2022-06-07 Weekly News - Episode 151

Watch the video version on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKnPCL8870Q&list=PLNE-ZbNnndB98oRT8THamdCUiyDQL1uEj&index=151

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
• 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 37 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 53% of the way to fully fund the hosting of ForgeBox.io

PATREON SPONSORED JOB POSTING!

Hagerty - MotorSportReg
2 Job Opportunities for Senior Software Engineer, Motorsport - more in the job section.

Ready to get in the driver’s seat? Join us!
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News and Announcements

Live Stream Series - Koding with the Kiwi + Friends

Starting this Friday, June 10th, at 1pm PDT
Goal is for Weekly Streams - when possible
Gavin will be hosting a live stream, for Patreon members only. This stream try to include special guests from the community, to get their viewpoints / advice on how Gavin should do something. We’ll be pair programming / talking with Adam Cameron about TDD, Sam Knowlton on Quick/QB, and Wil De Bruin on API documentation and Validation, and others from the Ortus Team and Community too.

This week’s guest is a surprise, you’ll have to tune in to find out.
Patreon’s check your email, there will be an email sent soon with the registration link for the zoom call.

Blog Post with more details coming tomorrow.

Not a patreon? Sign up today or wait for us to release the recording on CFCasts after the session.

INTO THE BOX - Updates

This week we're going to be announcing some attendee perks, like CFCasts, as well as some more sponsors. Last week was full of announcements, and special code and the last workshop selected.

Announcing - Into the Box 2022 Podcast Series

This podcast is a special podcast for attendees or undecided attendees, to get a view of what the conference has to offer, we'll be interviewing Ortus members organizing the conference, as well as workshop trainers, session speakers and sponsors as well. You'll get all of this information, in short sharp episodes, so you can decide if you want to Into the Box and WHEN you decide you are going, which workshop and sessions will you attend.

https://www.intothebox.org/blog/announcing-into-the-box-2022-podcast-series

Free Month of CFCasts for all ITB Attendees in Addition to ITB 2022 Videos

Every year, when you are an attendee of Into the Box, you get all of the recordings from the Into the Box Conference you attended made available for future viewing, or reviewing. We have always done this so you don't miss out on all of the amazing content in both tracks at the conference. In addition to that, this year, after Into the Box, we'll also be sending all of the attendees a coupon for 1 month free access to all of the content on CFCasts.

http://www.intothebox.org/blog/free-month-of-cfcasts-for-all-itb-attendees-in-addition-to-itb-2022-videos

Couchbase - Platinum Sponsor for Into the Box 2022

We are excited to announce Couchbase as a Platinum Sponsor at Into the Box 2022. Ortus Solutions has built the Couchbase Extension for Lucee and has been using Couchbase for many years now, to provide lightning fast caching, vital in a clustered environment. Couchbase has continued to grow and expand features and benefits, and we are so happy they are sponsoring Into the Box 2022.

http://www.intothebox.org/blog/couchbase-platinum-sponsor-for-into-the-box-2022

Top Secret - Big Announcement coming next week - fingers crossed

ICYMI - ColdBox BE ready for next release - testers needed

Has major refactoring and improvements on wirebox - we have a need for speed!

https://ortussolutions.atlassian.net/browse/COLDBOX-1113?jql=project%20%3D%20%22COLDBOX%22%20AND%20fixVersion%20%3D%20%22Current%22

https://ortussolutions.atlassian.net/browse/COLDBOX-1107?jql=project%20%3D%20%22WIREBOX%22%20AND%20fixVersion%20%3D%20%22Current%22

ICYMI - CBFS is going to be cut any day now - testers needed

We’re looking for others to contribute other providers to make it even more powerful.
https://www.forgebox.io/view/cbfs

New Releases and Updates

ICYMI - Hyper v3.5.0 is out with:

- New `getStatusText()` and `getStatus()` methods
- `getMemento()` methods for both `HyperRequest` and `HyperResponse`
- And a better `throwOnError` experience showing much more information than `cfhttp` gives you out of the box.
https://www.forgebox.io/view/hyper

ICYMI - Minor Update to the Lucee Mongo DB Extension

fixes an issue where cache entries with a “last access” timeout would not properly be removed from the cache in a timely manner.
fixes an issue where the hit count in the table was incremented twice on each “hit”
minor code cleanup (typos in function names)

https://dev.lucee.org/t/mongodb-extension-minor-update-3-12-8-132/10254

WEBINARS / MEETUPS AND WORKSHOPS

THIS WEEK - Online CF Meetup - "When Should I Use 3rd Party Libraries vs Roll My Own?", with Gavin Pickin
There is always a trade-off between using a 3rd party library and rolling your version in software development. I often hear many of these points in discussions, but I wonder how many people know and consider them, so I wanted to share my pros and cons.

This presentation will help convince you that libraries are not EVIL like so many haters...