2021-05-11 Weekly News - Episode 103

Watch the video version on YouTube at https://youtu.be/ktGWQa_OUA4

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

Thanks to our Sponsor - Ortus Solutions

The makers of ColdBox, CommandBox, ForgeBox, TestBox and almost every other Box out there.
A few ways  to say thanks back to Ortus Solutions:
- Like and subscribe to our videos on youtube.
- Sign up for a free or paid account on CFCasts, which is releasing new content every week
- Buy Ortus’s new Book - 102 ColdBox HMVC Quick Tips and Tricks on GumRoad (http://gum.co/coldbox-tips)

Patreon Support

We have 37 patreons providing 84% of the funding for our Modernize or Die Podcasts via our Patreon site: https://www.patreon.com/ortussolutions. If you love our podcasts and all we do for the #coldfusion #cfml community considers chipping in, we are almost there!
https://www.ortussolutions.com/blog/we-need-your-help

News and Events

Adobe ColdFusion Projects page is now live

We have just launched the Projects page on our Community portal to enable our developers to find some examples to help them get started quicker in their Projects. All these Projects are free to download and to reuse. Please feel free to reuse the Projects or part of the Project.
https://coldfusion.adobe.com/2021/05/adobe-coldfusion-projects-page-now-live/

ICYMI - VS Code Release party

Release party happened May 11th, at 8am PST
Live event and Q&A with the VS Code team to discuss highlights from the March 2021, 1.55 release.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/tv/?WT.mc_id=devcloud-18509-cxa
Meetup: https://www.meetup.com/global-visual-studio-code-meetup-group/

ICYMI - CommandBox 5.3.0 Released

UPDATE: 5.3.1 update coming shortly for Web Aliases and Relative paths.
We are pleased to announce the general availability of our latest CommandBox CLI release. This is a minor release that's full of bug fixes and enhancements.  It should be backwards compatible (with one caveat below) and you can upgrade any previous version of CommandBox in-place to the latest release.
https://www.ortussolutions.com/blog/commandbox-530-released

ICYMI - Bintray decommissioning - Adobe Docker image update

On May 1, 2021, all Bintray services will be deprecated, and your accounts will be disabled. For more information, see the official Bintray blog.
This means that the ColdFusion, Performance Monitoring Toolset, and API Manager containers for the versions 2016/2018/2021 will no longer be accessible. This may lead to interruption in your automation scripts and other CI/CD pipelines.
We have moved all the containers to ColdFusion downloads. You’ll load the tar file in Docker and then run ColdFusion or the other tools.
https://coldfusion.adobe.com/2021/04/bintray-decommissioning/

FusionReactor Webinar - Reach for the Clouds with FusionReactor

May 12, 2021 05:00 PM in Amsterdam, Berlin, Rome, Stockholm, Vienna
8am PST, 10am CST
FusionReactor APM has been available as a cloud-based or SaaS solution for a few years now. This webinar will reveal what additional capabilities and benefits this platform has to offer (on top of everything which FusionReactor on-premise provides). We will also answer questions about licensing, data retention and technical aspects of expanding to the cloud.
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/4516197692493/WN__nI6dnlmRB6jafaKZmA_QA

ICYMI - Adobe’s ColdFusion Certification price drops

Adobe Certified Professional: Adobe ColdFusion is an industry-leading certification program from Adobe, for Adobe 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.
Only $149
https://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion-family/certificate.html

ICYMI - Adobe Webinar- Building modern web apps with ContentBox Modular CMS with Luis Majano

May 5, 2021 - 12 PM ET
ContentBox is a professional open source modular content management system powered by ColdBox HMVC and ColdFusion.  In this session, we will get an overview of this CMS platform and how you can leverage to not only deliver content based applications, but any modern web application thanks to its powerful headless API and ColdBox services.
https://cfwebinar-modularcms.meetus.adobeevents.com/
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Adobe Webinar Series - API Creation and Management

Next Webinar:  5/12/21
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
Recordings: https://t.co/ZQc637BSkv

Ortus Webinar for May - What's new in CommandBox 5.3 with Brad Wood

Friday, May 21st at 11:00 AM CT
Come learn with Brad Wood about all the new features and tricks in the newest CommandBox releases, including versions 5.1.0, 5.2.0, and 5.3.0.
Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0kdeytrTMrHdW9ahnIZvSQJdRZalO7yeBn
Webinar Page: https://www.ortussolutions.com/events/webinars

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