with each new release of cfmx some features are trumpeted a lot and others seem to fall between the cracks. i call these "hidden gems,"and in cfmx there are quite a few.
in this article ill uncover several features that dont warrant publicity in the popular top 10 (or even top 20) lists that macromedia and others might put out. perhaps they wont influence the average it buyer considering an upgrade. sure, things like j2ee integration and xml/web services support are critical to many organizations, and things like cfcs and flash remoting may fundamentally change the way we develop cf apps.
but its been my experience that what really intrigues most developers is the little things that have changed, some of which just may serve to make every day of our development lives easier without any substantial changes in current practices.
the big new things in cfmx are of course praiseworthy, and i dont mean to diminish them. its just that maybe for some developers one or more of these hidden gems could be the real "gotta have" trigger that motivates them to upgrade. or solve a long-standing problem.
ive broken the topics into a couple of categories. im not even mentioning all the hidden gems, nor even all the important changes to cfmx. as such, this article shouldnt be considered a compendium of all hidden gems. i can only highlight several.
not-so-hidden gems
before proceeding, i want to point out that there are addititional new features of cfmx that may not get quite as much widespread acclaim. i dont consider them to be hidden gems since theyre talked about often and are well documented. if you havent yet looked into them, you should: cffunction: creates udfs that can include tags cflogin, related tags: support standardized login processing cfimport: enables jsp custom tags cfchart: replaces and exceeds cf5s cfgraph automatic compilation of cf templates... 下一页