I did not learn any new about CF8 for the rest of the conference, but I definitely recommend people to go. They had several really good presentations. The really good thing about the conference is that you can send both junior and senior level developers there and both would get something out of it. I was surprised to only see one person from the user group there.
--- Allan Stilwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > That sounds great. I don't have a Website so here > are > my CF8 enhancements notes. Hope some of this is new > for you guys. Sorry about the formatting. > > New CF8 Items > > precisionEvaluate() - used for exact math mathical > evalutions when precision is critical. > > ListToArray() - Now has a Boolean attribute that > allows to include empty elements. > > <cfinterface> - new tag can only contain > cffunction. > Interface provides a contract between two > interfaces. > Function does not contain any body. Performance > cost > is negligible. > > IsInstanceOf(comp, type) - new function. > > getComponentMetadata - returns meta data of > component/instance without instantiation. > > Huge CFC performance - up to 20x faster > > Serializable > CFC store in the session can be retrieved back on > failover in cluster. > CFC referencing a CFC also supported > > OnMissingMetho() callback to component > Missing method signature available in the callback > Handle errors > Handle all getxxx and setXXX calls without defining > those methods. > > OnMissingTemplate callback to application > Function invoked on file not found condition. > OnMissing Template(URL) > > > Per Application Settings > Mappings > Custom tag paths > Via THIS scope n Application.cfc > Overrides server wide settings in application.cfc > > Multi-threading > > Allows you to run multiple tasks in parallel > New threads can run asynchrounous to the page > Can be used when > Lot of independent tasks that need not be > synchronous > Lot of tasks for which the user need not be made > wait. > Inter-thread communications > Join - current thread waits for another thread to > finish > Termincate > A cfthread can terminate another cfthread > Data exchange in thread scope > Shared scope thread > Only owner can write to it > Accessed using thread name > Also contains thread metadata > Can live much beyond the request thread > Name of thread must be uniques in the request > Like a function it has its own scope > Can access all scopes and its variables > Cfoutput inside the thread body will not write to > the > page response > Output goes into a buffer in the thread scope > Any error in the thread does not affect the request > > Neew file I/O > > File I/O works on stream > Read/write is done in chunk instead of the entire > file. > Filereadline() allows you to read the file line by > line > FileIsEOF() - tells you when you have reached the > end > of the file. > This is much like other languages. > You can now specify how many characters to read at a > time. > Fileread() - new > Filewrite() - new > Filecopy() - new > FileMove() - new > FileeDelete() - new > FilesetAttribute() - new > FileSetAccessmode() - new > GetFileInfo()- new > > DB enhancements > Aut-Generated key retrieval > Transaction Save points > <DBINFO> used to obtain: > Tables in data source > CFDUMP enhancements > Show or hide query columns > Include SQL and other metadata when dumping query > objects > <CFZIP> tag to handle zip/jar files > Secure FTP support > Fileupload > A file of any size can be uploaded to the server > now > Struct returned by getHTTPRequestData() will not > have > any content if called in request in which a file is > uploaded. > > --- "Ken Auenson, II" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Allan, we need to get together at some point while > > here! > > FYI, tomorrow first session, I plan on attending > > either *Flex 2 for CF > > Developers* or *Testing CF Apps*. > > > > I attended the keynote this morning, and the > > following sessions: > > *Flex 101* - great intro to Flex, I was > disappointed > > with the first half, > > but the second half really made Flex "click" > > *Using Structures with CFCs* - eh... it was > labeled > > as sort of advanced, but > > the content seemed to be more basic than I was > > hoping for... > > *ColdFusion 8: Intergrated Flex Data Services* - I > > am really getting excited > > about the "neat" things that are so easy with CF 8 > > and Flex. > > *OO Programming with CFCs* - I agree, Hal seemed > > like he wasn't bringing his > > "A" game for this talk. He did go over the > content, > > but I just felt that > > there could have been a bit more there. > > *BOF - Solo Coding* - round table discussion > > regarding the things Solo > > coders deal with... mostly focusing on the > problems > > of working alone and not > > having someone else around to do code reviews and > > bounce ideas off of. > > *BOF - Apollo/AIR and Flex fears debunked* - > another > > informal discussion. I > > didn't get much out of this, as I really didn't > have > > any fears going into > > the talk. I attended hoping to preemptively hear > > other developer's fears > > and their resolutions. > > > > A very busy and productive day! > > I took notes thruought the keynote and posted the > on > > my blog... > > they are not nearly as detailed or refined as > other > > peoples blogs, so you > > may be better off skipping it! > > http://ken.auenson.com/blog/ > > > > I will try to keep the group posted throughout the > > conference. > > > > On 6/27/07, Allan Stilwell > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Sure, there is a presentation tonight labeled > > secret > > > topic with Hal Helms. So maybe I will have > > something > > > interesting to report. Although the last > > presentation > > > of his he did not show up to so we will see. > > > > > > I just came from a server monitor presentation > and > > > they did not really have anything more than what > > Ben > > > Forta went over when he was in Houston. They did > > let > > > out that we may get a desktop version of the > > monitor > > > which would run outside the browser. I am not > sure > > if > > > Ben went over the fact that you can execute > your > > own > > > CFC's on alerts so you will be able to do way > more > > > than just send an e-mail or kill the hanging > > thread. > > > > > > > > > --- Seth Bienek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Hey Allan, > > > > > > > > I just posted a link to Ben's blog with the > > specific > > > > break-downs by tag and > > > > functionality. > > > > > > > > It would be awesome if you could continue to > > share > > > > more about what's going > > > > on at CFUnited! > > > > > > > > Take Care, > > > > > > > > Seth > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: [email protected] > > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > > > > Of Allan Stilwell > > > > Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2007 12:25 PM > > > > To: [email protected] > > > > Subject: [houcfug] CF8 > > > > > > > > > > > > for those of you that are not at CFUnited, Ben > > Forta > > > > let out a tidbit this morning during the > keynote > > > > that > > > > he did not mention in the Houston visit. > > > > > > > > CF8 have a noticeable performance increase on > > your > > > > existing applications. He showed examples of > > > > functions > > > > like cfparam, IsDefined, createObject, etc. > Most > > of > > > > them had an increase of 2-4 times faster. It > was > > a > > > > nice tidbit to know and a good sell if you are > > still > > > > trying to convince management to move to CF8. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________ > > > > ________ > > > > Sick sense of humor? Visit Yahoo! 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