EPISODE · Apr 7, 2020 · 1H 4M
Modernize or Die® - CFML News for April 7th, 2020
from Modernize or Die ® Podcast · host Ortus Solutions
2020-04-07 Weekly News - Episode 48Watch the video version on YouTube at https://youtu.be/4zedULjJW4IHosts:Eric Peterson - Software Consultant for Ortus SolutionsGavin Pickin - Software Consultant for Ortus SolutionsThanks to our Sponsor - Ortus SolutionsGet trained by the actual makers of the ColdBox Platform, CommandBox, TestBox and ContentBox Modular CMS. We offer on-site training, regional training seminars and virtual live training as well. We have several professional training courses to choose from and we can also cater to a-la-carte trainings as well.Patreon SupportWe are at the 42% mark for fully funding all of our Modernize or Die Podcasts via our Patreon site: patreon.com/ortussolutions . If you love our podcasts and all we do for the #coldfusion #cfml community consider chipping in, we are almost there!https://www.ortussolutions.com/blog/we-need-your-help News and EventsBox Products Get Complete Makeover! - April FoolsWe decided that even during a lockdown, there might be room for a little humor, we posted a blog post on April Fools about some rebranding.ColdBox – FridgeBox TestBox – MakeItWorkBoxWireBox – ShockBoxForgeBox – ToyBox CommandBox – MasterBoxSomeone also asked for one box to contain them all, but I had to remind them that Sean Corfield encouraged us to retire KitchenSinkBox a long time ago :)https://www.ortussolutions.com/blog/box-products-get-complete-makeoverAdobe ColdFusion Developer WeekThe developer week webinars would cover all these topics and much more. This is a series of free, live webinars where the audience would be able to hear from the best developers in the ColdFusion world.If you are a new developer, someone with little or no ColdFusion experience, or even if you have been using ColdFusion all your life, these sessions are ideal for you. The ColdFusion Developer Week provides something for everyone so sign up now.May 18th - 22nd - Online2 Sessions per day - 10 sessions through the week.Free - Register Onlinehttps://cf-devweek.meetus.adobeevents.com/Lucee developer Team ExpandedLucee developer team expanded with full time Java developer, Mircea BotezLet’s welcome Mircea Botez to the team!Mircea joins the Lucee core committers as a new full time Java Resource. A 30 year old from Romania, Mircea has a degree in Computer Science from the University of Iasi and years of Java experience. Mircea is diving into the code and converting all extensions from Ant to Maven. And in time, he'll be speeding up the delivery of awesome features across the code base. We are sure that you will hear lots from Mircea soon and with luck meet him at CFCamp. Our most heart-felt thanks to Rasia and DistroKid for directly sponsoring Mircea's contribution.https://us12.campaign-archive.com/?u=a8314f9282c07e84232a26805&id=55db57ba60ColdBox Cross Site Request Forgery Module v2 releasedWe are incredibly excited to bring you a major version of our cbcsrf module, so you can protect your ColdBox applications from cross-site request forgery vectors. This is a major overhaul of the module and it will also be part of the cbSecurity module as well.https://www.ortussolutions.com/blog/coldbox-cross-site-request-forgery-module-v2-releasedcbSecurity 2.4 ReleasedThis release adds the inclusion of the Cross Site Request Forgery module into cbsecurity: cbcsrf.https://www.ortussolutions.com/blog/cbsecurity-24-releasedQuick 3.0.0-Alpha.1Released, live on the show… available quick@be on forgebox.https://www.forgebox.io/view/quick#versionsWhat's New In CommandBox 5 Screencast SeriesBrad recorded a series of Screencasts being released every Tuesday and Thursday, this is what has been released so far.Lucee Extension Management - https://www.ortussolutions.com/blog/whats-new-in-commandbox-5-lucee-extension-managementGit Access Tokens - https://www.ortussolutions.com/blog/whats-new-in-commandbox-5-git-access-tokensLibrary Updates - https://www.ortussolutions.com/blog/whats-new-in-commandbox-5-library-updatesUpcoming Adobe Webinar - Journey through the Adobe ColdFusion Performance Monitoring ToolPresenter: Elishia DvorakApril 9th, 11am PDT This session is all about demos, no slides! From start to finish, we’ll take you through the nitty gritty of troubleshooting and setting yourself up in Adobe’s ColdFusion Performance Monitoring Tool to troubleshoot the main issues that keep you awake at night. We’ll run through setting up different types of notifications, threshold settings, auto tuning, and even some simulations to give you a good sense of how the PMT can help you diagnose your craziest ColdFusion issues.https://cfwebinar-journey-pmt.meetus.adobeevents.com/Reminder: ContentBox CMS Customer Experience SurveyContentBox, our signature professional open-source modular content management system for ColdFusion (CFML), recently celebrated 8 years in the market. For sure, it has been a solid base for many companies to easily build websites, blogs, wikis, complex web applications, and RESTFul web services. We are ramping up our planning for our next generation of the ContentBox platform and we need your feedback.Please take some time to let us know your opinion, so we can start cooking some CMS goodness!https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScs2sbby0zLu6kJSQA_VqT5-ZGYsLpCI7IRgJMepxPk-BG8gw/viewformReminder: State of the CF Union 2020 SurveyVOTE FOR OUR PODCASTSHelp us find out the state of the CF Union – what versions of CFML Engine do people use, what frameworks, tools etc. We will share the summary results with everyone who completes the survey so that you can see how you compare with other CF developers.Most questions are multiple choice checkboxes that are fast to answer. Thanks for your time completing this survey!https://teratech.com/state-of-the-cf-union-2020/ConferencesAdobe CF Summit East 2020 - Cancelledhttps://carahevents.carahsoft.com/CFSummit2020/Adobe - ColdFusion Specialist Certification POST Conference - CANCELLEDhttps://carahevents.carahsoft.com/CFSummit2020/Custom?id=3408Ortus Solutions - Build Secure MVC ColdFusion Applications - Pre Conference - Cancelled
What this episode covers
Gavin and Eric host this weeks episode.They discuss Ortus' April Fools Blog Post. They announce Adobe's Developer Week announcement. They discuss Lucee's newsletter which announced Lucee is expanding their development team. They discuss updates to ColdBox Cross Site Request Forgery Module v2.0 and CBSecurity v2.4, and live on the show, Eric releases Quick 3.0.0-Alpha.1. They discuss Brad's new Screencast series on CommandBox 5. They discuss the upcoming webinars, they remind you of ContentBox CMS Customer Experience Survey and remind you to take the ColdFusion state of the Union Survey, as well as vote for the Modernize or Die podcast. They remind you about Into the Box being a virtual online conference now, tickets are now available, and special deals on the videos from 2019 and 2018 Into the Box conferences. They remind you about DockerCon online. They also announce the date for CF Summit Las Vegas 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 twitter and getCfmlJobs.com They show off our ForgeBox module of the Week, Dan Card's commandbox-siteopener and this week's VS Code Tip of the week is Git Commands Feature in GitLens 10. They finish the podcast thanking the shows Patreon supporters, including a few new ones. You can support us on Patreon here https://www.patreon.com/ortussolutions For the show notes - visit the website https://cfmlnews.modernizeordie.io/episodes/modernize-or-die-cfml-news-for-april-7th-2020 Music from this podcast used under Royalty Free license from SoundDotCom https://www.soundotcom.com/ and BlueTreeAudio https://bluetreeaudio.com
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