2022-03-29 Weekly News - Episode 141

Watch the video version on YouTube at https://youtu.be/NMIIylXh5Ok

Hosts:
 
Gavin Pickin - Senior Developer at Ortus Solutions
Daniel Garcia - Senior Developer at Ortus Solutions

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News and Events

The #CFML tag is apparently used for Heart Surgery now :D
One of them applied - Things are not difficult, just different :MIND-BLOWN-EMOJI:

New CommandBox Module for Users of ColdSpring

Stick around for the Module of the Week to find out more about that

ICYMI - Into the Box 2022 CFP is now open!

Into the Box will be live in Houston from September 27 - 30, 2022.  We want you to speak there! Topic submission closes at midnight April 17th, 2022.
https://forms.gle/HR1vQf2T5rs8yCZo9
https://intothebox.org

ICYMI - Lucee 5.3.9.115 Release Candidate 3

This is the final Release Candidate for 5.3.9 before we go stable. Subject to any problems, we aim to release a stable version next week. Please give the new build a spin and let us know of any problems you find
https://dev.lucee.org/t/5-3-9-115-final-release-candidate-3/9829

Built with ColdFusion CFML

This repo is a community repo to list and showcase companies, sites and technologies powered by ColdFusion (CFML) and several Ortus Products.
To contribute, fork and star the project. Then add your own organization file in the orgs directory and then append the name of that file ( excluding the extension ), into the cfml-rocks.json array of orgs. You may use the schema below for reference. Send us your pull request and once validated, we will add it to the repo and site.
https://github.com/Ortus-Solutions/built-with-cfml-box/

ICYMI - RFC: cbq - a Provider-based Queueing System for ColdBox

Hey, folks. I’d love feedback on this proposal for a provider based queue system for ColdBox.
The idea here is that we could standardize the queueing jobs including things like queue names and delays regardless of the backing provider.
https://community.ortussolutions.com/t/rfc-cbq-a-provider-based-queueing-system-for-coldbox/9149/10

ICYMI - ContentBox 5.1 Released!

Wanted to make an announcement that we have released ContentBox v5.1 now: https://contentbox.ortusbooks.com/intro/release-history/whats-new-with-5.1.0
The docs are getting a massive update and this release brings a lot of stability to the platform. Enjoy!
https://community.ortussolutions.com/t/contentbox-v5-1-released/9151

Ortus Webinar - April - cbSecurity: Passwords, Tokens, and JWTs with Eric Peterson

April 29th 2022
11:00 AM Central Time (US and Canada)
Learn how to integrate cbSecurity into your application whether you are using passwords, API tokens, JWTs, or a combination of all three!
More Webinars: https://www.ortussolutions.com/events/webinars

ICYMI - Ortus Webinar - March - ForgeBoxication with Gavin Pickin

March 25th, 2022 Time: 11:00 AM Central Time (US and Canada)
ForgeBox is CFML's package management system, and in this webinar you will learn how you can use it with any cfml app you have. You'll learn how to use ForgeBox packaged in your app, commit your own code to ForgeBox, and if we have time we might even make your code into a ColdBox module.
Recording: https://cfcasts.com/series/ortus-webinars-2022/videos/gavin-pickin-on-forgeboxication/
More Webinars: https://www.ortussolutions.com/events/webinars

ICYMI - Hawaii CFUG - Moving your Legacy ColdFusion application to Modern CFML with Mark Takata

March 24th, 2022
1:00pm Hawaiian Time - 4:00pm PDT
We’ve all seen old legacy code in our ColdFusion applications.
How do you move that legacy code to modern CFML with easier maintenance and deployment, fewer bugs, and streamlined code?

• Why Move to Modern CFML
• Most of us understand that moving our legacy applications to modern CFML is smart.
• Easier Maintenance
• Rapid Deployment
• Fewer Bugs
• Modern, Responsive Front-End

https://hawaiicoldfusionusergroup.adobeconnect.com/legacy/

ICYMI - We missed it - FusionReactor Webinar last Thursday

More information on it on Charlie’s blog.
You can email [email protected] for more information on the webinar, maybe get access to a recording.
https://www.carehart.org/blog/client/index.cfm/2022/3/22/exciting_fr_webinar_this_thursday/

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