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Ben Forta

Ben Forta

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Table of Contents

  1. Introduction
  2. ColdFusion functionality exposed as services
  3. Executing code on server startup
  4. Working with spreadsheets in ColdFusion
  5. Defining a default datasource
  6. ORM – rethinking database integration
  7. The new ColdFusion local scope
Created:
13 July 2009
Modified:
4 October 2009
User Level:
All
Products:
ColdFusion

Introducing Adobe ColdFusion 9

For close to a decade and a half, ColdFusion has constantly raised the application development productivity bar with each new release. This does not happen by accident. In fact, in planning each new version, the ColdFusion product team meets with numerous customers and partners to ascertain exactly how the product is used, so as to be able to focus on improvements that have real value for users. This is how innovative features like reporting and event gateways and server monitoring become a reality.

And ColdFusion 9 is no exception. This new ColdFusion release boasts an impressive array of new and enhanced features, all intended to improve productivity for developers, IT administrators, and business decision makers alike.

In this article I'd like to introduce you to some of what's new and exciting in ColdFusion 9.

Requirements

In order to make the most of this article, you need the following software and files:

ColdFusion 9

Prerequisite knowledge

Familiarity with ColdFusion.

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About the author

Ben Forta is the Adobe senior product evangelist and the author of numerous books, including ColdFusion Web Application Construction Kit and its sequel Advanced ColdFusion Application Development, as well as books on SQL, JavaServer Pages, WAP, Windows development, and more. Ben co-authored the official ColdFusion training material, the certification tests and Macromedia Press study guides for those tests, and now spends a considerable amount of time lecturing, speaking, and writing about application development worldwide. Visit Ben's blog to read his regular postings on ColdFusion and more.