Development Tool Update: ColdFusion 8 Beta Released

For my fellow programmers out there, I just wanted to inform you that Adobe has released the initial beta of ColdFusion 8 (Codename: Scorpio) this week. Lots of new features being added to this version, including enhanced PDF integration, Flex and AJAX integration, image manipulation and a new debugger.

Since I'm a ColdFusion developer by trade (and yes, that includes this site), I'm very excited about this new release that will make the things that I do even easier. Granted, we're probably at least 6 months from the final release, but it's exciting to finally see it in action. It's really nice to see the progression of ColdFusion over the years, and it's come a long way very quickly with a growing, helpful community. Hopefully big things are still to come.

So, if you're in the CF crowd, it's time to get playing with all our new toys. And if you're interested in seeing what ColdFusion has to offer, you can always download the developers version of the server and development tools (both free, and they run on Windows, Mac, and Linux) from the link on this page, and pair them up with the Eclipse development environment for a full free test.

I'd strongly recommend it, but I might be just a tad biased.