EPISODE · Dec 22, 2020 · 38 MIN
Modernize or Die® - CFML News for December 22nd, 2020 - Episode 84
from Modernize or Die ® Podcast · host Ortus Solutions
2020-12-22 Weekly News - Episode 84Watch the video version on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VzzvpJwgo4Hosts:Eric Peterson - Software Consultant for Ortus SolutionsMatthew Clemente - Developer at Season 4, LLCThanks to our Sponsor - Ortus SolutionsCFCasts is releasing new Free and Paid content every week, now including the ColdBox Zero to Hero training seriesPatreon SupportWe have 33 patreons providing 57% 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 EventsCommandBox 5.2.1 Releasedhttps://www.ortussolutions.com/blog/commandbox-521-releaseColdBox 6.2.0 Releasedhttps://www.ortussolutions.com/blog/coldbox-620-releasedAdvent of Code 2020Advent of Code is an Advent calendar of small programming puzzles for a variety of skill sets and skill levels that can be solved in any programming language you like. People use them as a speed contest, interview prep, company training, university coursework, practice problems, or to challenge each other.You don't need a computer science background to participate - just a little programming knowledge and some problem solving skills will get you pretty far. Nor do you need a fancy computer; every problem has a solution that completes in at most 15 seconds on ten-year-old hardware.https://adventofcode.com/2020 CFCasts Content Updates - ColdBox Zero to Hero Workshop - 12 Modules of ForgeBox ChristmasSend your suggestions at https://cfcasts.com/supportConferences and TrainingAWS re:Invent NOV. 30 – DEC. 18, 2020, JAN 12 - 14, 2021New dates added in January 2021.FreeAmazon’s Premium Conference is also virtual, and a free 3-week event:https://reinvent.awsevents.com/ Blogs, Tweets and Videos of the Week Blog - Charlie Arehart - What CF2021 giveth, CF2021 taketh away for now it seems. Some new features on hold?https://coldfusion.adobe.com/2020/12/what-cf2021-giveth/Blog - Robert Zehnder - Quickly transform XML to JSON with org.json.XML and ColdFusionhttps://kisdigital.com/quickly-transform-xml-to-json-with-org-json/Video - TeraTech - ColdFusion 2021 Revealing Details on How it was Created with Rakshith Nareshhttps://teratech.com/podcast/coldfusion-2021-revealing-details-on-how-it-was-created-with-rakshith-naresh/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=107-coldfusion-2021-revealing-details-on-how-it-was-created-with-rakshith-nareshBlog - Charlie Arehart - Online ColdFusion Meetup 2020 year in reviewhttps://coldfusion.adobe.com/2020/12/cfmeetup2020_year_in_review/Blog - Ben Nadel - Looking For Database Performance Bottlenecks And Optimizations Using The Sys Schema In MySQL 5.7https://www.bennadel.com/blog/3943-looking-for-database-performance-bottlenecks-and-optimizations-using-the-sys-schema-in-mysql-5-7.htmBlog - Ben Nadel - Why I've Been Merging Microservices Back Into The Monolith At InVisionhttps://www.bennadel.com/blog/3944-why-ive-been-merging-microservices-back-into-the-monolith-at-invision.htmBlog - Matthew Clemente - How Our Family Uses SMS and Smart Picture Frames to Connect During Remote Holidayshttps://blog.mattclemente.com/2020/12/22/sharing-pictures-sms-smart-frame.html Tweet - Brendan Boyle - React Server Components and ColdFusionhttps://twitter.com/brendanboyle87/status/1341353266999943168https://reactjs.org/blog/2020/12/21/data-fetching-with-react-server-components.htmlTweet - lmajano - ColdBox Async Managerhttps://twitter.com/lmajano/status/1339689085011681281https://twitter.com/lmajano/status/1340092243277967363https://twitter.com/lmajano/status/1340092800948449280https://twitter.com/lmajano/status/1340093183900983299CFML JobsSeveral positions available on https://www.getcfmljobs.com/Listing over 60 ColdFusion positions from 40 companies across 31 locations in 5 Countries.5 new jobs this week.Full-Time - Alpine Home Air Products - US Remote or ChicagoPosted Dec 18, 2020https://stackoverflow.com/jobs/472560/full-stack-coldfusion-web-developer-us-remote-alpine-home-air-productsFull-Time - TCS – ColdFusion at St Louis, MI, USA https://www.getcfmljobs.com/jobs/index.cfm/united-states/Coldfusion-Programmer-at-Saint-Louis-MI/11148Full-Time - Zenith System Solutions Inc. at Toronto, ON, Canadahttps://www.getcfmljobs.com/jobs/index.cfm/canada/ColdFusion-Developer-at-Toronto-ON/11152Full-Time - HotelPlanner at West Palm Beach, FL, United Stateshttps://www.getcfmljobs.com/jobs/index.cfm/india/ColdFusion-Application-Developer-at-Hyderabad-Telangana/11145Full-Time - Aetso Technical at Springfield, IL, United Stateshttps://www.getcfmljobs.com/jobs/index.cfm/united-kingdom/Coldfusion-and-Lucee-Developer-at-London/11144 Ortus is hiring: Senior ColdFusion CFML Developer...
What this episode covers
Eric and Special Christmas Guest Matthew Clemente host this weeks episode. They discuss new versions of CommandBox and ColdBox. They give you an roundup of CFCasts Content Updates... including 20 ColdBox Zero to Hero videos and the launch of the 12 Modules of ForgeBox Christmas. They discuss the last week of AWS re:Invent going on right now, and how to watch some of the previous months online conferences as the year comes to an end. They discuss how the Adobe ColdFusion Certification is still available online. 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, as well as a Senior CFML position available at Ortus Solutions. They show off the ForgeBox module of the Week, commandbox-bookmarks by Adam Euans - A module that allow you to bookmark directories for easy navigation. This week's VS Code Tip of the week is Make VS Code Awesome - a course to help you get more out of VS Code For the show notes - visit the website https://cfmlnews.modernizeordie.io/episodes/modernize-or-die-cfml-news-for-december-22nd-2020-episode-84 Music from this podcast used under Royalty Free license from SoundDotCom https://www.soundotcom.com/ and BlueTreeAudio https://bluetreeaudio.com
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