Modernize or Die® - CFML News Podcast for May 2nd, 2023 - Episode 194

2023-05-2 Weekly News - Episode 194

Watch the video version on YouTube at https://youtube.com/live/AcCTuJvbteU?feature=share
 
Hosts: 

Eric Peterson - Senior Developer at Ortus SolutionsDaniel Garcia - Senior Developer at Ortus Solutions

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News and Announcements

ICYMI - Into the Box - Hackathon added to Happy Box
During the first day of Into the Box Conference 2023; on May 18th, we're hosting a Happy Box Party where attendees can connect and network with one another. We're excited to announce that this year, we're introducing a new activity: a Hackathon team-up event! This hackathon is an excellent opportunity for tech enthusiasts to come together, collaborate, share their skills and knowledge, and work on innovative projects that tackle real-world problems. We hope you'll join us for this exciting time!

We are currently in the process of finalizing the topics for the hackathon and would love to hear your feedback. We want to make sure that the topics we select are relevant to the interests and expertise of our attendees, so please take a moment to let us know what topics you would be most interested in working on.
https://www.ortussolutions.com/blog/what-would-you-like-to-hack-on-at-into-the-box-2023

New Releases and Updates

ColdBox 6.8.2 LTS Released
ColdBox 6.x will receive bug fixes until 2024 and security fixes until 2025.

COLDBOX-1219: CFProvider ACF versions are Hard-CodedWIREBOX-132: WireBox caches Singletons even if their autowired dependencies throw exceptions.

https://www.ortussolutions.com/blog/coldbox-682-released
https://coldbox.ortusbooks.com/intro/release-history/whats-new-with-6.8.2

What’s New With ColdBox 7.0.0?

Engine SupportColdBox CLIWireBox UpdatesTransient Request CacheDelegatorsProperty ObserversLazy PropertiesNew `onInjectorMissingDependency` eventPopulation Enhancements (including mass assignment protection)Hierarchical Injectors (for Module Dependencies)Module Config Object Override filesApp Mode Helpers`redirectBack` included as `back``DateTimeHelper` componentWhoops! UpgradesMore data for development REST exception responsesJSON Pretty Printing in LogBox OutputException Pretty Printing in LogBox OutputCombine `canXXX` checks with logging using callback functions`event.setRequestTimeout()` - useful for testing

https://coldbox.ortusbooks.com/v/7.x/intro/release-history/whats-new-with-7.0.0

CommandBox 5.9.0 Released

Java 17 SupportLots of `illegal reflective access` problems; here be dragonsOverride package install paths in `box.json``ls –tree` flagTree Print HelperColumn Print Helper`unansi` Command - useful for piping text`clipboard` command for copying text

https://www.ortussolutions.com/blog/commandbox-590-released

Webinar / Meetups and Workshops

Adobe ColdFusion Workshop: DevOps, CI/CD, and Pipelines
Wednesday, May 10, 2023
Time: 1:00 - 4:30pm ET; 10:00am - 1:30pm PT
Host: Carahsoft
Cost: No Fee
Max CPE Credits Available: 4.2 credit hours (1 CPE credit is based on 50 minutes)
Field of Study: Information Technology

This workshop is ideal for software engineers that are eager to build pipelines to automate their coding projects. Adobe ColdFusion developers are also encouraged to attend. This course will be beneficial for any professional developer who is looking to simplify their application architecture with Adobe ColdFusion and DevOps.

https://carahevents.carahsoft.com/Event/Details/358809-cpe

Adobe - Road to Fortuna Series: ColdFusion 2023 in Docker on Google Cloud Platform

May 23, 2023
10 AM - 11 AM PT
During GCP centric webinar, Mark Takata will explore how to run a containerized ColdFusion 2023 server on Google Cloud Platform’s Kubernetes powered containerization system. He will demonstrate how the powerful new Google Cloud Platform features added to ColdFusion 2023 can help optimize application development, provisioning and delivery. This will be the first time ColdFusion 2023 will be shown running in containers publicly, and the session is designed to showcase the ease of working in this popular method of software delivery.

Speaker - Mark Takata - ColdFusion Technical Evangelist, Adobe
https://docker-gcp-coldfusion.meetus.adobeevents.com/

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