Top 8 Benefits of Using ColdFusion 10
As a widely used rapid web application development platform, ColdFusion needs no introduction. Since its invention in 1995, the software is being updated on a regular basis with advanced features to help developers in building rich internet applications. Adobe released ColdFusion 10 on 15th May 2012 with a set of features and functionality that would surely make internet application developers more productive.
Further, a user can avail these innovative features by choosing the Standard, Developer and Enterprise edition of ColdFusion 10. Along with improved web service support, security enhancement, language enhancements, the updated version of ColdFusion also comes with HTML5 video player, Adobe Flash Player, Improved scheduler, Search integration with Apache Solr, Flex and Adobe AIR lazy loading, and XPath integration.
Top 8 Benefits of Using ColdFusion 10
HTML5 WebSockets: By supporting WebSocket protocol on the server, ColdFusion 10 has made it easier for you to easily push data from the server to the client. You can use the feature to develop a variety of real-time web application that will boost user experience by using dynamic data. Also, you can use the messaging infrastructure designed based on the raw WebSockets to publish or subscribe to multiple channels without putting any extra effort.
HTML5 Charting: If you are looking for a web application development platform that supports a number of interactive client-side charts, then the upgraded ColdFusion is the best option. With support for client-side charts based on Flash, Canvas or SVG, you can enhance the performance of your web application by incorporating interactive charts. Further, you can use the ColdFusion CFCHART tag to easily create and integrate these interactive charts. These charts can further be customized using JSON objects.
Built-In HTML5 Video Player: Often web application developers have to write lengthy codes to integrate video players. But ColdFusion 10 comes with a built-in HTML5 video player that can be seamlessly integrated with your application using the CFMEDIAPLAYER tag. At the same time, Adobe has further revamped the Flash video player. Now you can use the same JavaScript APIs to run both video players. ColdFusion web development feature also makes it easier for programmers to build web applications by targeting different devices and web browsers.
Revamped Web Services: Most web applications use RESTful web services over HTTP or HTTPs. ColdFusion 10 has made it easier for programmers to convert their ColdFusion components into RESTful web services simply by adding a few attributes to these components. Further, you have options to associate HTTP method to each function in your ColdFusion components, and invoke the specific functions over HTTP. At the same time, ColdFusion 10 uses a revamped AXIS 2 engine to support the web services, which enables developers to easily access and publish web services.
Enhanced Cache Settings: The way a web application caches the frequently accesses user data will affect its performance. With the enhanced cache setting option provided by ColdFusion 10, you can easily crate specific data regions that can be used as buckets to hold the cached user data. Also, Adobe has modified the in-built caching function to avail the advantages of cache region. The feature also enables developers to run the cache server as an independent process that can run outside the ColdFusion JVM.
Improved Search Options: Adobe has designed ColdFusion 10 with Apache Solr instead of Verity. The advanced feature allows developers to index databases in an easier and efficient way. Also, you can avail the advantages of Data Import Handler support extended by the updated version. Your search queries become more flexible with the additional support extended for passing dynamic custom fields.
Easy to Share Data Connections: The upgraded ColdFusion also supports a variety of JDBC data types including SQLXML, NVARCHAR, NCHAR, NCLOB and LONGNVARCHAR. The feature makes it easier for developers to share database connections among clients in a more efficient way. With ColdFusion 10, you now have option to store information about each database connection. Once a specific database connection returns to the pool, it will be reset. You can also use tags like cfinsert, cfquery , cfupdate and cfstoredproc to store the database-specific client information.
Comprehensive Security Features: ColdFusion 10 also comes with a set of upgraded features that enhances the security of your web application. It provides you with a number of built-in functions that can be used to prevent CSRF (Cross Site Request Forgery) and XSS (Cross-site Scripting) attacks. Also, the session cookies can be applied only to a particular domain by being set as HTTPOnly. The feature can also be used to rotate or invalidate a session.
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