Modernize or Die® - CFML News for March 9th, 2021 - Episode 94

2021-03-09 Weekly News - Episode 94Watch the video version on YouTube at https://youtu.be/lF4X6wKiV-g Hosts:Luis Majano - Owner / Guru for Ortus SolutionsGavin Pickin - Software Consultant for Ortus SolutionsThanks to our Sponsor - Ortus SolutionsOne way to say thanks back to Ortus Solutions, is to like and subscribe to our videos on youtube.Support CFCasts, which is releasing new content every week.Buy Ortus’s new Book - 102 ColdBox HMVC Quick Tips and Tricks on GumRoadPatreon SupportWe have 34 patreons providing 73% 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 EventsNew FORGEBOX® Pricing for 2021+A new year means focusing on new priorities and projects. With that in mind, we wanted to give FORGEBOX® the spotlight it deserves. Our goal is to make your job and your life easier, that’s why we have decided to bring down our pricing considerably!https://www.ortussolutions.com/blog/new-forgebox-pricing-for-2021 ContentBox 5 BetaNew big features, Mutli-site, and finally solid Postgres support.Official Beta coming very soon.Ortus Webinar Announced - Vue.js in my ColdBox AppFriday, March 26th at 11:00 AM CT (GMT -6:00)In this webinar, Esmeralda Acevedo will show us how to integrate Vue in a simple ColdBox app, which will ultimately demonstrate the fundamentals of Vue.js.with Esme Acevedohttps://www.ortussolutions.com/events/webinars Online CF Meetup - "ColdFusion 101: Intro for Beginner Devs, Decision Makers, & CEO’s", David Byers Thursday, March 11, 202111:00 AM to 12:00 PM CSTEvery developer's journey has to start somewhere. This session is designed to give new developers and business owners an overview of ColdFusion, and why it's one of the most amazing development languages available. You will learn, from a very broad perspective, the basics of how ColdFusion works, some simple ColdFusion syntax, an overview of the major ColdFusion frameworks, an overview of the developer community and various ColdFusion resources, and some facts and misconceptions.This presentation is specifically targeted towards new developers or business owners who have little to no knowledge of ColdFusion.https://www.meetup.com/coldfusionmeetup/events/276609685/ FR Webinar - What Are The 5 Things You Should ALWAYS Check Before You Release Your Application?Join Mikey on March 25 at 09:30 PDT Releasing a new app or website can be stressful. Whilst most dev teams have a QA process, the team often needs to go a little deeper in order to spot performance issues errors buried deep within the code.  The 5 things you should always check before you release your application are https://www.fusion-reactor.com/blog/what-are-the-5-things-you-should-always-check-before-you-release-your-application/ Register: https://bit.ly/3bD4WWr New Book from Luis Majano 102 ColdBox HMVC Quick Tips and TricksNow Available on Gumroad - $29http://gum.co/coldbox-tips Reminder about the new Ortus CommunityOrtus has rolled out our new Ortus Community site to help consolidate all of our community support and interaction.  As part of that effort, all our Google Group threads have been imported to the new Ortus Community and effective immediately, our Google Groups are closed for further posting.If you're a member of our Google groups, don't worry-- your user has already been imported into the community forum and as soon as you sign up, you will be automatically associated with all of your old posts so you can pick up your conversations right where you left off!  We've even added single sign on options for Github, Facebook, Google, and Twitter (coming soon).  If your new account is under a different E-mail address, let us know and we can merge your accounts together.https://community.ortussolutions.com/ CFCasts Content UpdatesJust Released- CommandBox Zero to Hero    - Task Runners Part 1    - Task Runners Part 2Coming up- More CommandBox Hero to ZeroSend your suggestions at https://cfcasts.com/supportConferences and TrainingVueConf - Virtual Vue LoveApril 14th - Online - Free and there’s swag (first 500 registrations)Hosted by Evan YouLive Video with Chat Q&A with speakersAttendee Lightning TalksLive DJVirtual PartyWorkshops TBAhttp://vueconf.us/ RedisConf 2021Virtual: Apr 20-21Stay tuned for Detailshttps://redislabs.com/redisconf/ DockerConMay 27th 2021https://www.docker.com/dockercon/ Ortus WorkshopsQuick WorkshopMarch 11-12Lead by the creator of Quick himself, Eric Peterson.Information: https://www.ortussolutions.com/blog/first-workshop-of-the-year-announced-up-and-running-with-quickRegister now https://www.eventbrite.com/e/up-and-running-with-quick-tickets-124157021995 More dates to come - CommandBox Zero to Hero - ColdBox Zero to Hero - ColdBox Hero to SuperHeroOrtus’s Possible Conferences for 2021Dates subject to changeDue to Online conference overload, we are thinking about not expanding the number of events, but more content in more timezones with a different format.ITB - Developer Week Style?? With some European Timezone Friendly slots from our European Community MembersSeptember 2021Call for speakers coming soonITB LatamDecember 2021More 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 Blogs, Tweets and Videos of the WeekBlog - Ben Nadel - Using ColdFusion Custom Tags To Create An HTML Email DSL In Lucee CFML 5.3.7.47, Part XIILast week was InVision's "Sync Week" - our annual all-company meetup and hackathon. And, for my hackathon topic, I decided to try and apply my ColdFusion custom tag DSL (Domain Specific Language) for HTLM emails to our application's transaction...