It may miss all of that but there is a whole lot more to be gained from Blue Dragons environment (J2EE , JSP, ....) that CFMX Professional may not provide.
= = = Original message = = = >So what major new constructs besides CFC are there in CFMX vs CF5? I >understand that there are some syntax differences, but are there major >differences in the language that allows us to do things that we couldn't >do before? Is CFCs it? There's lots of new stuff, in addition to CFCs. Here's some of those things in no particular order: - user-defined functions with the full power of CFML, using CFFUNCTION, - the ability to override HTML tags with custom logic using CFIMPORT, - the ability to interact with Java in many ways - JSPs and servlets, JSP tag libraries via CFIMPORT, classes in general through CFOBJECT or CreateObject, - the ability to consume web services using CFINVOKE, - decent graphing with CFCHART, - better support for i18n (due mostly to Paul Hastings' constant nagging during the beta, I think), - sensible concurrency handling (CFLOCK no longer necessary to keep your server from crashing) - built-in XML parsing, - CFLOGIN authentication stuff, - resource security (replacing the annoying Siteminder Advanced Security), . and much, much more! Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ voice: (202) 797-5496 fax: (202) 797-5444 ______________________________________________________________________ Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
