2021-03-23 Weekly News - Episode 96

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

Hosts:

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

Thanks to our Sponsor - Ortus Solutions

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https://www.ortussolutions.com/blog/we-need-your-help

News and Events

Adobe CF Updates released for 2021, 2018 and even 2016

We are pleased to announce that we have released the updates for the following ColdFusion versions:
- ColdFusion (2021 release) Update 1
- ColdFusion (2018 release) Update 11 - POSSIBLE DATASOURCE BUG
- ColdFusion (2016 release) Update 17
In these updates, we’ve fixed a few security bugs and some other bugs, which are mentioned in the tech notes.
In ColdFusion (2021 release), we’ve added activation and deactivation of Virtual core licenses. In addition, we’ve introduced support for RHEL 8.3, WildFly 23, Tomcat 9.0.43, PostgreSQL 13, Oracle 19c (2018), and MS SQL Server 2019.

adobe@2021 finally supports ColdBox!!!!

CommandBox Adobe CF Updated Images ready on ForgeBox

Jon Clausen worked hard yesterday on the release day to get all of the updates done. Adobe CF 2021 was the first update, so it took a lot longer than normal to get it prepped, especially with all of the differences in the new package manager setup.
https://www.forgebox.io/view/adobe

ColdBox Security v2.11.1+174 released

Fix getRealIP() to only return originating user's source IP, if the forwarded ip is a list
Add a secureSameUser method to throw when passed a different user
https://www.forgebox.io/view/cbsecurity

Mementifier : The State Maker! V2.3.0+116 released

Pass nested mappers and defaults down to nested getMemento calls
https://www.forgebox.io/view/mementifier

Adobe Webinar Series - API Creation and Management

Next Webinar:  3/24/21
ColdFusion Developers, do you want a first hand look at publishing APIs securely and at scale? Then mark your calendars for Brian Sappey’s upcoming webinars! This seven-part series will give you a 360 degree view of the API Manager and teach you how to build RESTful APIs with Adobe ColdFusion. Everything from securing, publishing and monitoring APIs, will be covered with hands-on examples, and easy discussions.
Dates: 3/24/21, 3/25/21, 4/28/21, 4/29/31, 5/12/21, 5/13/21, 5/24/21
Information: https://coldfusion.adobe.com/2021/03/webinar-series-api-creation-management/
Registration: https://coldfusion-api-management-solution.meetus.adobeevents.com/?fbclid=IwAR2q7aEI9u1ibBKrneeDvAhKWWW7V78bB_P1rTzWAh8x4e20q68gXLeMVrM

FR Webinar - What Are The 5 Things You Should ALWAYS Check Before You Release Your Application?

Join Mikey on March 25 at 09:30 PDT
Releasing a new app or website can be stressful. Whilst most dev teams have a QA process, the team often needs to go a little deeper in order to spot performance issues errors buried deep within the code.  The 5 things you should always check before you release your application are
https://www.fusion-reactor.com/blog/what-are-the-5-things-you-should-always-check-before-you-release-your-application/
Register: https://bit.ly/3bD4WWr

Ortus Webinar - Vue.js in my ColdBox App

Friday, March 26th at 11:00 AM CT (GMT -6:00)
In this webinar, Esmeralda Acevedo will show us how to integrate Vue in a simple ColdBox app, which will ultimately demonstrate the fundamentals of Vue.js.
with Esme Acevedo
https://www.ortussolutions.com/events/webinars

Online CF Meetup - "To the future with cbFutures!", with Luis Majano

Thursday, April 15, 2021
5:00 PM to 6:00 PM CDT
In this session we will explore the asynchronous and parallel programming constructs built into the ColdBox 6 Async Package. Java has supported a robust and functional approach to asynchronous programming since JDK8 and now it is available to us all in the Coldfusion (CFML) ⚡ World! To the future!
https://www.meetup.com/coldfusionmeetup/events/277112459/

Reminder: New Book from Luis Majano 102 ColdBox HMVC Quick Tips and Tricks

Now Available on Gumroad - $29
http://gum.co/coldbox-tips

CFCasts Content Updates

Just Released
- CommandBox Zero to Hero (https://cfcasts.com/series/commandbox-zero-to-hero)
      - Creating a Package
- Diseño web (Spanish)
      - Etiquetas HTML
      - Estructura base de una página HTML

Coming up
- More CommandBox Zero to Hero
- Up and Running with Quick
- Using DocBox

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

Conferences and Training

VueConf - Virtual Vue Love

April 14th - Online - Free and there’s swag (first 500 registrations)
Hosted by Evan You
Live Video with Chat Q&A with speakers
Attendee Lightning Talks
Live DJ
Virtual Party
Workshops TBA
http://vueconf.us/

RedisConf 2021

Virtual: Apr 20-21
Stay tuned for Details
https://redislabs.com/redisconf/

Atlassian Teams 21

Apr 28-30
Better teams starts with being better teammates. Check out Atlassian’s vision for Team 2021, formerly Summit.
https://events.atlassian.com/team21

DockerCon

May 27th 2021
https://www.docker.com/dockercon/

Ortus Workshops - Dates coming soon

More Workshops dates to come:
- CommandBox Zero to Hero
- ColdBox Zero to Hero
- ColdBox Hero to SuperHero

Ortus’s Possible Conferences for 2021

Dates subject to change

Due to Online conference overload, we are thinking about not expanding the number of events, but more content in more timezones...