ColdFusion 9 New Features

Highlights the important new features of the latest release of ColdFusion, a dynamic web application builder.In ColdFusion 9 New Features, author and developer Dan Short has gathered together the important updates and improvements in this dynamic web application. Dan showcases the new ColdFusion Builder application throughout the course, using it to work through the new language and CFScript enhancements in this release. He shows how to use the new Server Manager to compare servers and create server groups, as well as monitor server health through notifications. He also explains the new integration with Office applications, building Excel, Word, and even PowerPoint files on the fly from ColdFusion. Finally, he covers the important new Object Relational Mapping feature and how to use the built-in Flash Player. Exercise files accompany this course. Topics include: Using new implicit Getters and Setters in ColdFusion Builder Utilizing RAM disks using VFS Managing the system cache to boost site/application performance Learning the new ternary and chained operations Loading detailed Google maps with markers and notations onto a web page