ColdFusion 2023 released, May 17 2023 - thoughts and resources
Note: This blog post is from 2023. Some content may be outdated--though not necessarily. Same with links and subsequent comments from myself or others. Corrections are welcome, in the comments. And I may revise the content as necessary.ColdFusion 2023 has been released today, May 17 2023. For more on the many features, see the following several Adobe blog posts and substantial documentation resources they released also today, about which I offer some additional comment below.
I also discuss changes in OS support (saving you having to compare the docs discussing that), as well as the change to CF2023 running on Java 17 (which you could miss, as it's not highlighted by Adobe in any of the announcement resources.) I also discuss changes in the licensing document/EULA (again, to save you having to do that comparison), as well as an observation about pricing (it has not changed since CF2021).
I also discuss some migration considerations and close by pointing out the Hidden Gems in CF2023 talk that I did, based on the prerelease. I plan to update that in time based on this final release.
That said, as I explain in that other post, anyone who installs cf (even the free trial or developer edition) will find the EULA in the root of their cf install folder.
And I also explain there that one can just get the cf zip instead of the installer and (with no need of installing cf) one can find the EULA in the folder I name in the post.
To be clear, it was indeed the real final EULA (from the installer) which I quoted for my points on it in the post above.