Adobe today announced the immediate availability of Adobe ColdFusion 8 software. ColdFusion 8, a powerful development tool for building dynamic Web sites and Internet applications. Since May 2007, more than 14,000 developers have actively participated in the ColdFusion 8 public beta, praising the new capabilities in this latest version.
ColdFusion 8 Server Monitor lets developers swiftly identify bottlenecks and tune the server for better performance. “The server monitoring capabilities in ColdFusion 8 are outstanding, offering granular-level access to identify slow requests and terminate runaway processes,” said Nick Walters, programming manager, Lightyear Network Solutions, in the press release. “We can now receive actual detail as to which requests are taking the longest and which objects within a page are performing poorly. Server monitoring with ColdFusion 8 is leaps ahead of third-party applications on the market.”
ColdFusion 8 enables developers to seamlessly integrate their ColdFusion applications with other Adobe technologies such as Adobe Flex, PDF, Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR), and Adobe LiveCycle. ColdFusion 8 also uses Ajax-based components, enabling developers to design and deploy engaging applications by integrating complex environments into intuitive interfaces.
ColdFusion 8 is available in two editions:
• ColdFusion 8 Enterprise Edition is a high-performance solution for delivering multiple Web sites and applications on one or more servers, or on existing J2EE application server installations. Enterprise Edition is available for US$7,499 per 2-CPUs.
• ColdFusion 8 Standard is an easy-to-manage configuration for single applications that is ideal for small to medium-sized businesses. Standard Edition is available for $1,299 per 2-CPUs.
ColdFusion may also be used for development at no cost with the free Developer Edition, a full-featured server for development use only. Special upgrade pricing is available to owners of valid ColdFusion MX 6 and 7 licenses.
Macintosh System Requirements:
• PowerPC G4 or G5 or Intel processor
• Mac OS X v.10.4.x
• 512MB of RAM (1GB recommended)
• 500MB of available hard-disk space
• DVD-ROM drive
More info here.
I gotta be honest with you all, I got my hands on the Adobe Internet Suite recently and it is amazing what you can do with these programs! Kudos to Adobe…great stuff.
I think this Cold Fusion software might be a little above the average person’s abilities though. Definately suited toward you developer types.
ColdFusionasaurus Rex. One the king of web development. This thing just won’t die.
Oh, I forgot. MySpace still runs it. That’s reason enough to take it out back and do a favor for the rest of us by putting it our of OUR misery.
Save yourself $7k and get CentOS. It’s free.
Yeah, definitely also.
For advanced user, yes, but still the easiest platform to develop the web application.
why do we need coldfusion ? we have it all in open source
For less than $75 I can get on the web with RapidWeaver. Don’t bother explaining to me “it isn’t in the same class”, for less than 1% of the price I can live with its limitations. I can cover most of my budget for six months on the cost of an Enterprise license. OK, sure, there were a dozen coders working with me at Putnam who each earned the cost of a Standard license every week – after taxes. This in no way justified spending $7,500 for one tool on one desktop. Double that, if they had a Quad Mac at their desk.
DLMeyer – the Voice of G.L.Horton’s Stage Page Pod-Cast – this week talking about the ICWP Retreat
DLMeyer@”$7,500 for one tool on one desktop.”
ColdFusion developer licenses are free. This price is for deployed configurations. For small user populations, open source may be the ticket, but when you need to scale so support a large number of users, tools like CondFusion & WebObjects are among the few that the architecture to do this…
ColdFusion sucks. It’s all about spreading the plague of internet advertising. I applied the hack that was mentioned here, assigning all the ad servers a local address, so I don’t have to see crapvertising coming from outside servers, including MDN. It works.
MW: power, as in we gotta take it back.
neomonkey,
you think ColdFusion is actually the cause of internet advertising? that’s just flat-out ignorant.
Chrissyone!?
What have you got to say about this one???????
Your Views……My Passion…..to paraphrase a Troll.
“ColdFusion sucks. It’s all about spreading the plague of internet advertising. I applied the hack that was mentioned here, assigning all the ad servers a local address, so I don’t have to see crapvertising coming from outside servers, including MDN. It works.”
Great way to support the people that have to pay to power their web sites that you get to use and abuse for free! Good one! Ever think about helping MDN afford to upgrade to new servers by not blocking the only thing they get paid with. Not like you 12 year olds have any idea what bills are…
Most people who diss ColdFusion have never used it. The cost of a license is a fraction of the salary of a developer. Try it for yourself and make an informed decison for your situation.
ColdFusion sucks. It’s all about spreading the plague of internet advertising. I applied the hack that was mentioned here, assigning all the ad servers a local address, so I don’t have to see crapvertising coming from outside servers, including MDN. It works.
MW: power, as in we gotta take it back.
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