Modernize or Die® - CFML News for April 20th, 2021 - Episode 100

Modernize or Die ® Podcast - CFML News Edition

2021-04-20 Weekly News - Episode 100

Watch the video version on YouTube at https://youtu.be/1GOdVcQgfyc

Hosts:

Luis Majano - Owner of Ortus Solutions
Gavin Pickin - Software Consultant for Ortus Solutions
Eric Peterson - Senior Developer for Ortus Solutions
Brad Wood - Software Consultant for Ortus Solutions

Thanks to our Sponsor - Ortus Solutions

The makers of ColdBox, CommandBox, ForgeBox, TestBox and almost every other Box out there.
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https://www.ortussolutions.com/blog/we-need-your-help

News and Events

We made it to 100 Episodes!!

So to thank our supporters, we decided to do a little raffle giveaway.
To enter the raffle, answer 5 Ortus Trivia questions on the google form, and we’ll be giving away 5 boxlife swag packages.
To those watching live in chat, if you complete the form today, you’ll go into the draw for the first 2, and then everyone until we record next week’s episode to have a chance at the remaining 3
https://forms.gle/SKFLZHbQR1g2caKQ9

Congrats to Mark Takata, the new Adobe CF Technical Evangelist

Let’s all offer a hardy welcome to our new Adobe ColdFusion Technical Evangelist, Mark Takata. It’s great to see Adobe creating (recreating) that position.
https://coldfusion.adobe.com/2021/04/congrats-mark-takata-new-adobe-cf-evangelist/

ColdBox 6.4.0 Released - Welcome to the land of Scheduled Tasks

ColdBox 6.4.0 is more of a major than a minor release due to the amount of work we have done to bring you one of the most revolutionary features of this framework: Scheduled Tasks.
https://coldbox.ortusbooks.com/intro/release-history/whats-new-with-6.4.0

TLSv1 and TLSv1.1 Disabled by Default in Java after April 20 2021

The OpenJDK Crypto Roadmap states that TLSv1 and TLSv1.1 will be disabled in OpenJDK releases by default after April 20, 2021. I assume this change also applies to Oracle, and all the JVMs that are derived from OpenJDK.
https://www.petefreitag.com/item/916.cfm

Spreadsheet Library v2.18.0 released

Finally added support for header/footer images, also external/internal hyperlinks
https://github.com/cfsimplicity/lucee-spreadsheet

Adam Cameron is joining the CFML Slack again - be warned :)

A week or so ago I started to talk to Easy Direct Debits Ltd, and this has worked out well for me (and hopefully them…. I'm starting today - I'll clock-on in about 15min - as "Technical Team Lead". it's with a CFML shop. I'm a wee bit rusty with my CFML, hence giving myself some exercises this last week. And my boss has given me more to do today. Ha. I will also be maintaining my focus on TDD, automated testing, and code quality. This is a big part of my role there. And this is excellent.
I'll be rejoining the CFML Slack community shortly. Apologies in advance to everyone there ;-)
https://blog.adamcameron.me/2021/04/why-ive-been-looking-at-cfml-again.html

Need testing for CommandBox 5.3.0 before release

Development is closed down for CommandBox 5.3.0 and just waiting on some final testing before I release. Please give it a look now and make sure it's kosher.
https://downloads.ortussolutions.com/#/ortussolutions/commandbox/5.3.0-alpha/
#CFML #ColdFusion
https://twitter.com/bdw429s/status/1384544487591063556

ICYMI - VS Code Live Stream - VS Code Notebooks: A Deep Dive

Thursday 15th at 8am PST
VS Code is adding Notebooks as a core concept in the API, on top of which extensions like the Jupyter Notebook are being built. Join Tanha to explore the capabilities of Notebooks in VS Code. We'll also look under-the-hood at the new APIs to build custom notebooks and visualizers, and how you can use them to build new extensions.
https://code.visualstudio.com/livestream?WT.mc_id=devcloud-18509-cxa
Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-AXZZDTQhM

Adobe Webinar Series - API Creation and Management

Next Webinar: 4/28/21
ColdFusion Developers, do you want a first hand look at publishing APIs securely and at scale? Then mark your calendars for Brian Sappey’s upcoming webinars! This seven-part series will give you a 360 degree view of the API Manager and teach you how to build RESTful APIs with Adobe ColdFusion. Everything from securing, publishing and monitoring APIs, will be covered with hands-on examples, and easy discussions.
Dates: 3/24/21, 3/25/21, 4/28/21, 4/29/31, 5/12/21, 5/13/21, 5/24/21
Information: https://coldfusion.adobe.com/2021/03/webinar-series-api-creation-management/
Registration: https://coldfusion-api-management-solution.meetus.adobeevents.com/?fbclid=IwAR2q7aEI9u1ibBKrneeDvAhKWWW7V78bB_P1rTzWAh8x4e20q68gXLeMVrM
Recordings: https://t.co/ZQc637BSkv

ICYMI - Online CF Meetup - "To the future with cbFutures!", with Luis Majano

Thursday, April 15, 2021
5:00 PM to 6:00 PM CDT
In this session we will explore the asynchronous and parallel programming constructs built into the ColdBox 6 Async Package. Java has supported a robust and functional approach to asynchronous programming since JDK8 and now it is available to us all in the Coldfusion (CFML) ⚡ World! To the future!
https://www.meetup.com/coldfusionmeetup/events/277112459/
Recording: https://cfcasts.com/series/ortusian-talks/videos/to-the-future-with-cbfutures!-with-luis-majano

Ortus Webinar - Building modern web apps with ContentBox Modular CMS with Luis Majano

April 23, 2021 Time: 11:00 AM CT
ContentBox is a professional open source modular content management system powered by ColdBox HMVC and ColdFusion. In this session, led by Luis Majano, we will get an overview of this CMS pla...