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From the Editors: Don’t Give ColdFusion The Cold Shoulder

By SD Times News Team

August 15, 2007 — (Page 1 of 2)
Some people insist that the World of Web Development can be divided into two primary application server platforms: There’s Java, and there’s .NET.

While this glosses over the many small and niche technologies, it also ignores a popular third way: ColdFusion.

Yes, it’s proprietary, and yes, it’s been around seemingly forever—since 1995, to be precise. But while ColdFusion may not have the huge market clout of Microsoft’s technologies, or the broad range of app servers using Java EE, ColdFusion remains popular, and for good reason. In fact, 14,000 developers actively participated in the ColdFusion 8 public beta, according to Adobe.

The beta is over; version 8.0 is out. And the prevailing opinion at SD Times is that it looks like Adobe has done the right things with it. Here is why.

ColdFusion’s ColdFusion Markup Language (CFML) is comparable to C#, PHP, Python and JSP and a JavaScript-like language called CFScript that supports embedded scripts. CFML was designed with the Web in mind and resembles HTML—familiar territory for Web developers. CFScript is now more Ecma-compliant.

ColdFusion 8.0 has a number of crossovers and capabilities that bring it up to speed with the “other” Web technologies. For starters, it supports the latest versions of Java and Red Hat’s JBoss application server. On the other side of the hat, it now offers .NET integration.

Support for AJAX widgets has brought ColdFusion into the Web 2.0 era. There are debugging features that can be used inside of Adobe’s Eclipse-based Flex Builder IDE, new integrations with databases and Microsoft Exchange, and some image manipulation functions.

Meanwhile, ColdFusion has received an injection of Adobe’s DNA. Code updates enable integration with Adobe PDF forms and Macromedia Breeze presentations.

While ColdFusion may not be the solution for every organization, we are glad to see that people still have a choice, and that there’s a third way available for Web developers.

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