Modernize or Die® - CFML News for October 27th, 2020 - Episode 76

2020-10-27 Weekly News - Episode 76

Watch the video version on YouTube at https://youtu.be/lGXxIZdFg40

Hosts:

Eric Peterson - Software Consultant for Ortus Solutions
Brad Wood - Software Consultant for Ortus Solutions

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News and Events

ColdBox 6.1.0 released

Today we are excited to bring our first minor release of our 6.x series: 6.1.0; with a nice collection of fixes and improvements. Enjoy!
https://www.ortussolutions.com/blog/coldbox-610-released

CommandBox 5.2.0-RC build has been updated

After some good security feedback, the CommandBox 5.2.0-RC build has been updated to include
* server setting to block flash remoting
* static files are served via whitelist only now
Read more here if you missed the RC announcement: https://www.ortussolutions.com/blog/commandbox-520-release-candidate-ready-for-testing

Lucee Spreadsheet library 2.12.0 released

Lucee Spreadsheet library 2.12.0 released: adds a new option for setting common formatting styles more efficiently, and improved handling of tab delimited data in csvToQuery()
https://github.com/cfsimplicity/lucee-spreadsheet

Ortus October Webinar Announced - From Mura to ContentBox - Staying on the Open Source Upgrade Track
Friday, October 30th - 11:00 AM CDT (GMT -5:00)
In this session, we will walk you through some of the differences between Mura CMS and Contentbox - from administration to design and development. During the session we will demonstrate a full conversion of a Mura CMS site to Contentbox.
Hosted by Jon Clausen
Register today: https://www.ortussolutions.com/events/webinars

ICYMI - Online CF Meetup - "CF AMA: Ask Me Anything", with Charlie Arehart and Dan Wilson

Thursday, October 22, 2020
11:00 AM to 12:00 PM CDT
Join us for our first “Ask Me Anything” session, with your host Charlie Arehart and recent co-organizer Dan Wilson. We'll open the floor to any sort of CF-related questions you may have, whether about coding challenges or using CF features, configuration or tuning, deployment, security, the upcoming new CF version, recent CF versions, the future and state of CF, whatever.
Event: https://www.meetup.com/coldfusionmeetup/events/274044740/
Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBC4UPikoXk

Seattle CFUG - Hands-on deep-dive into interacting with the Thinkific API.

Wednesday, November 11, 2020
6:00 PM to 7:30 PM PST
Hosted by - William Frankhouser and Leon O'Daniel
This 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 - Seattle CFUG - Leon O'Daniel on Integrating Your ColdFusion App with the Thinkific Platform.

Wednesday, October 14, 2020 - 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM PDT
Online via Zoom
Thinkific is one of the top platforms for online course delivery. Learn how to integrate your ColdFusion application with Thinkific's API.
https://www.meetup.com/Seattle-ColdFusion-User-Group/events/273472016/
Recording: https://www.seattlecfug.org/presentations/

HacktoberFest 2020 - Last week

Support open source and pick a limited edition T-shirt or plant a tree.
Hacktoberfest® is open to everyone in our global community. Whether you’re a developer, student learning to code, event host, or company of any size, you can help drive growth of open source and make positive contributions to an ever-growing community. All backgrounds and skill levels are encouraged to complete the challenge.
Hacktoberfest is a celebration open to everyone in our global community.
Pull requests can be made in participating GitHub-hosted repositories/projects, classified with the Hacktoberfest topic.
You can sign up anytime between October 1 and October 31.
https://hacktoberfest.digitalocean.com/
https://hacktoberfest.digitalocean.com/hacktoberfest-update

CFCasts Content Updates

CFCasts just debuted bite-sized Spanish language videos!

- Bases de la programación
      - Introducción
      - Conceptualización Parte 1

Send your suggestions at https://cfcasts.com/support

Conferences and Training

GroupBy Conference

October 27-28
GroupBy was started by Brent Ozar. In February 2019 GroupBy announced that it will remain a free, volunteer-run event, staffed with SQL Community volunteers.
Price: Free
https://groupby.org/

Ortus Workshops - Virtual Live training

2 day Workshop - November 5-6, 2020 - Quick Workshop lead by Eric Peterson

https://www.ortussolutions.com/events

Podcast Code:
PODCAST10 - 10% off

Deploy - by Digital Ocean

DigitalOcean’s first virtual global 24‑hour community conference.
Starts November 10 at 10am EST
What to expect:
 - Over 80 tech-focused sessions
 - New product announcements
 - Developer-focused breakout rooms
 - Special keynotes
 - Hourly goody giveaways
 - Fun virtual rooms
 - Free and easy to RSVP
https://www.digitalocean.com/deploy/

Adobe ColdFusion Summit 2020 - Replaces CF Summit West

Date: November 17-19
Location: Online
https://cfsummit.adobeevents.com/
Admission: Free
Speakers now listed: https://cfsummit.adobeevents.com/speakers/

Adobe ColdFusion Certification now available Online

Adobe Certified Professional: Adobe ColdFusion is an industry-leading certification progra...