Modernize or Die® - CFML News for July 13th, 2021 - Episode 111

2021-07-13 Weekly News - Episode 111Watch the video version on YouTube at https://youtu.be/NzjspE5TDrU Hosts: Gavin Pickin - Senior Developer for Ortus SolutionsBrad Wood - Senior Developer 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 GumRoad (http://gum.co/coldbox-tips)Patreon SupportWe have 38 patreons providing 100% of the funding for our Modernize or Die Podcasts via our Patreon site: https://www.patreon.com/ortussolutions. We are now 41% of the way to our next goal, fully funding the ForgeBox.io site.Now offering Annual Memberships, pay for the year and save 10% - great for businesses.News and EventsColdBox 6.5.0 ReleasedToday we are excited to release ColdBox v6.5.0 and its standalone companion libraries: CacheBox, LogBox and WireBox. This release has focused on stability and making sure all bugs are addressed especially when using our schedulers and asynchronous processes.https://coldbox.ortusbooks.com/intro/release-history/whats-new-with-6.5.0 https://www.ortussolutions.com/blog/coldbox-650-released CFConfig 1.4.0 ReleasedToday we've released a new version of CFConfig-- your friendly neighborhood CLI for configuring Adobe and Lucee servers.  CFConfig sees a lot of little releases that we don't announce, but they are usually very small little releases adding a single setting here or there.  Today's release has a nice collection of brand new features that seemed worth talking about.https://www.ortussolutions.com/blog/cfconfig-140-released Last chance to get your Into the Box Topic Submissions in Deadline for Call for Speakers JULY 15 - so submit ASAPhttps://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScXkZe7W-frEV5M4Id28Cz0wSr7meyJQfOnYEXgj7lzhcEA6g/viewform SUPER EARLY BIRD TICKETS STILL AVAILABLEGreat to see people taking advantage of this alreadyhttps://intothebox.orghttps://itb2021.eventbrite.comContentBox CLI Release and 5RC ReleaseContentBox 5 development is moving along nicely. 5.0.0-rc.2+34 was released July 6th and ContentBox-CLI was released June 30th.https://www.forgebox.io/view/contentbox-cli#versions https://www.forgebox.io/view/contentbox#versions Ortus Webinar for July - Building API Integrations with Hyper -Michael BornWednesday, July 21st Time: 11:00 AM CTLearn how to connect to a public API using Hyper in this webinar by Michael Born, where he'll cover API integrations from storing secrets to writing unit tests, to publishing the finished, reusable library on ForgeBox.Register https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0rf-GurjMpE9cX63bZoFA-SqC4OXzDw6wK https://www.ortussolutions.com/events/webinars Adobe Developer Week Videos - Coming SoonAdobe announced the Dev Week videos would be appearing soon on their ColdFusion Portal site, on their video page. No official timeline on when they would be there, but we’ll let you know as soon as we know.They have also added more of the API series videos there as well, 6 from that series, up from 2 videos last time we mentioned it.https://coldfusion.adobe.com/videos/ ICYMI - Lucee 5.3.8 ReleasedThis has been a very long release cycle, a massive thank you to everyone who has been helping us test and address regressions and performance problems…We have done a lot of work in 5.3.8 to optimise memory usage, the main two areas being improved was the template cache handling and parallel functionality.Highlights:structValueArrayArray methods: shift(), unshift(), push(), pop(), splice()Reevaluate performance of locking overhead in pc.initApplicationContext() for every requestQuery of Query performance is very bad and single threaded for complex SQLhttps://dev.lucee.org/t/new-stable-release-5-3-8-189/8484Reminder - State of the CF Union SurveyHelp 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.Spread the news so we can get as many responses as possible.https://teratech.com/state-of-the-cf-union-2021-survey 317 Results: https://teratech.com/state-of-the-cf-union-2021-results CFCasts Content Updateshttps://www.cfcasts.com Just ReleasedObject-Oriented Programming with Nolan Erck (https://cfcasts.com/series/oop-series)NOW WITH CAPTIONS!CFC Docs with DocBox for DocumentationCoding Guidelines and CFFormatLast videos of the series.Don't forget - the first 4 videos in this series are FREEUsing DocBoxConfiguring DocBoxWriting Great Documentation with DocBoxComing this weekQuick Workshop Videos with Eric PetersonComing up soonMore What’s new with ColdBox 6More What’s new in qb 8More Using DocBoxLogBox 101What’s new in Content 5Send your suggestions at https://cfcasts.com/supportConferences and TrainingInto the Box 2021 - live in Person in Texas.September 23rd and 24th.No workshops this year.Deadline for Call for Speakers JULY 15 - so submit ASAP - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScXkZe7W-frEV5M4Id28Cz0wSr7meyJQfOnYEXgj7lzhcEA6g/viewformSelection Committee Meeting this week and Next - Speakers and or Schedule coming soon.SUPER EARLY BIRD TICKETS STILL AVAILABLEhttps://intothebox.orghttps://itb2021.eventbrite.comITB Latam 2021 - live in personDecember 2nd or 3rd 2021 (c...