2022-12-20 Weekly News - Episode 176

Watch the video version on YouTube at https://youtu.be/Ez5BTHOjv84 

Hosts:

• Gavin Pickin - Senior Developer at Ortus Solutions
• Brad Wood - 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:

• Like and subscribe to our videos on YouTube. 
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• BOXLife store: https://www.ortussolutions.com/about-us/shop
• Buy Ortus’s Books
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Goal 2 - We are 39% of the way to fully fund the hosting of ForgeBox.io

Patreon Sponsored Job Announcement - Tomorrows Guides

Tomorrows Guides is a fast paced leader in the UK care sector, catering for care seekers across three areas: Care Homes, Nurseries and Home Care. We are often called the Trip Advisor of the care sector.
 
 
Current Roles - More in the job section
 
Senior Cf Developer – UK Only | Remote | Permanent | Circa £60k -  https://app.occupop.com/shared/job/senior-coldfusion-developer-5925b/

Automation Test Engineer – UK Only | Remote | Permanent | Crica £40k - https://app.occupop.com/shared/job/automation-test-engineer-a6545/


News and Announcements

Real ColdFusion is in the News

The U.S. Department of Energy said Sunday it would announce a "major scientific breakthrough" this week, after media reported a federal laboratory had recently achieved a major milestone in nuclear fusion research. The Financial Times reported Sunday that scientists in the California-based Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) had achieved a "net energy gain" from an experimental fusion reactor.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nuclear-fusion-energy-breakthrough-us-expected-announcement-zero-carbon-power/

Meet ColdFusion on Amazon Web Services

Build high-performing, enterprise-ready applications that scale dynamically to meet your business needs. Easily create interactive web applications by leveraging unique built-in HTML5 support. Make your websites more secure with formidable security standards.
https://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion-amazon-web-services.html

12 Days of Xmas - ITB 2022 Video Releases are in Progress

It's that time of year again. Trees are lit, presents are being wrapped, and relatives are coming to visit. That's right, it's time again for the 12 days of Christmas-- 2022 ITB Video Release Edition!

https://www.ortussolutions.com/blog/category/12-days-of-christmas-itb-2022-video-release
https://www.ortussolutions.com/blog/the-12-days-of-christmas-itb-2022-video-release-day-2-new-modules
https://www.ortussolutions.com/blog/the-12-days-of-christmas-itb-2022-video-release-day-3-modules
https://www.ortussolutions.com/blog/the-12-days-of-christmas-itb-2022-video-release-day-4-coldbox-modules-features
https://www.ortussolutions.com/blog/the-12-days-of-christmas-itb-2022-video-release-day-5-commandbox
https://www.ortussolutions.com/blog/the-12-days-of-christmas-itb-2022-video-release-day-6-contentbox
https://www.ortussolutions.com/blog/the-12-days-of-christmas-itb-2022-video-release-day-7-reactive-uis-cbwire-vuejs-and-alpinejs
https://www.ortussolutions.com/blog/the-12-days-of-christmas-itb-2022-video-release-day-8-modern-cfml
https://www.ortussolutions.com/blog/the-12-days-of-christmas-itb-2022-video-release-day-9-debugging-cfml-applications

Adobe ColdFusion Fortuna Alpha

Signup for the pre-release
https://www.adobeprerelease.com/beta/C0A219A0-A127-417A-D0D3-A7B5B3C5A0AE/participate/C3B4F4DC-8662-4610-D2B1-EE8FAD396648

Advent of Code

https://adventofcode.com/

CFML Slack Leaderboard: `1574707-be30db8f`
Box Team Leaderboard: `26416-a4842ce2`

ICYMI - CFML Blog Aggregator - CFBlogs.org 2.0 Released

The new version of CFBlogs ColdFusion Blog Aggregator has been released.

This version displays all of the blog posts in an attractive three-column card layout and displays the open graph image or a site image at the top of the post. The card images should allow the user to quickly convey the author of the post. Users can sort the grids by author by clicking on the card image.

https://www.gregoryalexander.com/blog/2022/12/5/CFBlogsorg-20-Released

ICYMI - ColdBox Master Class - Completely Free until the end of the Year!

Want to learn about modern web apps in ColdFusion (CFML)? We have our ColdBox Master Class for FREE until the end of the year!  A gift to the community, so we can all build amazing apps together! Watch all the videos!  Binge Coding Anyone?...