Modernize or Die® - CFML News for November 19th, 2020 - Episode 79

2020-11-19 Weekly News - Episode 79Watch the video version on YouTube at https://youtu.be/2W8mLPpAu-4 Hosts:Gavin Pickin - Software Consultant for Ortus SolutionsBrad Wood - Software Consultant for Ortus SolutionsThanks to our Sponsor - Ortus SolutionsInto the Box Latam Dec 3rd and 4th - English and SpanishCFCasts is releasing new Free and Paid content every weekPatreon SupportWe have 34 patreons providing 58% 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 ColdFusion (2021 release) is finally here!The completely reimagined Adobe ColdFusion (2021 release) offers a modular, secure, and containerized approach to building applications that can run across multiple cloud providers or on-premises. You can now switch between cloud service providers without having to rewrite your application.https://community.adobe.com/t5/coldfusion/introducing-adobe-coldfusion-2021-release/m-p/11585468?page=1#M186888Blog from Charlie: https://coldfusion.adobe.com/2020/11/coldfusion-2021-has-been-released/ Important Blog Post about using with CommandBox  https://www.ortussolutions.com/blog/commandbox-forgebox-adobe-coldfusion-2021-and-cfpm CommandBox 5.2.0 ReleasedToday we are pleased to announce the final release of CommandBox 5.2.0.  This release has been 5 months in the making and covers nearly 50 tickets.  We've already covered the full list of new features and enhancements in our release candidate announcement which you can read here:https://www.ortussolutions.com/blog/commandbox-520-release-candidate-ready-for-testingAfter a month of RC testing, we've made several additional improvements and are ready to release.https://www.ortussolutions.com/blog/commandbox-520-released FusionReactor 8.6.0 releasedFollowing the recent Adobe release, we are pleased to announce that FusionReactor has been updated and fully supports ColdFusion 2021.  We also support CF 2021 in our instance manager and if you use the Adobe Perfmon module you will see all of the CF metrics in FR. Download FusionReactor 8.6 hereIf you are a SeeFusion user then you can now use both Seefusion and FR on the same server.We have had a lot of requests for Elasticsearch support and we are happy to say that we now support the Jest-Elasticsearch Java Client and the official Elasticsearch-Java REST Client.FYI - CommandBox-FusionReactor already supports 8.6.0 http://www.fusion-reactor.com/blog/fusionreactor-8-6-0-released/Lucee Spreadsheet Library 2.12.2 releasedLucee Spreadsheet library 2.12.2 released fixing a couple of issues with the new Adobe ColdFusion 2021 release (yes, you can use the library with ACF2016+) #cfml https://github.com/cfsimplicity/lucee-spreadsheet RESCHEDULED - Seattle CFUG - Hands-on deep-dive into interacting with the Thinkific API.Wednesday, December 9th, 20206:00 PM to 7:30 PM PSTRESCHEDULED FROM Wednesday, November 11, 2020Hosted by - William Frankhouser and Leon O'DanielThis meeting features an hands-on deep-dive into interacting with the Thinkific API.Thinkific is one of the top platforms for online course delivery. This meetup builds upon the concepts shared at the October 2020 Seattle ColdFusion User Group Meeting to provide a hands-on experience interacting with the Thinkific API. https://www.meetup.com/Seattle-ColdFusion-User-Group/events/274050264/ICYMI - Online CF Meetup - "Using Taffy: API Live Coding & Fireside Chat", with Adam TuttleThursday, November 12, 20205:00 PM to 6:00 PM CSTAdam will demonstrate building a REST API using his library Taffy to illustrate many of the foundational principles of REST and the ease of accomplishing them with Taffy. Then we'll open the floor for Q&A and discussion.Meeting: https://www.meetup.com/coldfusionmeetup/events/274413376/ Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8he7Yyn6eBk CFCasts Content UpdatesWe just got major updates! 1) Videos can now be filtered by language 2) A user's language preference is saved in their profile 3) We added a level field to series to specify the difficulty, and much more! We value your feedback so don't hesitate to contact usBefore the month comes to an end, we have a surprise for you my friends. Our Zero to Hero workshop videos will  be published THIS month! Be on the lookout for our updates. - Configure your CFML Servers with CFConfig      - Service Layer      - Practical Uses and Wrap-upSend your suggestions at https://cfcasts.com/supportConferences and TrainingAdobe ColdFusion Summit 2020 - Replaces CF Summit WestDate: November 17-18Location: OnlineAdmission: Freehttps://cfsummit.adobeevents.com/Report: - Total Attendees : 3036 - They used VConfex software - looked nice. A few complications - Recordings coming next weekAdobe 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 advanced 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. Introductory Offer: $499Blog: https://coldfusion.adobe.com/2020/07/coldfusion-certification-online-now/Register: https://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion-family/certificate.htmlAWS re:Invent NOV. 30 – DEC. 18, 2020FreeAmazon’s Premium Conference is also virtual, and a free 3-week event: