Modernize or Die® - CFML News for January 5th, 2021 - Episode 85

Modernize or Die ® Podcast - CFML News Edition

2021-01-05 Weekly News - Episode 85

Watch the video version on YouTube at https://youtu.be/htWt4J_36IE

Hosts:

Gavin Pickin - Software Consultant for Ortus Solutions
Brad Wood - Software Consultant for Ortus Solutions

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News and Events

New Podcast Launched by CFML Community Members

Working Code is a new podcast launched by some familiar names: Adam Tuttle, Ben Nadel, Carol Hamilton, and Tim Cunningham.
Working Code is a technology podcast unlike all others. Instead of diving deep into specific technologies to learn them better, or focusing on soft-skills, this one is like hanging out together at the water cooler or in the hallway at a technical conference. Working Code celebrates the triumphs and fails of working as a developer, and aims to make your career in coding more enjoyable.
https://redcircle.com/shows/workingcode

Ortus Solutions Released Its Second Lucee ColdFusion (CFML) AMI

This week we debuted the Windows 2019+Boncode+Tomcat AMI. Complete with optimized Windows 2019 and Tomcat 9 settings, CFML applications will be highly performant and secure. This stack will also allow users to build high-performance production or development machines based on Lucee 5.3.6.61 CFML and with CommandBox 5 as the CLI companion.
https://www.ortussolutions.com/blog/ortus-solutions-released-its-second-lucee-coldfusion-cfml-ami

Online CF Meetup - "Code and Tell: Building Your Own Tools with CommandBox", with Matthew Clemente

Thursday, January 7, 2021
11:00 AM to 12:00 PM CST
Let's automate the boring stuff with ColdFusion! Let's build our own tools to supercharge ColdFusion servers, leverage existing ColdFusion libraries, and streamline daily development. All you need is your current knowledge of ColdFusion to leverage CommandBox's extensible framework for crafting new tools and automations.
https://www.meetup.com/coldfusionmeetup/events/275448038/

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Conferences and Training

Ortus Workshops - Dates coming soon

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- CommandBox Zero to Hero
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Possible Ortus Conferences for 2021

Ortus Developer Week - May 2021
ITB CET - Virtual Live European Summit - August 2021
ITB 2021 - Onsite Event - Houston - September 2021
ITB Latam - December 2021
Dates subject to change

More conferences: https://confs.tech/

Blogs, Tweets and Videos of the Week

Blog - Ben Nadel - The User Experience (UX) Of My Microwave's "Add 30-Seconds" Button
Over Christmas break, I needed to thaw-out some Ben & Jerry's Chocolate Fudge Brownie ice cream. And, since waiting a few minutes for it to warm-up on the kitchen counter is entirely unacceptable, I popped it in the microwave for 10-seconds. I did this by hitting the Add 30-Seconds button, waiting 10-seconds, and then hitting the Cancel button. When it comes to microwaves, I only ever use two buttons: "Add 30-seconds" and "Cancel". But, my microwave has loads of additional buttons and advanced settings. As I was standing there with 10-seconds to kill, I started to wonder what kind of user experience (UX) lessons I might learn from the large gap between what the science-oven offers; and, how I actually use it.
https://www.bennadel.com/blog/3956-the-user-experience-ux-of-my-microwaves-add-30-seconds-button.htm

Blog - Charlie Arehart - Version numbers of libraries underlying ColdFusion 2021
Are you wondering what updates have been made (in terms of version numbers) to the libraries underlying CF2021?
For instance, what's the version of ehcache? What about Java, Tomcat, Hibernate, Quartz, jQuery, and so on?
In this post, I offer a rundown of what seem the most significant libraries and their versions, as deployed in the first release of ColdFusion (2021 Release). This is something I have been doing in my "hidden gems" talks for the past several releases. I also explain here how I find these version numbers, which isn't always obvious, in case that may help anyone (and also because some libraries may change with future updates to CF2021). I also offer some commentary on why this matter of library versions is important to some, as well as some counterpoints to the demands some have that every library should always be the absolute latest version (and why that's just not practicable).
https://www.carehart.org/blog/client/index.cfm/2021/1/3/what_are_cf2021_embedded_library_version_numbers

Blog - Akbarsait - ColdFusion 2021 Tutorials
Every release of ColdFusion is a ceremony to the CF community. Like the previous release, I started to create this new list for the 2021 release of ColdFusion. The CF 2021 list will get updated as soon as articles are published. I hope it will be handy to see a collection of tutorials on a single page for folks like me .
https://www.akbarsait.com/blog/index.cfm/2021/1/1/ColdFusion-2021-Tutorials

Blog - Ortus Solutions - 2020 - What a Year It Has Been!
https://www.ortussolutions.com/blog/end-of-the-year-review

Blog - Ortus Solutions - Ortus Solutions Released Its Second Lucee ColdFusion (CFML) AMI
This week we debuted the Windows 2019+Boncode+Tomcat AMI. Complete with optimized Windows 2019 and Tomcat 9 settings, CFML applications will be highly performant and secure. This stack will also allow users to build high-performance production or development machines based on Lucee 5.3.6.61 CFML and with CommandBox 5 as the CLI companion.
https://www.ortussolutions.com/blog/ortus-solutions-released-its-second-lucee-coldfusion-cfml-ami

Blog - Ben Nadel - The SublimeText 3 Extended Find Results Tab Is A "Living Document"
I'm a huge SublimeText 3 fan. From its blazing fast fuzzy-text file matching to its multi-cursor / multi-selection support, it never fails to disappoint. Which is why I use it all day, every day. Among the features that I leverage often is the exten...