(Features, that is...)
With all this talk of learning other languages to flesh out your portfolio, and more
importantly your knowledge, along with the looming release of NEO/CFMX, I've been
trying to think of the features that I currently miss in my ColdFusion. And I thought
what better way to get Macromedia's attention, then by creating a heated discussion
among the leading, path-forging cf users, which obviously reside on this list (yes,
I'm buttering you up.)
It seams to me that we see some of the same issues puzzling new or begginer users over
and over again, or some great features that are available though creative uses of
custom tags are not readily available to those developers hosting on shared servers.
And I feel that MM could easily add some nice new tags or attributes to current tags
that solve most everyone's problems (and I know nothing is that "easy", but it'd be
nice.) I also know most of us have submitted feature requests on MM's site, but the
community never really geats to chime in. So what I'd like to do is gather up a few
of your ideas for improving ColdFusion just to let MM know what we're are thinking.
I'm also very interested in what other developers are thinking, and I'm sure y'all are
too.
I know that timing probably isn't the best for their very, very busy brains over in MM
land right now, but there really isn't anytime better than the present.
Here's some of the basic probelms that I've come across and that I've seen pop up on
this list over and over from the last couple of years:
cfmail/cfpop:
Needs more stability, more power, ability to read and write multi-part messages
(at least), maybe kill the spool or move straight to the a Java spool
(with NEO's Java backbone, there really is no excuse not to revamp this tag)
cfimage (new tag):
Abilty to resize images on the fly, store in cache, read dimensions, etc.
(should be a cinch with Macromedia's expertise in graphic products [yea, right])
locking:
Needs to protect the server. Period.
cfgraph:
Use flash to it's fullest. The current tag is a start, but still weak. Needs
options galore.
cfdirectory:
Please just give us one more attribute (filesonly=True, or type="file") or update
filter to accept type="file" or type="dir". Those directory dots irk me 99% of the
time I use the tag.
c# support:
I'm not even sure this is a possilbilty and it's probably a little early to call
for it, but something to think about.
And I know that a lot of these features are available as custom tags, etc, right now.
But it's not always a feasible option for many developers who are on a monetary or
time constraint, or are just hosting on a public server that doesn't allow custom
tags. (Honestly, I'm not trying to put anyone out of business.)
NOTE: I'm also aware that some some of these things may already be alleviated or
improved upon in NEO. For all the Beta testers and PDA hounds out there, please do
not jump in on this discussion and say "That's already developed" and then the
subsequent "You're not allowed to say that" and then I have to say "Please keep this
discussion in a pre-NEO context" etc, etc. So, I'll go ahead and say that now, please
keep this discussion to pre-NEO improvements. Although NEO is on it's way, please
just submit features you have thought and dreamt about prior to NEO, and future
releases.
Anyways, I really think that the best minds in the cf community are hanging amidst us,
so please share your thoughts and ideas, and maybe we can make CF an even easier, more
robust, powerful product->
Tyler Silcox
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