Where is cold fusion headed

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Where is ColdFusion Headed? – An insight into the product roadmapRakshith Naresh | Product Manager


My Story…

10 years ago…

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My Story…

Grow with the product…

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In all these years…

Is ColdFusion still alive?

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Best description for ColdFusion…

Best Undead Language Ever

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Agenda and expectation

Where is ColdFusion today? – ColdFusion 2016 Where is ColdFusion headed? – Peek into strategic areas of focus Conclusion

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Live survey through this session…

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/cfsummit2016

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Where is ColdFusion today? – ColdFusion 2016


What are the top upgrade drivers?

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2 2.2 2.4 2.6 2.8 3 3.2 3.4 3.6

PDF Enhancements

Platform support matrix upgrades

Language Improvements

Security Improvements

Performance Improvements

Drivers


How does CF 2016 measure up?

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PDF Enhancements

Language Improvements

Security Improvements

Performance Improvements


Survey - role

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Why API Management?

Relevance Value Leg up

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API Management - Relevance

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63% of

ColdFusion user base already expose APIs

2015

71% of

ColdFusion user base already expose APIs

Now!

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Without Hindsight Bias


APIs – From concept to Go-To-Market

Step 1Define your business

objectives

API Management - Value

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Step 2Design your API

Step 3Code your API

Step 4Secure your API Step 5

Manage your API

Step 6Engage developers

Step 7Measure impact


APIs – ColdFusion’s focus so far


objectives

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Step 3Code your API

Step 4Secure your API


Step 5Manage your API




APIs – ColdFusion (2016 release) API management


objectives

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Step 3Code your API

Step 4Secure your API


New CapabilitiesAids Design

Step 5Manage your API




API Management – Leg up

A majority 74% - mixed technology stack

Technology agnostic

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API Manager


API Management – Leg up

Speedy. Scalable. Simple.

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Throughput on single node – More

than a billion requests per day!

Negligible latency for thousands of

concurrent users – less than 30ms

Throughput – 1.8x per additional node

Users – 2x more per additional nodeLatency – continues to be less than

30ms

Simplified and distinct API workflows

Intuitive user interface

Easy to comprehend analytics interface


Summarize – CF 2016

Focus on core values – Performance, security, language, PDF All new API Management

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Survey

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Where is ColdFusion headed? – ColdFusion Aether


ColdFusion Aether - Benefits

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Implement a modern platform

Leverage containerization

Provision microservices architecture

Embrace devsecops

Accelerate digital transformation


Modernized language

Improved object oriented support CFScript 2.0! Support for NULL Multi-threading support

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Improved OOP

Support of covariant return types If a function returns "any" type, then more specific return type should be allowed

Covariant for argument type Like return, covariant support for arguments too


emp.cfc – base class manager.cfc – inherited class


Improved OOP

Method overloading support Implement a modern platform


Improved OOP

Support abstract Component Implement a modern platform


Improved OOP

static functions and variables Implement a modern platform


Improved OOP

Every literal, or expression is an object

Additional member functions – relook at all procedural functions that can be exposed as member functions



cfscript 2.0!

Support a new version of cfscript and get rid of the generic syntax from tags <cfscript version=2>

Eg:

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Version 1

Version 2


Survey – script usage


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Support for null

In CF, empty string “” is considered as undefined Interoperability issues with other technologies - webservices A null from JavaScript or database is serialized to “” (empty string) Introduce the null keyword, allow variables to be assigned to null

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Improved multi-threading support

Allow synchronization in CFML code at function and block levels Provide a simpler way by introducing “synchronized” keyword

Execute a task asynchronously Introduce “runAsync” function, as

Support for Atomic datatypes : Atomic Integer/Boolean



Containerization

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Docker

Provide official docker images for CF 2016 and CF next Advantages Continuous deployment and testing – identical dev test prod setup

Reduced upgrade and reinstallation times

Replicate – across CF nodes

Multi-cloud platforms – simplify portability

Version control

Isolation – apps running on its own stack within containers

Security – segregation and isolation – hacks cannot propagate to other containers

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Holistic approach to performance tuning

Perf tuning happens at three different levels1. Webserver/connector tuning – Auto tuner2. Application monitoring – JVM tuning or DB – Server monitor3. Poor application performance – poor code quality – Code profiler

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Web Server ColdFusion Database

CF Application



Services separation and caching

Evaluate services separation Smaller footprint for specific functionality

Support for distributed cache

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Security

Tool to lockdown Built-in Web Application firewall

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Embrace devsecops


Survey – Web Application Firewall


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API Management

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Accelerate digital transformationStrategy – Near Term

Performance and Scalability

• Maintain lead position

trategy – Long Term

Analytics

• User engagement

• API Auditing

SaaS and hybrid deployment models Cloud connectors and orchestration API Discovery and Marketplace

Security

• Threat protection• 2 way SSL

API design

• Data transformation• Multitenancy


Survey – API Management

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ColdFusion Aether - Summary

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Embrace devsecops

Accelerate digital transformation


20122014

2016

Adobe ColdFusion Release Plan

ColdFusion 10 5 Years Core Support

2 Years Extended Support

With Each Release* Existing roadmap goes beyond 2031

ColdFusion 2016

ColdFusion 11

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2018ColdFusion Aether

2020ColdFusion Next+

2022ColdFusion Next++

The Best Undead Language Ever

Conclusion

Where is cold fusion headed

Technology

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