ColdFusion has gone through various language enhancements that will provide a better development experience for ColdFusion developers. The core CFML language enhancements in ColdFusion 11 includes new language constructs, extended tag support, enhanced script functions, and support for new operations.
This document provides an overview on the language enhancements and changes made in ColdFusion 11.
Script support for tags
Using custom tags in scripts
See Using custom tags in scripts.
Query tags as ColdFusion functions
See QueryExecute.
JSON serialization
JSON serialization allows you to convert ColdFusion data into a JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) representation of the data. This feature was made available in ColdFusion 8.
See SerializeJSON.
Member functions for data structure
See Using the member functions.
Support for Elvis operator (?:)
See Elvis operator.
Passing array index to callback functions in ArrayEach
Currently, ColdFusion supports passing objects in callback function. Now, from ColdFusion 11, you can pass the index of an array to the callback function. See ArrayEach.
Support for ListEach
A new function, ListEach, has been introduced. See ListEach.
Support for QueryGetRow
A new function, QueryGetRow, has been introduced. See QueryGetRow.
Preferences for built-in functions
See Built-in functions as first class citizen.
Language Enhancements in ColdFusion Splendor - Promoting built-in CF function to first class |
Support for database queries
You can start using the <cfquery> tag in client-side CFML just like how you are currently using it in server-side CFML code. Note that not all of the <cfquery> features are supported in this release.
See Mobile Application Development
Added script support for cfimport based prefix custom tag. Now you can use prefix based custom tag in script block without any issue.
test.cfm
<cfscript>
cfimport(taglib=" ../importFolder/" prefix="myTags");
myTags:customTag();
</cfscript>
customTag.cfm
<cfoutput > Output from custom tag </cfoutput>
