Modernize or Die® - CFML News for September 1st, 2020 - Episode 68

2020-09-01 Weekly News - Episode 68

Watch the video version on YouTube at https://youtu.be/Eik0NCrg_vk

Hosts:

Gavin Pickin - Software Consultant for Ortus Solutions
Brad Wood - Software Consultant for Ortus Solutions

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News and Events

cbElasticsearch 2.0.0 Released

cbElasticsearch, the Elasticsearch module for the Coldbox platform, announced a major release with version 2.0.0 this week. Version 2.0.0 represents a major rewrite of the core Elasticsearch integration and converts the previous java-based JEST client implementation to a native CFML implementation, and adds the Hyper HTTP module as a dependency. In addition, support for Elasticsearch server versions < 6.5 has been removed, with support for 6.x versions being officially ended.
https://www.ortussolutions.com/blog/cbelasticsearch-2-released

ContentBox CMS - Ortus is announcing it will be Free Forever!

Ortus making a bold statement after the sudden news of Mura CMS going closed source and commercial, ContentBox CMS is open source, and will always be so.
https://www.ortussolutions.com/blog/contentbox-cms-open-source-and-free-forever

ICYMI - Online CF Meetup - "How to use the ColdFusion API Manager to modernize your App", with Dan Wilson

Thursday, August 27, 2020
11:00 AM to 12:00 PM CDT
In this presentation we’ll discuss how to modernize existing applications to work in the modern API-first world. We’ll look at how you can prepare your applications for the next major technology shift. We’ll go through how to programmatically add to your existing applications without disruption. We’ll also look at the ColdFusion API manager and see how it can instantly improve your architecture without even having to write code.
Event: https://www.meetup.com/coldfusionmeetup/events/272749638/
Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTm4S2yXMN0&list=PLG2EHzEbhy0-QirMKgSxhjkUyTSSTvHjL

Ortus Webinar - Modern Coldfusion - No more copy and paste

Friday September 25th 2020 at 11:00 AM CDT (GMT -5:00)
with Gavin Pickin
Registration coming soon

CFCasts Content Updates

ColdBox Master Class
9.2 Modules
9.3 Creating Modules
9.4 Third Party Modules

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Conferences

Into the Box 2020 - Workshops - Virtual Live training

Coming in October
2 day Workshop - ColdBox Zero to Hero - lead by Gavin Pickin
2 day Workshop - ColdBox Hero to Superhero - lead by Luis Majano

https://www.ortussolutions.com/events

Podcast Code:
PODCAST10 - 10% off
There is a code for ITB attendees to save 15% - If you didn’t get the email contact us.

JConf.dev
September 30th, 9am - 4pm CST
https://jconf.dev/

Adobe ColdFusion Summit 2020 - Replaces CF Summit West
Date: November 17-19
Location: Online
https://cfsummit.adobeevents.com/
Admission: Free

Speaker sign up for Adobe
https://cfsummit.adobeevents.com/speaker-application/
Deadline: August 20th. - Form still on website

Adobe ColdFusion Certification now available Online

Adobe 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.

Blog: https://coldfusion.adobe.com/2020/07/coldfusion-certification-online-now/
Register: https://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion-family/certificate.html

CF Camp
TBA

More conferences: https://confs.tech/

Blogs, Tweets and Videos of the Week

Blog - Jon Clausen - Ortus Solutions - cbElasticsearch 2.0.0 Released
cbElasticsearch, the Elasticsearch module for the Coldbox platform, announced a major release with version 2.0.0 this week. Version 2.0.0 represents a major rewrite of the core Elasticsearch integration and converts the previous java-based JEST client implementation to a native CFML implementation, and adds the Hyper HTTP module as a dependency. In addition, support for Elasticsearch server versions < 6.5 has been removed, with support for 6.x versions being officially ended.
https://www.ortussolutions.com/blog/cbelasticsearch-2-released

Blog - David Byers - Installing the ColdFusion 2020 Public Beta Through the Eyes of Someone New
This article is intended to provide some answers to simple mistakes that I made when trying to install the beta release of ColdFusion 2020 so that others don’t fall into the same traps that I did.
ColdFusion 2020 has reached the public beta phase.  It’s time to play with some of the new ColdFusion hotness that’s coming in the near future.  I had a few problems when I went through the process of setting up the new CF 2020, but I recognized that there were a couple of places where people could get tripped up as well.  Some of these issues I fell for… some of them I made up to point out flaws in the process.
https://coldfusion.adobe.com/2020/08/installing-coldfusion-2020-public-beta-eyes-someone-new/

Blog - Ben Nadel - Generating An Interactive Craft Sketch File From An InVision Prototype In Lucee CFML 5.3.6.61
At InVision, one of the tools that we offer is Craft / Craft-Manager, which provides a suite of functionality for generating interactive prototypes in Sketch and Photoshop. In recent years, the Sketch open file-format has evolved into a ZIP archive consisting of images and JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) data files. As such, I thought it would be a fun experiment to see if I could generate a Sketch file that includes Craft interactivity from the data...