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Last updated on
May 17, 2023
New features & enhancements in Adobe ColdFusion
Note:
As of ColdFusion (2021 release), CORBA has been removed. You can no longer use CORBA-related features, functions, and tags.
What's new and changed in ColdFusion (2021 release)
Completely reimagined Adobe ColdFusion (2021 release) offers a modular, secure, and containerized approach to building applications that can run across multiple cloud providers or on-premises. You can now switch between cloud service providers without having to rewrite your application.
Lightweight installer
Get up and running in minutes with an all-new installer that lets you automate repeatable installations of only the services you need. You have absolute control over what you install at all times.
Note: The GUI installer for the 2021 release is only temporary. We shall have only zip installers soon.
ColdFusion Package Manager
Now install only the services your application needs, and nothing more. ColdFusion Package Manager lets you continuously integrate small pieces of code and deliver applications quickly and seamlessly.
For more information, see ColdFusion Package Manager.
Cloud storage services
Enjoy raw storage for fast data access, with AWS S3 and Azure Blob. You can now access multi-cloud services with the same syntax and talk to different databases with a single line of code. Grow as you go with storage space that’s expandable, elastic, and cheaper than ever.
Messaging services
Eliminate the complexity of message-oriented middleware with Azure Service Bus and AWS Simple Notification Service/Simple Queue Service. You can now access messaging queue services with ease, helping you transmit any volume of data across applications and keep tabs on whether your messages are being delivered.
NoSQL database
Optimize the scale-up architecture offered by AWS DynamoDB and MongoDB to handle large volumes of data with the built-in productive interface to NoSQL databases. Store unstructured, semistructured, or structured data, and enable easy updates to schemas and fields.
Single sign-on
Enjoy the convenience of having one set of credentials across multiple applications. With SAML, all users have a single point of authentication, which gives the enterprise a birds-eye view of user-level access into the ecosystem at all times.
For more information, see Use SAML in ColdFusion.
Core language changes
- Parallelization in Array, Struct, and Query functions. For example, StructFilter, ArraySum, and QueryMap. For more details, see the function reference for some Array, Struct, and Query functions.
- New encryption methods:
- New attribute returnType in cfquery and QueryExecute
- Rest and spread operators
- Immediately Invoked Function Expressions
- Case sensitive structs
- Iterator support
- Java interfaces by CFComponent
- New ReduceRight methods:
- Other language enhancements
Performance Monitoring Toolset
Before installing Performance Monitoring Toolset, ensure that you must install the package pmtagent using the ColdFusion Package Manager.
- Install Performance Monitoring Toolset
- Monitor cloud services, like AWS S3, Azure Blob, AWS SQS, or AWS SNS.
- New Monitoring and Datastore settings
- Monitor NoSQL services
- Authentication and SSL support for datastore
- Performance Monitoring Toolset updates
- Byte metrics
- Active monitoring changes
- Monitoring of asynch threads
- Memory usage metric
- Monitor CFOBJECT
Other additions and changes
CFSetup configuration tool
Deploy server settings from one instance to another, manage them through a console, and automate your admin tasks seamlessly with CF Setup. Uniformity of applications across servers is now a given.
For more information, see CFSetup configuration tool.
Licensing and activation
Product activation is an anonymous, secure, hassle-free process that verifies the legitimacy of your product serial number as well as deters the unlicensed use of Adobe ColdFusion. The process verifies that your product's serial number is legitimate. Your machine must be online and connected to the Internet for activation to complete.
For more information, see ColdFusion (2021 release) Licensing and Activation.
Multi-cloud RDS
Enhance your database availability by leveraging the ability of ColdFusion to seamlessly integrate with Amazon RDS and Azure database services. You can now set up, operate, and scale a relational database in the cloud at a lower cost and in no time at all.
For more information, see Multi-cloud RDS databases.
CosmosDB
Cosmos DB is a distributed database engine with a core set of feature. For more information, see ColdFusion and Azure Cosmos DB.
Redis and ElastiCache
Enhance caching and in-memory performance. For more details, see Caching enhancements.
Other language changes
ColdFusion Administrator changes
Frequently Asked Questions
Deprecated features
Bugs fixed in ColdFusion (2021 release)
Known issues in ColdFusion (2021 release)
System Requirements
Support Matrix
Previous releases of ColdFusion
Release notes
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