Morning all,
OK,OK, so I may come off as a bit of a BlueDragon evangelist
but just to let you guys know that BlueDragon 6.1 Beta3 has been released for testing
so I encourage you to try out your CFMX applications on it and report any bugs.
Grab it from : ftp://ftp.newatlanta.com/public/bluedragon/6_1beta3/
Some great news with this release is that the FREE version is going to have full
support for CFC's (which was going to be reserved only for the full version) so you
can happily deploy full applications using the free version and the only limitations
are for people wanting to run hosting using BlueDragon and some of the higher-end
enterprise functionality.
'So, bottom line, yes, if you are running a server just for your own organization's
applications, you can use the free Server edition. We want to help CFML developers
fend off the "free" alternatives like PHP, ASP, and JSP. As we say often, "We love
CFML". If you want to take your CFML skills to a client and build an app for them, the
free Server edition helps you overcome that argument.' - Charlie Arehart (CTO, New
Atlanta Communications)
New Atlanta have also introduced some of their own tags .. the most useful of which
I've found so far is the <CFCONSTRUCTOR> tag which helps you to define implicit and
explicit construction capabilities for your components and for you Mach II users BD
6.1B3 works fully with all Mach II test applications.
Sorry for the sales pitch (I have nothing to do with New Atlanta) I'm just quite
excited about this product (Especially as all I ever hear is that ColdFusion is too
expensive to use blah blah blah) :¬)
Regards
Stephen
