CFML with Railo

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US Tour, July 2007
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Railo is something new

• You
• are familiar with CFML?
• have applications written in CFML?
• are a CFML hoster?
• set value on performance and pricing?
• are looking for a new CFML groove
• then this presentation is something for you!!!

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This is me

• my name is Gert Franz
• I work at Railo Technologies
• Railo comes from Switzerland, EuropeThats where
  the good chocolate comes from

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This is Railo
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This is what I will do for you

• I will present to you new version of Railo
• tell you what Railo is
• and what it can do for you
• and of course
• what new features are coming in the new version

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CFML problems

• performance
• stability
• performance
• pricing
• performance
• code protection
• performance
• security
• oh and performance

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What is Railo?

• Railo
• compiles CFML into Java byte code
• executes CFML incredibly fast
• uses a new CFML server architecture
• introduces new features
• is easy to use
• is inexpensive

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What is different

• new architecture
• two administrators
• different type of security settings
• new tags and functions
• Railo archives
• resources
• performance

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First of all
Its Railo too, or two, or 2.0
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What is a web context?

• a web context is a directory created for Railo,
  which contains a WEB-INF folder
• each web context can be configured individually
  and has its own resources
• one web context can not access any settings or
  resources from any other web context
• in general a web context corresponds to a web
  application

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Railo architecture

• one installation
• many web contexts
• logical separation on web context level
• security settings on web context level
• global defaults for all web contexts

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Architectural view
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This means

• No endless lists of data sources/custom
  tags/mappings etc.
• Settings are stored in the local context
• Security is easy to manage
• Own administrator for global settings and several
  rights
• AND last but not least
• Each user can change his own settings

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Railo administrator

• One for each local webA hoster might grant each
  user the right to use a local administrator an
  manage his own settings within his rights
• One for the global settings and authorizations of
  all or individual web contextsDefine a basic
  standard and let the users manage their web
  contexts themselves

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Sightseeing

• Let us take a tour through the Railo web and
  server administrator
• Check out the new features and configuration
  options
• Several samples should clarify the different
  settings

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Fast or not fast Fusebox
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Fast or not fast MachII
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General changes

• internal database
• cfadmin
• synchronized components
• database information DBInfo()
• cfm file does not need to exist upon request,
  onRequest()
• archives

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Further changes

• cffinally, cfloop file""
• cfdump eval", cffile action"info
• cfcache
• getters/setters, onMissingFunction
• magic functions
• and many more

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New functions

• struct(), array(), query(), serialize()
• duplicate() - cfc
• compress(), extract()
• dump()
• nowServer()
• expandPath() usage of directory placeholders
• getVariable()
• soundEx()
• and many more

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Railo resources

• Complete new way of thinking and programming
• Store your files nearly everywhere
• Usage in mappings, several admin settings
• Usage in all file related tags and functions
• No special knowledge necessary

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Railo resources

• Based on an interface and therefore open for new
  implementationsdb, sftp, ssh, webdav, encrypted,
  etc.
• Railo resources are transaction save
• Resources can be case sensitive or not
• Examples
• ltcffile actioncopy sourcec\temp.txt"
  destination"ftp//userpass_at_somehost/pub/temp.txt
  gt
• ltcffile actioncopy sourcec\temp.txt"
  destinationzip//c/temp.zip!/pub/temp.txtgt
• ltcffile actioncopy sourcec\temp.txt"
  destinationram///pub/temp.txtgt
• ltcffile actioncopy sourcehttp//www.mypage.co
  m/pub/temp.txt " destinationc\temp.txtgt

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CFFM into a resource

• generate a zip out of several files
• copy it to a given location
• create a mapping to it
• browse through the zip file
• create new files inside the zip
• change the mapping to RAM
• do it all over again

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Advantages

• staging ? live problem
• save implementation time
• reusable code
• location of the file is not important

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Railo pricing

• Prices start at 300 for Railo professional
• Additional Webs for 100
• Enterprise is 2,400
• Update for 50 resp. 600
• 20 Update discounts on Railo if you have other
  CFML engines

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Future perspectives

• CFFLASH
• CFVIDEO
• CFIMAGE
• Further resource types (DB, SFTP, etc.)More
  features for existing resources (force case
  sensibility even on case insensible operating
  systems like Windows)
• Surveillance
• Further administrator enhancements

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Let me home

• Any questions?