Modernize or Die® - CFML News Podcast for January 17th, 2023 - Episode 180

2023-01-17 Weekly News - Episode 180Watch the video version on YouTube at https://youtu.be/eHXm3DA9Jzk Hosts: Eric Peterson - Senior Developer at Ortus SolutionsDan Card - Senior Developer at Ortus SolutionsThanks to our Sponsor - Ortus SolutionsThe makers of ColdBox, CommandBox, ForgeBox, TestBox and all your favorite box-es out there. A few ways  to say thanks back to Ortus Solutions:Like and subscribe to our videos on YouTube. Help ORTUS reach for the Stars - Star and Fork our ReposStar all of your Github Box Dependencies from CommandBox with https://www.forgebox.io/view/commandbox-github Subscribe to our Podcast on your Podcast Apps and leave us a reviewSign up for a free or paid account on CFCasts, which is releasing new content every weekBOXLife store: https://www.ortussolutions.com/about-us/shopBuy Ortus’s Books102 ColdBox HMVC Quick Tips and Tricks on GumRoad (http://gum.co/coldbox-tips)Learn Modern ColdFusion (CFML) in 100+ Minutes - Free online https://modern-cfml.ortusbooks.com/ or buy an EBook or Paper copy https://www.ortussolutions.com/learn/books/coldfusion-in-100-minutes Patreon Support ( distinguished )Goal 1 - We have 42 patreons providing 100% of the funding for our Modernize or Die Podcasts via our Patreon site: https://www.patreon.com/ortussolutions. Goal 2 - We are 37% of the way to fully fund the hosting of ForgeBox.io New Releases and Updatesqb 9.0.0-beta.1 ReleasedLots of great features and bug fixesSQLite Grammar (Thanks to Jason Steinshouer)SQLCommenter Support (https://google.github.io/sqlcommenter/)Many bug fixes and performance improvementsThe docs are currently being updated: https://qb.ortusbooks.com/v/9.0.0/whats-newWebinar / Meetups and WorkshopsOrtus Event Calendar for Googlehttps://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0?cid=Y181NjJhMWVmNjFjNGIxZTJlNmQ4OGVkNzg0NTcyOGQ1Njg5N2RkNGJiNjhjMTQwZjc3Mzc2ODk1MmIyOTQyMWVkQGdyb3VwLmNhbGVuZGFyLmdvb2dsZS5jb20 Ortus Fridays are back in Full Effect in 2023ICYMI - Ortus Office Hours - Jan 6th, 2023 - 11 AM CSTOrtus Webinar - Jan 20th 2023 - CBWIRE Coding Session - Let’s build an app with CBWIRE with Grant Copley - 11 AM CSTKoding with the Kiwi - Jan 27th, 2023 - 2 PM CSTOrtus Office Hours - Feb 3rd, 2023 - 11 AM CSTSoftware Craftsmanship Book Club - Feb 10th, 2023 - 2 PM CST (Patreon exclusive)ICYMI - Mid Michigan CFUG - Adobe’s Ray Camden will be presenting Intro to Alpine.jsAlpine calls itself the jQuery for the modern web. So if you’re not ready to move to React or Vue you many want to give it a serious look. They’ve also done the behind the scenes work to integrate it with charting programs, online rich text editors and online calendars.If you’re unable to make the livestream we will make Ray’s presentation available on our YouTube channel at a later date. https://youtube.com/@CFMLView Recording on Youtube: https://youtu.be/cW6CyxxRAzQ CFCasts Content Updateshttps://www.cfcasts.comRecent ReleasesITB 2022 - All videos released to subscribers - 30+!!!!2022 ForgeBox Module of the Week Series - 1 new Video https://cfcasts.com/series/2022-forgebox-modules-of-the-week2022 VS Code Hint tip and Trick of the Week Series - 1 new Video https://cfcasts.com/series/2022-vs-code-hint-tip-and-trick-of-the-week Coming SoonBrad with more CommandBox VideosMore ForgeBox and VS Code Podcast snippet videosColdBox Elixir from EricGetting Started with ContentBox from DanielBox-ifying a 3rd Party Library from Gavin Conferences and TrainingCF Summit Online All the webinars, all the speakers from Adobe ColdFusion Summit 2022 – brought right to your screen. All sessions will soon be streamed online, for your convenience. Stay tuned for more! ICYMI - MODERNIZING THROUGH EVOLUTION NOT REVOLUTIONGuust NieuwenhuisJanuary 10, 2023 | 15:00 - 16:00 EST (1 hour)Our company has grown over a quarter of a century, and across those years we have matured as developers and IT companies, refining both our tools and practices to a degree that the past seems hardly recognizable. Counter to this are the inevitable compromises, products of constrained timeframes, limited client budgets or strained resources. Projects inevitably lean more towards growth and depth than general modernization, to the point that they become difficult to maintain. So, what happens when the bugs add up and the monster emerges? Refactor? Rewrite from scratch? We’ve been involved in many such projects, internally and inherited both, and have learned there is no simple answer to the question “how do we move forward?” Through case studies and anecdotes I will explain what to look out for, from both a technical and business perspective.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIZ0S-4WxDUICYMI - EASIER API DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING - USE POSTMAN, WEBHOOK.SITE, AND NGROK TO ENHANCE YOUR WORKFLOWDaniel GarciaJanuary 12, 2023 | 12:00 - 13:00 EST (1 hour)Postman, Webhook.site, and ngrok are great tools that can really enhance your API development and testing workflow. PostMan is a cross-platform API Testing Tool with lots of awesome features, Webhook.site allows you to easily inspect, test, and automate any incoming HTTP request or e-mails, and ngrok enables you to expose a web server running on your local machine to the internet. These are must-have tools for any API developer (either creating or consuming). In short, these tools solve problems and best of all, they all have free versions which allow you to be very productive. My goal is that after this conference, you will start using at least one, if not all three, tools when you get home. I'm not saying using these tools will be life-changing, but I am also not not saying that eitherhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBgYHzPxDCsICYMI - LEVERAGING AI / COGNITIVE SERVICES VIA COLDFUSIONMichael HayesJanuary 17 | 12:00 - 13:00 pm EST (1 hour)Azure Cognitive Services is API that leverages AI and Machine Learning to provide capability such as Sentiment Analysis, Entity Recognition, Auto Translator, Text to Speech, speech translation, and many more. All this would be written in ColdFusion 2021 of course and a GIT repo of the code will be shared wit...