Modernize or Die® - CFML News for June 30th, 2020 - Episode 59

2020-06-30 Weekly News - Episode 59Watch the video version on YouTube at https://youtu.be/sHI4ZSfkvEgHosts:Gavin Pickin - Software Consultant for Ortus SolutionsBrad Wood - Software Consultant for Ortus SolutionsThanks to our Sponsor - Ortus SolutionsGet live training from the makers of your favorite Box Product.Live Virtual Workshops available for signup in July are now available, and more announcements coming soon. CFCasts.com is up and running with all of the Into the Box 2020 Videos, and subscriptions are now live for more content.Patreon SupportWe are at the 48% mark for fully funding all of 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 EventsCFML Slack is now 5 years old!!!!3500+ members - Not a member? Join here - https://cfml-slack.herokuapp.com/600+ BoxTeam Slack is available here: https://boxteam.herokuapp.com/CFCasts - Subscriptions now live.We’re continuing to add features and work on Content in CFCastshttps://cfcasts.com/Adobe ColdFusion Certification now available OnlineAdobe Certified Professional: Adobe ColdFusion is an industry-leading certification program from Adobe, for ColdFusion developers. The course consists of 50+ online videos and is designed for professionals who have basic to advance level proficiency in any computer language and basic understanding of how web pages work. Successfully passing an assessment test at the end of the program will reward participants with a badge and certificate from Adobe.https://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion-family/certificate.htmlICYMI - Ortus Webinar - Modern Functional & Fluent CFML REST APIsGavin Pickin Recorded: Friday June 26th, at 9am PDTDRY Programming can be more fun than you think, in this session we'll show you how a few helper methods can give you a functional, fluent, stylish and clean way to write code for your REST API. Not writing an API, this can help traditional Applications too.Recording: https://cfcasts.com/series/webinars/videos/gavin-on-modern-functional-and-fluent-cfml-rest-apisWebinars page: https://www.ortussolutions.com/events/webinarsColdFusion Meetup - "Your best options to build modern front-ends with JavaScript", with Dan WilsonThursday July 9 at 12pm US Eastern Time, UTC-4.The JavaScript ecosystem moves fast. In the last few years, the ecosystem has consolidated into several dominant choices like React, Angular, and Vue.js. Picking the right frameworks means you will be able to efficiently build apps your users will love. The right choice depends a lot on philosophy and your circumstances. In this presentation we’ll go over the major frameworks and discuss the pros and cons to each. We’ll also look at sample code and the overall developer experience. At the end of this talk, you’ll be better prepared to make the best choice for your company.Meeting URL: https://experts.adobeconnect.com/cfmeetup/ColdFusion Meetup - "How Native Mobile Development Changed the Way I Write Web Apps", w/ TJ VanTollThursday July 16 at 12pm US Eastern Time, UTC-4Web developers tend to be unabashed defenders of the web platform, and tend to view native mobile platforms as proprietary, gated and bloated.As a long-time web developer I felt this way too, but then something unexpected happened: I joined the dark side, and spent five years of my career working on—*gasp*—iOS and Android applications.Now, like an explorer returning from a multi-year safari—I have so much to share! In this talk I’ll discuss how native development has improved the way I write code for the web, and how you can incorporate the best native app performance and testing tips into your web workflows.Meeting URL: https://experts.adobeconnect.com/cfmeetup/ICYMI ColdFusion Meetup - "Keeping CF (and Java) updated: challenges and solutions", with Charlie ArehartThursday June 25 at 12pm US Eastern Time, UTC-4.Are you keeping up on whatever updates are available for the CF version you're running (2018, 2016, or so on)? And how about updating the Java/JVM that CF uses? You should be, for security as well as bug fix reasons. And what about the web server connector (wsconfig)?Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anNR58b4DEQ&list=PLG2EHzEbhy0-QirMKgSxhjkUyTSSTvHjL&index=2&t=0sAdobe Webinar - Understanding the what, when and how of API Manager architecture and its various components with Kailash BihaniJuly 23, 202010 am PTDive right into API Manager architecture and learn about its various components including datastore, server and elastic search. Find out how to install API Manager and the myriad of settings you can play with to ensure the best performance!https://cfwebinar-apim.meetus.adobeevents.com/Adobe Webinar - A bird's-eye view of PMT architecture and how to harness it's true potential with Nimit SharmaJuly 30, 202010 am PTThis session will walk you through everything there is to know about PMT architecture and the configurations to look out for when installing PMT on your systems. Get a deeper look at how data flows in the system and the configuration files where the data is stored. Explore the common customer issues and find out how using archiving can reduce the disk consumption.https://cfwebinar-pmt-architecture.meetus.adobeevents.com/Eclipse just acquired AdoptOpen JDK APIThis is the same API that commandBox uses for the JDK loading process.New name for the project “Eclipse Adoptium”?https://blog.adoptopenjdk.net/2020/06/adoptopenjdk-to-join-the-eclipse-foundation/Reminder: 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!484 respondents so far.https://teratech.com/state-of-the-cf-union-2020/Partial Results: https://teratech.com/state-of-the-CF-Union-2020-partial-ResultsConferencesInto ...