Editing Adobe ColdFusion (section)

=== Adobe ColdFusion (2018 Release) ===
Adobe ColdFusion (2018 release), known generically as ColdFusion 2018, was released on July 12, 2018.<ref>{{cite web
  |url=https://coldfusion.adobe.com/2018/07/new-coldfusion-release-adds-performance-monitoring-toolset-for-measuring-monitoring-and-managing-high-performing-web-apps/
  |title=New ColdFusion Release Adds Performance Monitoring Toolset for Measuring, Monitoring and Managing High-Performing Web Apps
  |date=2018-07-12
  |work=Adobe Systems Incorporated
  |access-date=2018-07-16
  |archive-date=2018-07-16
  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180716112048/https://coldfusion.adobe.com/2018/07/new-coldfusion-release-adds-performance-monitoring-toolset-for-measuring-monitoring-and-managing-high-performing-web-apps/
  |url-status=live
  }}</ref> ColdFusion 2018 was codenamed Aether during prerelease.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://blogs.coldfusion.com/post.cfm/code-names-for-coldfusion-server-and-coldfusion-builder|title=Code names for ColdFusion server and ColdFusion Builder|work=Adobe ColdFusion Blog|access-date=2015-08-05|archive-date=2015-07-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150710045415/http://blogs.coldfusion.com/post.cfm/code-names-for-coldfusion-server-and-coldfusion-builder|url-status=dead}}</ref>

As of March 2023, Adobe had released 16 updates<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://helpx.adobe.com/in/coldfusion/kb/coldfusion-2018-updates.html|title=ColdFusion (2018 release) updates|website=helpx.adobe.com|access-date=2019-10-09}}</ref> for ColdFusion 2018.

New or improved features available in all editions (Standard, Enterprise, and Developer) include:<ref>{{cite web
  |url= https://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion-standard/features.html
  |title= ColdFusion 2018 Features
  |work= Adobe Systems Incorporated
  |access-date= 2018-07-27
  |archive-date= 2018-07-28
  |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180728035709/https://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion-standard/features.html
  |url-status= live
  }}</ref>
* Language enhancements (including NULL, abstract classes and methods, covariants and finals, closures in tags, and more)
* Asynchronous programming, using Futures
* Command line REPL
* Auto lockdown capability
* Distributed cache support (Redis, memcached, JCS)
* REST playground capability
* Modernized Admin UI
* Performance Monitoring Toolset