worldwide rely
on ColdFusion to quickly build and deploy powerful Internet
applications, making ColdFusion one of the most widely
adopted web technologies in the industry.
Product
history
As the world's first commercially
available web application server when it shipped in 1995,
Macromedia® ColdFusion dramatically simplified the process
of dynamically publishing database content on web pages. In
subsequent releases, the functionality of ColdFusion
expanded beyond database connectivity to include a broad
collection of out-of-the-box services for building all kinds
of Internet applications.
Now in the Adobe product family,
ColdFusion continues to get better with every release.
Backed by the innovative culture and R&D investment of an
industry leader like Adobe, ColdFusion offers developers a
unique way to solve today's Internet application challenges.
And it does so with the same benefits of simplicity and
productivity that have been a hallmark of ColdFusion since
1995.
Getting started
with ColdFusion 8
Experience the power that ColdFusion
has to offer by browsing code snippets, examining sample
applications, and seeing new features in action in this
online version of the in-product Getting Started Experience.
Read articles and discover sample
applications and tutorials specifically designed for new
ColdFusion developers.
Features and
benefits
Some key capabilities of ColdFusion
include:
Easy and
productive
ColdFusion is simpler to use and
requires less code than alternative solutions.
Integrated
ColdFusion runs natively on J2EE
application servers and can easily extend or integrate with
Java, .NET, Microsoft Exchange Server, web services, and
more. It's your bridge between the Internet and nearly all
enterprise data and infrastructure services.
Feature
rich
Out of the box, ColdFusion offers
unique features, not included with other technologies, to
help you build better Internet applications. You can use PDF
documents and forms, create rich Internet applications with
Adobe Flex™ or Ajax, create structured reports for the web
or other office document formats, implement full text
searching, and more.
What's new in
ColdFusion 8
A host of new features, dramatically
improved performance and scalability, and easier integration
with enterprise IT environments all make ColdFusion 8 a
must-have release.
New features in ColdFusion 8 ›
Why upgrade
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