Modernize or Die® - CFML News for June 15th, 2021 - Episode 108

2021-06-15 Weekly News - Episode 108Watch the video version on YouTube at https://youtu.be/Rj_11izO9f8 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 GumRoad (http://gum.co/coldbox-tips)Patreon 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 EventsAdobe CF added support for Azul JDKEffective July 21st 2021, ColdFusion customers can develop and operate their CF applications with distributions of the Azul Zulu builds of OpenJDK, standards compliant with Java SE. Support for the Azul Zulu JDKs will be provided by Adobe to our CF customers.On July 21st, ColdFusion installers for ColdFusion (2018 release) and ColdFusion (2021 release) with the Azul JDKs will be available for download from https://www.adobe.com/support/coldfusion/downloads.html.In the interim, we’ve set up a pre-release, where ColdFusion customers can try out the Azul based installers.https://coldfusion.adobe.com/2021/06/support-azul-jdk/ Into the Box 2021 will be an Live In Person ConferenceAfter much deliberation, and lots of survey responses, we have decided to host this years Into the Box, live in person in Houston Texas in September.Call for speakers will be sent out this week, giving you 2 weeks to get your submissions in. There will be no workshops this year, just 2 days full of great CFML content.Server troubles - Hibernate missing from LuceeFor one of our clients, we started to get some strange errors. We finally tracked it down to Hibernate not being installed in Lucee. The fix was to add the Extension ID to our CommandBox args to ensure it was installed. We’re looking into it, but if you get some weird TreeWalker error, it might be the same thing.UPDATE: Looked like the extension was installed, but the lucee-server.xml was missing the extension, so it must have not completely finished the install process and that caused the issue. Online CF Meetup - CF Modernization Challenges - Improving Legacy Code, with David ByersThursday, June 17, 202111:00 AM to 12:00 PM CDTEvery ColdFusion developer is a builder and an artist. We want to create and craft beautiful, elegant solutions with CFML that are powerful and dynamic… but sometimes, we still need to deal with the legacy code that was built a decade ago by a developer who has long since left the organization and didn’t know what they were doing to begin with. Or, maybe the company direction has shifted (again) and what was a priority in the past is no longer relevant. Maybe the approach you originally took to a problem can be done cleaner, and more efficiently. Maybe there’s new functionality in ColdFusion that renders old approaches obsolete. At some point, modernization of your approach becomes necessary to retain your sanity!In this group therapy session, I will discuss legacy code, why it’s difficult to manage, how to take incremental approaches to improving it and some techniques on how to modernize your development approach.https://www.meetup.com/coldfusionmeetup/events/278773692/ 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 Registration: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIsd-2qrzMiG9DIROF-hQGy8Qj2TUkGHGth ICYMI - CommandBox Docker v3.4.0 Images ReleasedToday we are pleased to announce the release of version 3.4.0 of our CommandBox Docker images, which bumps the CommandBox binary version to v5.3.1. This release primarily contains optimizations and updates to leverage the new environmental support options available in CommandBox 5.3.0 and above.https://www.ortussolutions.com/blog/commandbox-docker-v340-images-released https://hub.docker.com/r/ortussolutions/commandbox/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 Updateshttp://www.cfcasts.com Just ReleasedObject-Oriented Programming with Nolan Erck (https://cfcasts.com/series/oop-series)Why Composition over InheritanceDiamond-design ProblemInterfaces with DucksDon't forget - the first 4 videos in this series are FREEComing this weekObject-Oriented Programming with Nolan Erck (https://cfcasts.com/series/oop-series)Combining Inheritance Composition InterfacesIntro to Design PatternsCreational Patterns : Intro + Showcase Singleton / Transient, FactoryUp and Running with Quick - Quick Workshop SeriesComing 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 TrainingAdobe ColdFusion Developers WeekJune 22-24, 2021 - OnlineAgenda now on the website - 2 tracks - Some sessions now have descriptions4 times 7am 9am 12pm 2pm - more sessions might be comingNo podcast on the 22nd due to the Developer WeekCoders, mark your calendars for Adobe ColdFusion Developer Week 2021!Coders, Adobe ColdFusion Developer Week 2021 is edging closer! This year, we’ve lined up a series of sessions and webinars that will give you a 360-degree view of ColdFusio...