2021-05-04 Weekly News - Episode 102

Watch the video version on YouTube at https://youtu.be/IoHQ8sWKSAM

Hosts:

Eric Peterson - Senior Developer 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.
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Patreon Support

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

News and Events

CommandBox 5.3.0 Released

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

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

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/

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

ICYMI - Online CF Meetup - "Installing CF2021: choices, challenges, and solutions", with Charlie Arehart

Thursday, April 29, 2021
11:00 AM to 12:00 PM CDT
If you're considering moving to CF2021, there are some things to consider before or as you may install it. First, there’s a new “zip” install option, in addition to the traditional full installer. What’s that about? why should you use it? what are some challenges, and why might you not want to? We'll cover that...
https://www.meetup.com/coldfusionmeetup/events/277816061/
Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LN0_31YTwp8&list=PLG2EHzEbhy0-QirMKgSxhjkUyTSSTvHjL

CFCasts Content Updates

http://www.cfcasts.com

Just Released
- Object-Oriented Programming with Nolan Erck (https://cfcasts.com/series/oop-series)
      - Introduction
      - Basics of OOP
      - Why Use Components
      - Creating and Instantiating Components

Coming up soon
- More CommandBox Zero to Hero
- More What’s new with ColdBox 6
- Up and Running with Quick
- LogBox 101
- Using DocBox

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Conferences and Training

Adobe ColdFusion Developers Week

June 22-24, 2021 - Online
Coders, mark your calendars for Adobe ColdFusion Developer Week 2021!
Coders, Adobe ColdFusion Developer Week 2021 is edging closer! This year, we’ve lined up a series of sessions and webinars that will give you a 360-degree view of ColdFusion 2021’s brand new features and updates. Right from developing cloud-native applications to reducing downtime, these webinars will let you in on the best tips to deploy applications rapidly and seamlessly.
This is your chance...