2022-07-12 Weekly News - Episode 156

Watch the video version on YouTube at https://youtu.be/Lon8ghRKRvQ

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
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• 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 36 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 43% of the way to fully fund the hosting of ForgeBox.io

News and Announcements

Github Co-Pilot works with CFML

We specifically designed GitHub Copilot as an editor extension to make sure nothing gets in the way of what you’re doing. GitHub Copilot distills the collective knowledge of the world’s developers into an editor extension that suggests code in real time, to help you stay focused on what matters most: building great software.

Adam Tuttle confirmed in this Twitter thread https://twitter.com/gamesover/status/1545098071041724416

https://github.blog/2022-06-21-github-copilot-is-generally-available-to-all-developers/#:~:text=We're%20making%20GitHub%20Copilot,of%20popular%20open%20source%20projects.

Working Code Podcast discussed Github Co-pilot: https://www.bennadel.com/blog/4295-working-code-podcast-episode-82-github-charging-for-copilot.htm

CommandBox vNext supports enabling basic auth only for certain folders

#CommandBox vNext supports enabling basic auth only for certain folders, making it easier to wrap additional security around your administrators and other sensitive folders in production. ortussolutions.atlassian.net/browse/COMMAND… #CFML #ColdFusion

https://ortussolutions.atlassian.net/browse/COMMANDBOX-1419

AWS Identity and Access Management introduces Roles Anywhere for workloads outside of AWS

AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) now enables workloads that run outside of AWS to access AWS resources using IAM Roles Anywhere. IAM Roles Anywhere allows your workloads such as servers, containers, and applications to use X.509 digital certificates to obtain temporary AWS credentials and use the same IAM roles and policies that you have configured for your AWS workloads to access AWS resources.

https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2022/07/aws-identity-access-management-iam-roles-anywhere-workloads-outside-aws/

INTO THE BOX - Updates

Into the Box Early Bird ticket pricing is over!
We extended it for the 4th of July, but that is now over.

• ITB In Person Schedule Finalized on the Website
• New Speaker Added - John Farrar
• New sessions from Speakers

Workshops are starting to fill up - don’t miss your chance.
https://intothebox.org/

New Releases and Updates

New Monitoring Solution? - Monika

Mentioned by James Moberg on Twitter

A #ColdFusion Taffy API was timing out due to 3rdparty MSSQL table locks. I started using @hyperjump_tech Monika to log performance every 60 seconds to expose impact. monika.hyperjump.tech #CFML Metrics are logged to SQLite DB. #opensource #portable #yaml #notifications

Monika is an open source synthetic monitoring command line application. It is actively developed and completely free!

Loads of integrations.

https://monika.hyperjump.tech/

ICYMI - Adobe ColdFusion Builder (VS Code) Beta

Do you want to help us test and improve our upcoming Adobe ColdFusion Builder Extension for VS Code? Well, the time is nearly here. We are collecting emails of interested users.

We are starting with a very small closed beta just to shake any lingering bugs out. This is happening over the weekend.
Once we feel comfortable, users who have signed up for this beta (form link below) will slowly begin getting invites for a pre-release forum dedicated to the full closed beta program. This is likely to occur early to mid next week.

We need people who are fired up, willing to put in time testing and provide us with solid, informative feedback. The full, open launch of the product is coming shortly after Dev Week but this is your opportunity to get a chance to see it early, test it and help us make it as awesome as possible.

Please note: There may be bugs. This should not be used in production during the time of the beta testing. I shouldn't have to tell you that lol. But here we are. I use this tool already in my day to day. But your workflow might be different. We will be adding people slowly, so if you don't get an email early next week, just give it a moment. The earlier you sign up, the more likely you get in.
Sign up here:
 
https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=Wht7-jR7h0OUrtLBeN7O4VmPZrcheetIstWzdVorFtxURjVKSE5KNFZSSzg4MzdHUzRaOTZBQ1Q3SS4u&fbclid=IwAR3eZ4hD9cSXJKuME2mIeOYp8c4j-LT0mr_iCzPnSU52NkBdBxU-Az5abLg

Webinar / Meetups and Workshops

Live Stream Series - Koding with the Kiwi + Friends - Special Guest - Wil De Bruin - Talking about CBValidation

Friday July 15th, at 1pm PDT
Patreon’s check your email, there will be an email sent Wednesday with the registration link for the zoom call… or keep an eye out in the Patreon Only BoxTeam Slack channel or the Ortus Community Forum section.
Not a patreon? Sign up today or wait for us to release the recording on CFCasts after the session.

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