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<h2 id="version-history">Version history</h2> <h3>Adobe ColdFusion Builder 1.0</h3> <p>ColdFusion Builder became available on March 22, 2010, along with Flash Builder 4.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a> </p><p>Features include: </p> <ul><li>Object Relational Mapping auto-configuration</li> <li>Application Code Generation</li> <li>Server management</li> <li>Easily extensible through the Eclipse framework</li> <li>CFML, HTML, JavaScript, and CSS <a href="/facts/Syntax_highlighting/cLCr5a6w">syntax highlighting</a></li> <li>Code assist for tags, functions, variables, and components</li> <li><a href="/facts/Code_folding/vQ0vqmmE">Code folding</a></li> <li>Snippet creation and management</li> <li>Outline viewing</li> <li>RDS Explorer for files and databases</li> <li>Line-level Debugging</li> <li>Refactoring</li></ul> <h3>Adobe ColdFusion Builder 2.0</h3> <p>ColdFusion Builder 2.0 (codename "Storm") was confirmed and previewed at Adobe MAX 2010 by Adobe. Major features include improved code navigation, searching improvements, code formatting and automatic <a href="/facts/Method_stub/oG08a8Ad">method stub</a> creation. The product was officially released on May 3, 2011.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> </p><p>New Features: </p> <ul><li>Automatic insertion of required tag attributes.</li> <li>Argument context information via code assist.</li> <li>Custom and persistent code folding.</li> <li>Jump to matching tag shortcuts.</li> <li>Hover help for built-in tags, functions and UDFs.</li> <li>Granular code formatting preferences.</li> <li>Customized advanced find/replace specifically for CFML code.</li> <li>Extension enhancements and callbacks for extending the IDE.</li> <li>Task tags with TODO and FIXME notes</li></ul> <h3>Adobe ColdFusion Builder 3.0</h3> <p>ColdFusion Builder 3.0 (codename "Thunder") was officially released on April 29, 2014.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> </p><p>New Features: </p> <ul><li>CFML-based mobile app development</li> <li>On-device debugging</li> <li>Multidevice inspection</li> <li>Code insight</li> <li>Linux Support</li></ul> <h3>Adobe ColdFusion Builder 2016</h3> <p>ColdFusion Builder 2016 (3.1.3.300344) was officially released on February 16, 2016.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> </p> <h3>Adobe ColdFusion Builder 2018</h3> <p>ColdFusion Builder 2018 (3.2.0) was officially released on July 12, 2018.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> </p><p>ColdFusion Builder 2018 (3.2.1.313943) was updated on February 4, 2019. </p> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Adobe_Dreamweaver/MzP28RQ4">Adobe Dreamweaver</a> - non-CF specific web development IDE</li> <li><a href="/facts/HomeSite/YbLGSxf5">HomeSite</a> - previous official editor for CF.</li> <li><a href="/facts/List_of_Eclipse-based_software/vs8o7B5N">List of Eclipse-based software</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Adobe Launches Flash Builder 4 <a href="https://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2361629,00.asp" target="_blank">https://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2361629,00.asp</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Adobe Blogs - "Now Available – Adobe ColdFusion Builder 2" <a href="http://blogs.adobe.com/cfbuilder/2011/05/now-available-%E2%80%93-adobe-coldfusion-builder-2.html" target="_blank">http://blogs.adobe.com/cfbuilder/2011/05/now-available-%E2%80%93-adobe-coldfusion-builder-2.html</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Adobe Blogs - "Announcing the launch of ColdFusion 11 and ColdFusion Builder 3" <a href="http://blogs.coldfusion.com/post.cfm/announcing-the-launch-for-coldfusion-11-and-coldfusion-builder-3" target="_blank">http://blogs.coldfusion.com/post.cfm/announcing-the-launch-for-coldfusion-11-and-coldfusion-builder-3</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Raymond Camden - "Adobe ColdFusion 2016 Released" <a href="https://www.raymondcamden.com/2016/02/16/adobe-coldfusion-2016-released/" target="_blank">https://www.raymondcamden.com/2016/02/16/adobe-coldfusion-2016-released/</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>New Adobe ColdFusion Builder (VS Code extension) beta release <a href="https://teratech.com/new-adobe-cf-builder-vs-code-extension-release/" target="_blank">https://teratech.com/new-adobe-cf-builder-vs-code-extension-release/</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>