Modernize or Die® - CFML News for April 5th, 2022 - Episode 142

2022-04-05 Weekly News - Episode 142

Watch the video version on YouTube at https://youtu.be/obJEJPSwpWg

Hosts:
 
Eric Peterson - Senior Developer at Ortus Solutions
Brad Wood - Software Consultant at Ortus Solutions

Thanks to our Sponsor - Ortus Solutions

The makers of ColdBox, CommandBox, ForgeBox, TestBox and all your favorite box-en 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 weekBuy Ortus’s Book - 102 ColdBox HMVC Quick Tips and Tricks on GumRoad (http://gum.co/coldbox-tips)

 
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We have 36 patreons providing 96% of the funding for our Modernize or Die Podcasts via our Patreon site: https://www.patreon.com/ortussolutions.

News and Events

Quick v5 beta

Major performance improvements - over 50% decrease in execution time!
https://quick.ortusbooks.com/v/5.0.0-1/whats-new#5.0.0
https://forgebox.io/view/quick/version/5.0.0-beta.3

qb v8.8.0 beta

Couple of fixes from beta feedback.
https://forgebox.io/view/qb/version/8.8.0-beta.4

ColdBox Elixir v4 beta

Webpack 5!!! Node 16+!! All the updated dependencies.
https://coldbox-elixir.ortusbooks.com/v/v4/migration_guide#v4.0.0

ContentBox 5.2.0 Released!

A quick bug fix update for ContentBox!
https://contentbox.ortusbooks.com/intro/release-history/whats-new-with-5.2.0

ICYMI - Into the Box 2022 CFP is now open!

Into the Box will be live in Houston in September 2022.  We want you to speak there! Topic submission closes at midnight April 17th, 2022.
https://forms.gle/HR1vQf2T5rs8yCZo9
https://intothebox.org

ICYMI - Ortus Webinar - March - ForgeBoxication with Gavin Pickin

March 25th, 2022 Time: 11:00 AM Central Time (US and Canada)
ForgeBox is CFML's package management system, and in this webinar you will learn how you can use it with any cfml app you have. You'll learn how to use ForgeBox packaged in your app, commit your own code to ForgeBox, and if we have time we might even make your code into a ColdBox module.
CFCasts: https://cfcasts.com/series/ortus-webinars-2022/videos/gavin-pickin-on-forgeboxication/

Ortus Webinar - April - cbSecurity: Passwords, Tokens, and JWTs with Eric Peterson

April 29th 2022
11:00 AM Central Time (US and Canada)
Learn how to integrate cbSecurity into your application whether you are using passwords, API tokens, JWTs, or a combination of all three!
More Webinars: https://www.ortussolutions.com/events/webinars

Adobe Workshops

Join the Adobe ColdFusion Workshop to learn how you and your agency can leverage ColdFusion to create amazing web content. This one-day training will cover all facets of Adobe ColdFusion that developers need to build applications that can run across multiple cloud providers or on-premise

THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 2022
10:00 AM PDT
Adobe ColdFusion Truths
Mark Takata
https://adobe-coldfusion-truths.meetus.adobeevents.com/

TUESDAY, APRIL 26, 2022
9:00 AM CET
Adobe ColdFusion Workshop
Damien Bruyndonckx
https://adobe-workshop-coldfusion.meetus.adobeevents.com/

FREE :)
Full list - https://meetus.adobeevents.com/coldfusion/

CFCasts Content Updates

https://www.cfcasts.com

Just Released

Gavin Pickin on ForgeBoxication (free)

https://cfcasts.com/series/ortus-webinars-2022/videos/gavin-pickin-on-forgeboxication

Coming Soon

More in Publish Your First ForgeBox Package

Conferences and Training

DevNexus 2022 - The largest Java conference in the US

April 12-14, 2022
Atlanta, GA
Brad & Luis will be speaking
Luis - Alpine.js: Declare and React with Simplicity
Brad - What's a Pull Request? (Contributing to Open Source)
https://devnexus.com/

DockerCon

May 10, 2022
Free Online Virtual Conference
DockerCon will be a free, immersive online experience complete with Docker product demos , breakout sessions, deep technical sessions from Docker and our partners, Docker experts, Docker Captains, our community and luminaries from across the industry and much more. Don’t miss your chance to gather and connect with colleagues from around the world at the largest developer conference of the year. Sign up to pre-register for DockerCon 2022!
https://www.docker.com/dockercon/

US VueJS Conf

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL • JUNE 8-10, 2022
Beach. Code. Vue.
Workshop day: June 8
Main Conference: June 9-10
https://us.vuejs.org/

Into The Box 2022

Solid Dates - September 2022
One day workshops before the two day conference!
Early bird pricing available until April 30, 2022

Call for Speakers:
https://forms.gle/HR1vQf2T5rs8yCZo9

Conference Website:
https://intothebox.org

CF Summit

In person at Las Vegas, NV in October 2022!
Official-”ish” dates:
Oct 3rd & 4th - CFSummit Conference
Oct 5th - Adobe Certified Professional: Adobe ColdFusion Certification Classes & Tests
https://twitter.com/MarkTakata/status/1511210472518787073

Into the Box Latam 2022

Tentative dates - Dec 1-2

CFCamp

Still waiting as well.

More conferences

Need more conferences, this site has a huge list of conferences for almost any language/community.
https://confs.tech/

Blogs, Tweets, and Videos of the Week

03/30/2022 - Blog - Ben Nadel - Using Closures To Bind Naked Functions To Components In ColdFusion
When we think about a "method signature", we often think solely about the arguments that it accepts and the type of data that it returns. But, there's more to a method signature, such as the mode in which it can be invoked. Most m...