Adobe ColdFusion 8

New in ColdFusion 8

Server Monitor

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.

PDF features

ColdFusion 8 applications can dynamically generate and interact with PDF documents and forms for a printable, portable way to intelligently capture and share information.

Ajax features

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.

.NET integration

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.

Microsoft Exchange Server integration

Programmatically interact with a Microsoft Exchange server to perform common tasks such as reading, creating, and modifying calendar events, contacts, tasks, and e-mail.

Interactive debugger

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.

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.

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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.