This is one of the most exciting releases of ColdFusion to date. So many cool things to mention, here are a few:

• <cffeed> - full RSS read/write functionality in one tag - no more parsing XML manually (support atom and rss formats)
• <cfpresentation> - if you can build an HTML file, then you can now bundle them into a Breez/Powerpoint slideshow with this tag
• <cfprint> - server side printing! VERY nice, now you can easily script applications to print documents, orders, reports, etc. wheere ever you use this tag - perfect for order fulfillment
• <cfpdf> - expanded PDF functionality read, write, and print PDF - support pdf forms as well.
• <cfajaxproxy> and built in AJAX functions - five(5) tutorial demonstrated here: http://www.forta.com/
• <cfimage> - no more third party solutions, now all the image manipulation features are bundled in this tag, including bit level modification capabilities.
• simple .NET object integration - <cfset myobject = createObject(".Net", "path.to.dotnet.object")>
• <cfthread> - no need to wait for one process to complete - run threads parallel to each other now - i.e. file uploading. There are three(3) examples here:
  • http://www.bennadel.com/index.cfm?dax=blog:743.view
  • http://www.bennadel.com/index.cfm?dax=blog:749.view
  • http://www.bennadel.com/index.cfm?dax=blog:750.view
• JSON related functions include: SerializeJSON, DeSerializeJSON, and IsJSON,
• <cfexchange> - build your own user interface for Microsoft Exchange Server
• <cfzip> - no more third party solutions, manipulate and create zip and jar files.

But that just scratches the surface. There are more server/administration configurations that include a server monitor and debugging tools. Learn more here:
http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/co...snew_052907.pdf

Download CF8 BETA here:
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/entitlement/i...s_adobecf8_beta

Enjoy

That sounds pretty awesome. Makes me want to learn ColdFusion, I've heard it's a great language to work with.

I've been using ColdFusion for a little over 6 years and love it - nothing is easier to learn or integrate. Its just as powerful as any other server side scripting language so there is no real reason not to give it a try.