Modernize or Die® - CFML News for September 28th, 2021 - Episode 120

2021-09-28 Weekly News - Episode 120Watch the video version on YouTube at https://youtu.be/rXPASiVo6ks Hosts: Eric Peterson - Senior Developer for Ortus SolutionsGavin Pickin - 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. We are now 41% of the way to our next goal, fully funding the ForgeBox.io site.Now offering Annual Memberships, pay for the year and save 10% - great for businesses.News and EventsInto the Box 2021 - RecapGreat Success! Especially the Viral Edgardo Cabezas with his Reggaeton - Video available :DCBWire v1.0.0 - https://cbwire.ortusbooks.com/ Qb v8.7.0 & v8.7.1 Released - https://qb.ortusbooks.com/whats-new#8-7-0ForgeBox v6.0.0 Stachebox v1.0.0 - ElasticSearch, LogStash, and FileBeats viewerContentBox v5.0.0 - Using Tailwind and AlpineJS got some love from attendees and twitterMULTI-SITE!!!  New CLI installation and managerNew Ortus Github Actions for CFFormat, DocBox, Fixinator, Semantic Release https://github.com/Ortus-Solutions/fixinator-action https://github.com/Ortus-Solutions/commandbox-action https://github.com/Ortus-Solutions/semantic-release-actionNew Adobe ColdFusion Product Manager - In the Adobe Session Mark Takata had a lot of really encouraging things to say about the new #ColdFusion Product Manager who  is gearing up to take over the direction of CF! For More information:Keynote Day 1: https://youtu.be/NNYK1-NPBeI Keynote Day 2: https://youtu.be/jK8RfFLQZjo Full Session Videos coming to CFCasts soon https://intothebox.orgCommandBox v5.4.1 releasedWe are pleased to announce the release of CommandBox 5.4.1.  This is a patch release with 5 small fixes for the 5.4.0 release.   There are a few bug fixes, and a couple small enhancements in this release.https://www.ortussolutions.com/blog/commandbox-541-released Lucee-Spreadsheet Release and RenameJust released v3.0 of my spreadsheet library. Two big changes: 1) it's now "spreadsheet-cfml" instead of "lucee-spreadsheet" 2) calls can now be chained for simpler code (yeah for fluent builder patterns!)Ortus fixed the forgebox slug so builds will not fail anymore and updating ForgeBox to have failover redirects for future issues in other projectshttps://github.com/cfsimplicity/spreadsheet-cfml/New Name - https://www.forgebox.io/view/spreadsheet-cfmlOld Name - https://www.forgebox.io/view/lucee-spreadsheet Minor Stable Lucee Release Out - 5.3.8.206Mainly a CFSchedule fixhttps://github.com/lucee/Lucee/compare/5.3.8.201...5.3.8.206Modernize Or Die Podcast - SoapBox Edition - Relaunching Oct 7thLuis Majano is hosting a series of Community Members over the coming months.Interview format. Several episodes are recorded and prepped for release.https://soapbox.modernizeordie.io/ Security Alert - Cring ransomware group exploits ancient ColdFusion server (CF9)Active exploit of cf9 servers leading to ransomware attacks. This is why you should not be running software that's no longer updated! Thank for heads up from @viviotech email to their clients, including one we sharehttps://news.sophos.com/en-us/2021/09/21/cring-ransomware-group-exploits-ancient-coldfusion-server/ Ortus Webinar for October - Gavin Pickin - Building Quick APIs - the extended versionIn this session we will use ColdBox’s built in REST BaseHandler, and with CBSecurity and Quick ORM we will set up a secure API using fluent query language - and you’ll see how quick Quick development can be!https://www.ortussolutions.com/events/webinarsSignup coming soonSome people think October is pumpkin spice, halloween, but for us, its HACKTOBERFESTHacktoberfest 2021Support open source throughout October!Hacktoberfest encourages participation in the open source community, which grows bigger every year. Complete the 2021 challenge and earn a limited edition T-shirt.GIVING TO OPEN SOURCEOpen-source projects keep the internet humming—but they can’t do it without resources. Donate and support their awesome work.TREES NOT TEESRather than receive t-shirts as swag, you can choose to have a tree planted in your name and help make Hacktoberfest 2021 more carbon neutral.To win a reward, you must sign up on the Hacktoberfest site and make four pull requests on any repositories classified with the 'hacktoberfest 'topic on GitHub or GitLab by October 31. If an Ortus Solutions repo that you want to contribute to is not marked with the `hacktoberfest` topic, please let us know so we can fix it.https://hacktoberfest.digitalocean.com/ ICYMI - Adobe ColdFusion Updates ReleasedWe are pleased to announce that we have released the updates for the following ColdFusion versions:ColdFusion (2021 release) Update 2ColdFusion (2018 release) Update 12Note: The ColdFusion (2021 release) installers have also been refreshed with this update. The new server installers bundle Update 2 and JDK 11.0.11. The ColdFusion Add-Ons and other installers are bundled with JDK 11.0.11. The refreshed installers are available at ColdFusion downloads.Biggest update here is supporting Big Sur.  (A little late with Monterey just around the corner.)https://coldfusion.adobe.com/2021/09/coldfusion-2021-and-2018-september-updates/ ICYMI - Adobe CF 2021 Docker Images finally on DockerHubAdobe has been putting their ColdFusion Docker images onto Docker hubhttps://coldfusion.adobe.com/2021/09/adobe-coldfusion-2021-docker-image-no...