ColdFusion 8 (Scorpio) now in Public Beta

been wondering what the hype about ColdFusion Scorpio is all about? well you don't have to wonder any more. ColdFusion is now out on Adobe labs for a public beta. Go get it! Download ColdFusion Beta here!

Coldfusion has some really compelling new features that are really neat.

• Server monitoring (now you don't need to go get a third party monitorying app, you can track it all in coldfusion
• line debugging! - This is goign to be awesome. now the same functionality you might have gotten used to in Flex builder, you can now do with coldfusion using an eclipse plugin
• multi threaded app calls using easily split your calls out into different threads and join them back into the main call, with a simple call
• image manipulation. now you have the ability to resize photos and change photos in real time on the server without needing a third party custom tag to do it.
• Exchange integration - almost like outlook for your server
• included postgressql support
• Performance enhancements!
• Improved Flex and coldfusion integration. should make it easier to create flex applciations using coldfusion as a back end system
• included AJAX implementation with new AJAX widgets that you can use from within your coldfusion code. Just like the cfform elements, you can include these elements in your pages and create some exciting UI's for your users.

I think that these are some fantastic improvements in the coldfusion server line. Looks like Adobe really put in some effort to get these things working right. Download it now and try it out!

If you want to read more about the improvements in the coldFusion 8, this blog has a few more enhancements listed.