Mark Takata talks about “All About Adobe ColdFusion 2023 (Part 2: PDF, CCS, SSO, perf, security)” in this episode of ColdFusion Alive Podcast with host Michaela Light.

“…So we decided to build this thing called CCS central configuration server. And it runs at the command line, basically, and allows you to control your servers from a central location.”.

https://youtu.be/n_PNO4jYOuE

Show notes

Enhanced HTML-to-PDF Conversion

New HTML-to-PDF conversion engine

Supports new CSS features for pixel perfect PDFs

Imbed audio, video and SVG

Old tags features for manipulation of PDFs and forms etc still work

Increased file size limit by x100

Optional future features eg DBX merge / header engine

New PDF Engine and Library Updates

Updates several libraries, including Java, Solr, and Hibernate

More secure

Runs faster

Central Configuration Server (CCS)

Simpler management of multiple ColdFusion instances

Undo changes

“Young” feature, UX a bit hard to set up, easy to use once set up.

SSO CF Admin Integration (SAML/LDAP)

Users can log in using their corporate credentials with SSO (Single Sign On)

Pin point access to parts of CF Admin

Groups support

Performance optimizations to the ColdFusion engine.

ACF 2023 came with Java 17 update which broke some security issues

Cause initial slower in first release

Was speed up with hotfixes. 

Future improvements in ACF 2024

Enhanced security features and protocols.

SSO

Java 17

Protect logs

Integration with new technologies and frameworks.

Updated libraries used by CF

Improved support for cloud platforms and services.

Developer tools and IDE enhancements.

Accessibility improvements.

Security, Stability, RAD and performance

Bug fixes and stability enhancements.

200+ bug fixes

500+ for ACF 2024

Christmas holidays bug bash in JIRA

https://tracker.adobe.com/  for public bug reporting

Annual release cycle and ACF 2024 beta

Features fully defined and beta for show at CF Summit West (Las Vegas) in October 2024

Better keep up with changing tech eg AI

Why are you proud to use CF?

He built his entire career on CF

Has professional used 13 other languages too and always comes back to CF

Can explain why CF compared to other programming languages

RAD - fast prototyping

CF is growing

More CF jobs

Hack and code in CFML 40 lessons

Junior devs now asking about CF

Easier to learn esp for anyone knows JavaScript

Modern ecosystem

WWIT to make CF more alive this year?

TryCF

Mark’s learning resources - ask him

CF Community

Talk about CF a local dev meetup

Education

CF Summit East announcements coming up

What are you looking forward to at CF Summit East?

https://www.carahsoft.com/learn/event/50994-adobe-coldfusion-summit-east-2024 

April 24th, 2024

Reston VA, on the metro, near Dulles airport

CF product manager Charvi Dhoot will be ther

Free and free breakfast and lunch

CF certification training April 23rd

$99

Mark’s CF Summit talk on PDF all features

CF Summit Online too https://adobe-coldfusion-online-summit-2024.attendease.com/

Happing now

Smaller and more intimate event where you can talk with more other CFers and Adobe dev team. 

Dedicated conference space.

Mentioned in this episode

063 Scaling Your ColdFusion Applications (Clusters, Containers and Load Tips) with Mike Collins

110 CommandBox Workflow Magic (modules to speed up CF development), with Brad Wood

044 Let’s get GraphQL! (Smart API access from CFML), with Mark Drew

120 How is CFML Speed vs Other Languages? (Hint: really fast!), with Brad Wood

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Bio

Mark Takata

Senior ColdFusion Technical Evangelist

Mark Takata is Adobe’s Senior Technical Evangelist for ColdFusion. With more than 25 years of experience in the tech industry,