2020-06-02 Weekly News - Episode 56

Watch the video version on YouTube at https://youtu.be/f6kk6Mr0Bvs

Hosts:

Gavin Pickin - Software Consultant for Ortus Solutions
Eric Peterson - Software Consultant for Ortus Solutions

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News and Events

ForgeBox 5.1 released

Today we are pleased to announce a minor release for our FORGEBOX suite of products to version 5.1.0. It has tons of updates and nice features for all plans. Enjoy!
https://www.ortussolutions.com/blog/forgebox-v510-released

CommandBox 5.1.1 Released

We have pushed a patch release of CommandBox 5.1.1 which is a small addition to the recent 5.1.0 release.  This release was primarily to address a regression in 5.1.0 affecting Mac OS users who tried to start Lucee servers.  If you see an error similar to this on a Lucee server and you're running a Mac and CommandBox 5.1.0, then this release will fix it for you.
https://www.ortussolutions.com/blog/commandbox-511-released

Quick 3.1.0 Released

Quick 3.1.0 has been released with a new `JsonCast@quick` caster.
As always, find what's new and up to date documentation on our Ortus books site:
https://quick.ortusbooks.com/whats-new#3-1-0

Ortus is a Adobe Trusted Development Partner

Adobe has added a new page on their website for ColdFusion Development Partners:
Our trusted development partners are committed to finding simple solutions for complex problems & deploying high-quality IT services. Their solid expertise coupled with the diverse features offered by Adobe ColdFusion have helped these companies build secure & high-performing web-applications for clients across the globe.
https://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion-family/development-partners.html

Adobe Developer Week Videos are out & CF Certification going online?

I registered for the Adobe Developer week, and just this week I got an email with links to all the videos, slides, and asking if I was interested in the CF Certification going online.

ICYMI - Ortus Webinar: CBSecurity - last Friday

cbSecurity : Secure all things!
May 29th, 2020 at 11:00 AM CDT (GMT -5:00)
with Luis Majano
Watch the recording: https://cfcasts.com/series/webinars/videos/luis-majano-on-cbsecurity

ICYMI - Into the Box Videos - CFCasts

Emails are on the way out for ITB attendees to get access.
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Conferences

DockerCon - last week

May 28, 2020 : 9:00 - 5:00 PM GMT-7 (PDT)
DockerCon is going digital with theCUBE! We’ve designed a 1-day conference that’s free and completely online. You’ll hear from speakers in live interviews with theCUBE, hang out with Docker experts in the live hallway track, and watch recorded sessions while chatting live with the speakers.
Choose from 3 simultaneously streaming channels or jump between them all to experience DockerCon your way.
https://www.docker.com/dockercon/

Into the Box 2020 - Workshops - Virtual Live training

Gavin leading ColdBox Zero to Hero, June 4,5
Luis leading ColdBox Hero to Superhero June 18,19
2 6 hour days
9-12 Central , 1 hour lunch
1pm to 4pm central
Tickets available: $899
https://www.ortussolutions.com/events

CF Summit West
October 28-29
Mirage Hotel
https://cfsummit.adobeevents.com/

CF Camp
TBA

More conferences: https://confs.tech/

Blogs, Tweets and Videos of the Week

Blog - Ben Nadel - The mid() Function Can Safely Go Out-Of-Bounds And Gather Zero Characters In Lucee CFML 5.3.4.77
I'm almost certain that the mid() function in ColdFusion - think the .slice() function in JavaScript - has historically been quite touchy regarding out-of-bounds references and zero-length extractions. At some points, however, this must have changed. I don't know when it changed; but, I accidentally discovered this nicety the other day when I was attempting to canonicalize a URL by its individual components in Lucee CFML. In an attempt to bring my mental model for the mid() function into the modern era, I wanted to quickly demonstrate its lenient behavior in Lucee CFML 5.3.4.77.
https://www.bennadel.com/blog/3839-the-mid-function-can-safely-go-out-of-bounds-and-gather-zero-characters-in-lucee-cfml-5-3-4-77.htm


Blog - Fusion Reactor - FusionAnalytics End Of Life (EOL)
Since 2011, FusionAnalytics (FA) has been delivering incredible insight into the metrics provided by FusionReactor. FusionAnalytics is built using a variety of technologies from Adobe Inc. – the main technology being Adobe Flash. Adobe announced that they will end-of-life Flash at the end of 2020, specifically, Adobe will stop updating and distributing the Flash Player at the end of 2020. In light of this situation, we have decided to also halt further development of FusionAnalytics and official support will end in December 2020.
http://www.fusion-reactor.com/news/fusionanalytics-end-of-life-eol/

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