EPISODE · Apr 27, 2021 · 1H 19M
Modernize or Die® - CFML News for April 27th, 2021 - Episode 101
from Modernize or Die ® Podcast · host Ortus Solutions
2021-04-27 Weekly News - Episode 101Watch the video version on YouTube at https://youtu.be/_leAN4KNezY Hosts: Gavin Pickin - Software Consultant for Ortus SolutionsBrad Wood - Software Consultant for Ortus SolutionsThanks to our Sponsor - Ortus SolutionsThe makers of ColdBox, CommandBox, ForgeBox, TestBox and almost every other Box out there. A few ways to say thanks back to Ortus Solutions:Like and subscribe to our videos on youtube. Sign up for a free or paid account on CFCasts, which is releasing new content every weekBuy Ortus’s new Book - 102 ColdBox HMVC Quick Tips and Tricks on GumRoadPatreon SupportWe have 36 patreons providing 83% of the funding for our Modernize or Die Podcasts via our Patreon site: https://www.patreon.com/ortussolutions. If you love our podcasts and all we do for the #coldfusion #cfml community considers chipping in, we are almost there!https://www.ortussolutions.com/blog/we-need-your-help News and EventsWe made it to 100 Episodes!!So to thank our supporters, we decided to do a little raffle giveaway.To enter the raffle, contestants had to answer 5 Ortus Trivia questions on the google form, and we selected 5 winners, each to get boxlife swag packages.The winners are: David BelangerScott SteinbeckWil de BruinMatthew ClementeMatthew BrownAdobe’s ColdFusion Certification price dropsAdobe Certified Professional: Adobe ColdFusion is an industry-leading certification program from Adobe, for Adobe ColdFusion developers. The course consists of 50+ online videos and is designed for professionals who have basic to advanced level proficiency in any computer language and basic understanding of how web pages work. Successfully passing an assessment test at the end of the program will reward participants with a badge and certificate from Adobe. Only $149https://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion-family/certificate.html Eric’s pull merged into PostGres driver repoEric’s adventure into the PostGres driver successful, with the merge completed this week.Adobe Webinar- Building modern web apps with ContentBox Modular CMS with Luis MajanoMay 5, 2021 - 12 PM ET ContentBox is a professional open source modular content management system powered by ColdBox HMVC and ColdFusion. In this session, we will get an overview of this CMS platform and how you can leverage to not only deliver content based applications, but any modern web application thanks to its powerful headless API and ColdBox services.https://cfwebinar-modularcms.meetus.adobeevents.com/ Adobe Webinar Series - API Creation and ManagementNext Webinar: 4/28/21ColdFusion Developers, do you want a first hand look at publishing APIs securely and at scale? Then mark your calendars for Brian Sappey’s upcoming webinars! This seven-part series will give you a 360 degree view of the API Manager and teach you how to build RESTful APIs with Adobe ColdFusion. Everything from securing, publishing and monitoring APIs, will be covered with hands-on examples, and easy discussions.Dates: 3/24/21, 3/25/21, 4/28/21, 4/29/31, 5/12/21, 5/13/21, 5/24/21Information: https://coldfusion.adobe.com/2021/03/webinar-series-api-creation-management/ Registration: https://coldfusion-api-management-solution.meetus.adobeevents.com/?fbclid=IwAR2q7aEI9u1ibBKrneeDvAhKWWW7V78bB_P1rTzWAh8x4e20q68gXLeMVrMRecordings: https://t.co/ZQc637BSkv Online CF Meetup - "Installing CF2021: choices, challenges, and solutions", with Charlie ArehartThursday, April 29, 202111:00 AM to 12:00 PM CDTIf you're considering moving to CF2021, there are some things to consider before or as you may install it. First, there’s a new “zip” install option, in addition to the traditional full installer. What’s that about? why should you use it? what are some challenges, and why might you not want to? We'll cover that...https://www.meetup.com/coldfusionmeetup/events/277816061/ ICYMI - Ortus Webinar - Building modern web apps with ContentBox Modular CMS with Luis MajanoApril 23, 2021 Time: 11:00 AM CTContentBox is a professional open source modular content management system powered by ColdBox HMVC and ColdFusion. In this session, led by Luis Majano, we will get an overview of this CMS platform and how you can leverage it to not only deliver content based applications, but any modern web application thanks to its powerful headless API and ColdBox services.https://www.ortussolutions.com/events/webinars Recordings: https://cfcasts.com/series/webinars-2021/videos/luis-majano-on-building-modern-web-apps-with-contentbox-modular-cms Reminder: New Book from Luis Majano 102 ColdBox HMVC Quick Tips and TricksNow Available on Gumroad - $29http://gum.co/coldbox-tips Signup with your email for 10 free tipshttps://www.ortussolutions.com/learn/books/102-tips-tricks CFCasts Content Updateshttps://www.cfcasts.com CFCasts site updates!Just Released- Ortus Webinars - Luis Majano on Building Modern Web Apps With ContentBox Modular CMS https://cfcasts.com/series/webinars-2021/videos/luis-majano-on-building-modern-web-apps-with-contentbox-modular-cms Coming up soonMore CommandBox Zero to HeroMore What’s new with ColdBox 6Up and Running with QuickLogBox 101Using DocBoxSend your suggestions at https://cfcasts.com/supportConferences and TrainingICYMI - RedisConf 2021Virtual: Apr 20-21Rediscover the power of real-time data. Join us at RedisConf 2021 to hear from the Redis community, customers, and industry experts. Dive into the latest product experiences, get hands-on training, network with other Redis pros, and show off your skills by participating in a $100,000 hackathon.https://redislabs.com/redisconf/ Recordings: Register for RedisConf 2021 - Watch on demand until May 20Atlassian Teams 21Apr 28-30 Better teams starts with being better teammates. Check out Atlassian’s vision for Team 2021, formerly Summit.
What this episode covers
Brad and Gavin host this weeks episode. They discuss the 100th episode and the winners of the boxlife swag raffle for those answering the Ortus Trivia questions. They discuss the new price for the Adobe ColdFusion Certification. They discuss a new Adobe Webinar Building modern web apps with ContentBox Modular CMS with Luis Majano. They discuss the Webinar series by Adobe, 7 webinars spread out over the next 2 months... and share the link to previous videos in the series. They a new Online CF Meetup presentation from Charlie on Installing ACF2021. They also reminded you that the 102 ColdBox HMVC Tips and Tricks is now available on Gumroad, and the Book page is now on the Ortus Site with a way to get 10 free tips from the book. They discuss the latest CFCasts content, and some upcoming conferences. They spotlight a lot of great blog posts, tweets, videos and podcasts, too many to list, so listen to the show. They announce some jobs from getCfmlJobs.com. They show off the ForgeBox module of the Week, JMESPath v2.4.0 by Scott Steinbeck - An implementation of JMESPath for ColdFusion. This implementation supports searching JSON documents as well as native Coldfusion structs and arrays. This week's VS Code Tip of the week is VSCode Highlight Matching Tag - This extension highlights matching opening and/or closing tags. Optionally it also shows path to tag in the status bar. Even though VSCode has some basic tag matching, it's just that - basic. They thanked all their Patreons, but also talked a little information about new perks for their Patreon supporters. For the show notes - visit the website https://cfmlnews.modernizeordie.io/episodes/modernize-or-die-cfml-news-for-april-27th-2021-episode-101 Music from this podcast used under Royalty Free license from SoundDotCom https://www.soundotcom.com/ and BlueTreeAudio https://bluetreeaudio.com
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