2022-08-16 Weekly News - Episode 161

Watch the video version on YouTube at https://youtu.be/tsx07USLyPI

Hosts: 

• Gavin Pickin - Senior Developer at Ortus Solutions
• Dan Card - Senior Developer at Ortus Solutions

Thanks to our Sponsor - Ortus Solutions

The makers of ColdBox, CommandBox, ForgeBox, TestBox and all your favorite box-es out there. 
A few ways  to say thanks back to Ortus Solutions:

• BUY SOME ITB TICKETS - COME TO THE CONFERENCE - Have a few laughs!
• Like and subscribe to our videos on YouTube. 
• Help ORTUS reach for the Stars - Star and Fork our Repos
  • Star all of your Github Box Dependencies from CommandBox with https://www.forgebox.io/view/commandbox-github 
• Subscribe to our Podcast on your Podcast Apps and leave us a review
• Sign up for a free or paid account on CFCasts, which is releasing new content every week
• BOXLife store: https://www.ortussolutions.com/about-us/shop
• Buy Ortus’s Book - 102 ColdBox HMVC Quick Tips and Tricks on GumRoad (http://gum.co/coldbox-tips)

Patreon Support

Goal 1 - We have 38 patreons providing 100% of the funding for our Modernize or Die Podcasts via our Patreon site: https://www.patreon.com/ortussolutions.
Goal 2 - We are 44% of the way to fully fund the hosting of ForgeBox.io

News and Announcements

ContentBox v5.3.0 Released

We are so excited to bring you the release of ContentBox Hybrid CMS version 5.3.0. This might be the last release in this major series as we are beginning the push of the next major release of ContentBox v6. Here is our what's new guide with our full release notes.
https://www.ortussolutions.com/blog/contentbox-v53-released/

CBWire Updated Example App

Now with updated example app - clone the repo and start it up.
Building modern CFML apps is a pain. ColdBox makes creating server-side apps easy, but what about the client-side? Front-end JavaScript frameworks like Vue and React are powerful, yet they also introduce complexity and a significant learning curve when creating our apps.
What if you could create apps that look and feel like your Vue and React web apps but are written with CFML. Impossible, you say? Nay, we say!
Introducing CBWIRE: Power-up your CFML!
https://github.com/coldbox-modules/cbwire

ICYMI - Lucee Release Roadmap, 6.0, 5.3.9 and 5.3.10
5.3.9 - Firstly, we have been working on the open regressions 11 with 5.3.9 and hope to release a quick RC this Friday.
6.0.0-BETA - There are still a number of blockers which we still need to address, but we are getting very close.
https://dev.lucee.org/t/lucee-release-roadmap-6-0-5-3-9-and-5-3-10/10810

ICYMI - WireBox Object Delegators are now born!
 
WireBox Object Delegators are now born!  It's been committed with tests and hopefully this new design pattern will help you create beautiful object DSLs and just allow for less boilerplate in your code.
https://ortussolutions.atlassian.net/browse/WIREBOX-131?atlOrigin=eyJpIjoiMGY4OTQwZGE2YTU5NGVkNGI2MDk5YzI1ZDM0MDA0ZGQiLCJwIjoiamlyYS1zbGFjay1pbnQifQ

INTO THE BOX - Updates

2 weeks left until the start of the Pre-Conf, the Workshop and 2 days of 2 track content. 
ITB Pre-Conference Schedule Finalized on the Website 
Last 3 sessions TBA

• Zac Spitzer - Lucee 5, 6 and beyond
• Javier Quintero - CBValidation
• Dan Card  - New Product - CFScribe

New Sponsors

• Silver - TeraTech - Creator of CFAlive Podcast and State of the CF Union Survey
• Silver - WRIS - WRIS Web Services develops process improving web-based software and applications for businesses looking to expedite workflow and eliminate legacy, paper-based, manual systems.

 
BIG ANNOUNCEMENT COMING WEDNESDAY AUGUST 17th at 8AM
 
Workshops are starting to fill up - don’t miss your chance.
https://intothebox.org/

New Releases and Updates

ICYMI - Lucee - Image Extension 1.2.0.1 and 1.0.0.44, isImageFile() invalid file locking fixed
Bugfix: locked temp image files - isImageFile()

https://luceeserver.atlassian.net/browse/LDEV-3931
When using isImageFile() for certain formats, if the file wasn’t an image, Lucee was leaving the file locked.
https://dev.lucee.org/t/image-extension-1-2-0-1-and-1-0-0-44-isimagefile-invalid-file-locking-fixed/10808

Webinar / Meetups and Workshops

Ortus Webinar - August - Ortus Team - Into the Box Preview and Q&A

August 26th, 2022: Time 11:00AM Central Time ( US and Canada )
Join some of the Ortus HARD Core Team as they discuss all the great things coming to you from Into the Box, with the Pre Conference Online Sessions, Full Day Workshops and then the 2 day 2 track in Person Conference.
The session will be informal, with Q&A from the chat, with maybe a couple of last minute surprise announcements.
Register now: https://bit.ly/3cW6LlM

Hawaii CFUG - OOP & ColdFusion
 
Friday, August 26, 2022 at 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM PDT
Object-Oriented Programming is common term in programming languages. It’s a vast concept but to sum it up in a single line, it is a set of concepts and techniques that make use of the “object” construct, to write more reusable, maintainable, and organized code. Objects are implemented differently in every language. In ColdFusion, we have ColdFusion Components (CFCs) that can be instantiated to create objects.
Anyone who has ever studied OOP must know that there are four main concepts, which are:

• Abstraction
• Encapsulation
• Inheritance
• Polymorphism

https://www.meetup.com/hawaii-coldfusion-meetup-group/events/287606572/

Adobe Workshops & Webinars

Join the Adobe ColdFusion Workshop to learn how you and your agency can leverage ColdFusion to create amazing web content. This one-day training will cover all facets of Adobe ColdFusion that developers need to build applications that can run across multiple cloud providers or on-premise

WEBINAR - THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 2022 - THIS WEEK

10:00 AM PDT
Making Games with Adobe ColdFusion
Mark Takata
https://making-games-with-adobe-coldfusion.meetus.adobeevents.com/

WEBINAR - THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

10:00 AM PDT
Building Custom Adobe Connect Pods with CF2021
Mark Takata