Modernize or Die® - CFML News for July 6th, 2021 - Episode 110

2021-07-06 Weekly News - Episode 110Watch the video version on YouTube at https://youtu.be/DCyA2nSjtrc Hosts: Gavin Pickin - Senior Developer for Ortus SolutionsEric Peterson - 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. 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 EventsFusionReactor 8.7.2 releasedJust a quick note to report that FusionReactor 8.7.2 has been released, on July 5 2021. You can see the changes (new features/improvements) and bug fixes (there are just several rather modest ones this release) in the release notes doc for all FR 8 versions.https://www.fusion-reactor.com/support/kb/frs-456/ 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-5-3-8-189/8484ICYMI - Ortus Webinar for June - Eric Peterson - Topic - Build a Blog in 30 minutes with QuickWednesday, June 30th at 11:00 AM CTIn this webinar, Eric will: give us an overview of ColdBox and Quick, give us reasons why we would use this library, he'll show us an example app to explore how it works and we'll have tons of live coding!Webinars Page: https://www.ortussolutions.com/events/webinars Recording: https://cfcasts.com/series/webinars-2021/videos/eric-peterson-on-how-to-build-a-blog-in-30-minutes-with-coldbox-and-quick Reminder - 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 CFCasts Content Updateshttps://www.cfcasts.com Just ReleasedObject-Oriented Programming with Nolan Erck (https://cfcasts.com/series/oop-series)NOW WITH CAPTIONS!Clean CodeCode SmellsIntro to RefactoringDon't forget - the first 4 videos in this series are FREEUp and Running with Quick - Quick Workshop SeriesComing this weekObject-Oriented Programming with Nolan Erck (https://cfcasts.com/series/oop-series)CFC Docs with DocBox for DocumentationCoding Guidelines and CFFormatLast videos of the series.Coming up soonMore What’s new with ColdBox 6More What’s new in qb 8More Using DocBoxLogBox 101Send 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.Call for speakers coming this week now we know we’re in person.Deadline for Call for Speakers June 30 - so submit ASAP - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScXkZe7W-frEV5M4Id28Cz0wSr7meyJQfOnYEXgj7lzhcEA6g/viewformhttps://intothebox.orghttps://itb2021.eventbrite.comITB Latam 2021 - live in personDecember 2nd or 3rd 2021 (confirming dates asap)More conferencesNeed more conferences, this site has a huge list of conferences for almost any language/community.https://confs.tech/CFML is now on the list - https://confs.tech/conferences/new Into the Box PR - https://github.com/tech-conferences/conference-data/pull/3617Blogs, Tweets and Videos of the WeekBlog - Ben Nadel - Using The Directory Attribute To Invoke CFExecute From A Working Directory In Lucee CFML 5.3.8.189At InVision, I generate a lot of ZIP files using the CFExecute tag and the zip command-line utility. And, in most cases, I need to execute that zip CLI from a "working directory" in order to maintain the input directory's local folder structure. Historically, I've had to execute the zip command through a proxy command in order to use a working directory. However, with the release of Lucee CFML 5.3.8, the CFExecute tag now has a directory attribute! I'm super excited about this; so, I wanted to take a quick look at how it works.https://www.bennadel.com/blog/4074-using-the-directory-attribute-to-invoke-cfexecute-from-a-working-directory-in-lucee-cfml-5-3-8-189.htmBlog - Julian Halliwell - Copying Windows file permissions in LuceeThere is a currently unresolved regression bug in Lucee affecting file uploads, which is worth being aware of.When you upload a file using Lucee it isn't saved directly to the destination path, but is first stored in the server's GetTempDirectory() location before being moved to where you've specified it should be.Having this intermediate step is a sensible security measure as it allows the OS to detect viruses before the file is placed anywhere it might do damage.