2020-11-10 Weekly News - Episode 78

Watch the video version on YouTube at https://youtu.be/Pizbup6JphM

Hosts:

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

Thanks to our Sponsor - Ortus Solutions

Into the Box Latam Dec 3rd and 4th - English and Spanish
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News and Events

New ColdBox Site

https://www.coldbox.org/

Seattle CFUG - Hands-on deep-dive into interacting with the Thinkific API.

Wednesday, November 11, 2020
6:00 PM to 7:30 PM PST
Hosted by - William Frankhouser and Leon O'Daniel
This meeting features an hands-on deep-dive into interacting with the Thinkific API.
Thinkific is one of the top platforms for online course delivery. This meetup builds upon the concepts shared at the October 2020 Seattle ColdFusion User Group Meeting to provide a hands-on experience interacting with the Thinkific API.
https://www.meetup.com/Seattle-ColdFusion-User-Group/events/274050264/

Online CF Meetup - "Using Taffy: API Live Coding & Fireside Chat", with Adam Tuttle

Thursday, November 12, 2020
5:00 PM to 6:00 PM CST
Adam will demonstrate building a REST API using his library Taffy to illustrate many of the foundational principles of REST and the ease of accomplishing them with Taffy. Then we'll open the floor for Q&A and discussion.
https://www.meetup.com/coldfusionmeetup/events/274413376/

ICYMI - Online CF Meetup - "Building great user interfaces fast with Kendo UI", with TJ VanToll

Thursday, November 5th, 2020
11:00 AM to 12:00 PM CST
Kendo UI is a suite of UI components that let you to build front-end apps fast. In this session, TJ VanToll will introduce you to Kendo UI by building a series of apps that solve some of the trickier modern web development problems, like forms, data grids, charts and graphs, and more. Come learn about Kendo UI, and how you can speed up your web development workflows.
Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKgfARETRbA
Event: https://www.meetup.com/coldfusionmeetup/events/274271713/

ICYMI - Ortus October Webinar - ContentBox AMA with Luis Majano and Gavin Pickin

Friday, November 6th - 2pm CST (GMT -5:00)
We had to change the Webinar after recording the podcast, so we're doing a ContentBox AMA with Luis Majano and Gavin Pickin
Recording: https://www.cfcasts.com/series/webinars/videos/contentbox-modular-cms-office-hours

CFCasts Content Updates

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Configure your CFML Servers with CFConfig
  - Environment Variables (https://cfcasts.com/series/cf-config/videos/environment-variables)

Ortus Webinars
- ContentBox Modular CMS Office Hours (https://cfcasts.com/series/webinars/videos/contentbox-modular-cms-office-hours)

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Conferences and Training

Deploy - by Digital Ocean - TODAY!!!

DigitalOcean’s first virtual global 24‑hour community conference.
Starts November 10 at 10am EST
What to expect:
- Over 80 tech-focused sessions
- New product announcements
- Developer-focused breakout rooms
- Special keynotes
- Hourly goody giveaways
- Fun virtual rooms
- Free and easy to RSVP
https://www.digitalocean.com/deploy/

DotNetConf

Nov 10-12, 2020
Mainly .net content but some other content relevant to CFers, Docker, Azure, K8s, Github Actions etc
https://www.dotnetconf.net/

Adobe ColdFusion Summit 2020 - Replaces CF Summit West

Date: November 17-18 ( not 17-19 as first announced or on the coldfusion.adobe.com site)
Location: Online
Admission: Free
Speakers and Schedule now on the website
https://cfsummit.adobeevents.com/

Adobe ColdFusion Certification now available Online

Adobe Certified Professional: Adobe ColdFusion is an industry-leading certification program from Adobe, for 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.

Introductory Offer: $499

Blog: https://coldfusion.adobe.com/2020/07/coldfusion-certification-online-now/
Register: https://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion-family/certificate.html

Developer Week - Austin

November 17-18, 2020
This year at DeveloperWeek Austin, we’ve added new tracks and topics about the Dev Roadmap. No matter the industry, technology, or role, all dev teams share similar best practices. The Dev Roadmap is the 3 components that go into a successful developer project: DevTeam Practices, Dev Manager Practices, Developer Technologies.
Free with Code FREE2020
Pro and Premium Passes available
https://www.developerweek.com/Austin/

KubeCon / CloudNativeCon

November 17-20, 2020
Keynote: Free
Conference: $100
https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-north-america/

AWS re:Invent
NOV. 30 – DEC. 18, 2020
Free
Amazon’s Premium Conference is also virtual, and a free 3-week event:
https://reinvent.awsevents.com/

ITB Latam

December 3-4th
Live Virtual Conference in Spanish and English!!!
Price: $7.00
https://latam.intothebox.org/
https://www.ortussolutions.com/events

More conferences: https://confs.tech/

Blogs, Tweets and Videos of the Week

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