2023-01-10 Weekly News - Episode 179

Watch the video version on YouTube at https://youtu.be/noI3EDu9SqQ

Hosts: 

• Gavin Pickin - Senior Developer at Ortus Solutions
• Daniel Garcia - 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. 
• 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 Books
  • 102 ColdBox HMVC Quick Tips and Tricks on GumRoad (http://gum.co/coldbox-tips)
  • Learn Modern ColdFusion (CFML) in 100+ Minutes - Free online https://modern-cfml.ortusbooks.com/ or buy an EBook or Paper copy https://www.ortussolutions.com/learn/books/coldfusion-in-100-minutes

 
Patreon Support ( admirable )
Goal 1 - We have 42 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 37% of the way to fully fund the hosting of ForgeBox.io

 
News and Announcements

Security Notice: Mura CMS < 10.0.580 and Masa CMS < 7.3.10
Security Notice: Mura CMS < 10.0.580 and Masa CMS < 7.3.10 are affected by a critical authentication bypass vulnerability. Patch this one now. Vulnerability details will be disclosed in 60 days.

https://github.com/MasaCMS/MasaCMS/releases/tag/7.3.10
https://www.murasoftware.com/mura-cms/

New Releases and Updates

CBWIRE 2.2 Released
We're excited to announce the release of CBWIRE 2.2. This release includes several added enhancements, such as new lifecycle hooks and simplified Turbo Drive integration. We changed the previous lifecycle hook of mount() to onMount() to be consistent, and several bugs were squashed.
The docs have been updated also. https://cbwire.ortusbooks.com/
https://www.ortussolutions.com/blog/cbwire-22-released

Webinar / Meetups and Workshops

Ortus Event Calendar for Google
https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0?cid=Y181NjJhMWVmNjFjNGIxZTJlNmQ4OGVkNzg0NTcyOGQ1Njg5N2RkNGJiNjhjMTQwZjc3Mzc2ODk1MmIyOTQyMWVkQGdyb3VwLmNhbGVuZGFyLmdvb2dsZS5jb20
 
Ortus Fridays are back in Full Effect in 2023

• ICYMI - Ortus Office Hours - Jan 6th, 2023 - 11 AM CST
• Ortus Webinar - Jan 20th 2023 - CBWIRE Coding Session - Let’s build an app with CBWIRE with Grant Copley - 11 AM CST
• Koding with the Kiwi - Jan 27th, 2023 - 2 PM CST
• Ortus Office Hours - Feb 3rd, 2023 - 11 AM CST
• Software Craftsmanship Book Club - Feb 10th, 2023 - 2 PM CST (Patreon exclusive)

Mid Michigan CFUG - Adobe’s Ray Camden will be presenting Intro to Alpine.js

Alpine calls itself the jQuery for the modern web. So if you’re not ready to move to React or Vue you many want to give it a serious look. They’ve also done the behind the scenes work to integrate it with charting programs, online rich text editors and online calendars.

If you’re unable to make the livestream we will make Ray’s presentation available on our YouTube channel at a later date. https://youtube.com/@CFML

https://tinyurl.com/yeyt7y9u

CFCasts Content Updates

https://www.cfcasts.com

Recent Releases

• ITB 2022 - All videos released to subscribers - 30+!!!!
• 2022 ForgeBox Module of the Week Series - 1 new Video https://cfcasts.com/series/2022-forgebox-modules-of-the-week
• 2022 VS Code Hint tip and Trick of the Week Series - 1 new Video https://cfcasts.com/series/2022-vs-code-hint-tip-and-trick-of-the-week 

Coming Soon

• More ForgeBox and VS Code Podcast snippet videos
• ColdBox Elixir from Eric
• Getting Started with ContentBox from Daniel
• Brad with more CommandBox Videos
• Box-ifying a 3rd Party Library from Gavin
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Conferences and Training

CF Summit Online

All the webinars, all the speakers from Adobe ColdFusion Summit 2022 – brought right to your screen. All sessions will soon be streamed online, for your convenience. Stay tuned for more!

MODERNIZING THROUGH EVOLUTION NOT REVOLUTION
Guust Nieuwenhuis
January 10, 2023 | 15:00 - 16:00 EST (1 hour)
Our company has grown over a quarter of a century, and across those years we have matured as developers and IT companies, refining both our tools and practices to a degree that the past seems hardly recognizable. Counter to this are the inevitable compromises, products of constrained timeframes, limited client budgets or strained resources. Projects inevitably lean more towards growth and depth than general modernization, to the point that they become difficult to maintain. So, what happens when the bugs add up and the monster emerges? Refactor? Rewrite from scratch? We’ve been involved in many such projects, internally and inherited both, and have learned there is no simple answer to the question “how do we move forward?” Through case studies and anecdotes I will explain what to look out for, from both a technical and business perspective.

EASIER API DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING - USE POSTMAN, WEBHOOK.SITE, AND NGROK TO ENHANCE YOUR WORKFLOW
Daniel Garcia
January 12, 2023 | 12:00 - 13:00 EST (1 hour)
Postman, Webhook.site, and ngrok are great tools that can really enhance your API development and testing workflow. PostMan is a cross-platform API Testing Tool with lots of awesome features, Webhook.site allows you to easily inspect, test, and automate any incoming HTTP request or e-mails, and ngrok enables you to expose a web server running on your local machine to the internet. These are must-have tools for any API developer (either creating or consuming). In short, these tools solve problems and best of all, they all have free versions which allow you to be very productive. My goal is that after this conference, you will start using at least one, if not all three, tools when you get home. I'm not saying using these tools will be life-changing, but I am also not not saying that ...