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Modernize or Die® - CFML News Podcast for October 25th, 2022 - Episode 169
Manage episode 345260833 series 2508132
2022-10-25 Weekly News - Episode 169
Watch the video version on YouTube at https://youtu.be/-CdMcz8OGJs
Hosts:
- Gavin Pickin - Senior Developer at Ortus Solutions
- Scott Steinbeck - CoOwner of Agritracking Systems - Patreon and CFML Community Member and has presented at Into the Box, Adobe CF Summit & CFObjective
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 Book - 102 ColdBox HMVC Quick Tips and Tricks on GumRoad (http://gum.co/coldbox-tips)
Patreon Support ( magnificent )
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 32% of the way to fully fund the hosting of ForgeBox.io
News and Announcements
AI is taking over the world - What the Diff AI
If you review pull requests, it will blow your mind.
It automatically writes a summary of your code changes as a GitHub comment, in seconds.
https://whatthediff.ai/
Hacktoberfest 2023 - Last week!!!
HERE’S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW TO PARTICIPATE AND COMPLETE HACKTOBERFEST:
Register anytime between September 26 and October 31
Pull requests can be made in any GITHUB or GITLAB hosted project that’s participating in Hacktoberfest (look for the “hacktoberfest” topic)
Project maintainers must accept your pull/merge requests for them to count toward your total
Have 4 pull/merge requests accepted between October 1 and October 31 to complete Hacktoberfest
The first 40,000 participants (maintainers and contributors) who complete Hacktoberfest can elect to receive one of two prizes: a tree planted in their name, or the Hacktoberfest 2022 t-shirt.
https://hacktoberfest.com/
Ortus Blog about Hacktoberfest - https://www.ortussolutions.com/blog/october-is-here-and-that-means-hacktoberfest
Ordered my T-Shirt!!!
New Releases and Updates
MasaCMS v7.3.9 released
Update filebrowser.cfc by @jimblesphere in #128
fix empty admin minified JS files
replace We Are Orange with We Are North
https://github.com/MasaCMS/MasaCMS/releases/tag/7.3.9
Other Masa Links
https://github.com/MasaCMS/MasaCMS/discussions/135
https://github.com/MasaCMS/MasaCMS/discussions/136
https://github.com/MasaCMS/MasaCMS/discussions/137
Image Extension 2.0.0.16 BETA
Image Extension 2.0.0.16-BETA is available for testing
- fixes some locking issues on windows
- major refactoring
- optional support for commercial Jdeli and/or Apose Imaging jars when available in the classpath (i.e /lib dir)
- Latest Twelve Monkeys 2 3.9.3 (including lossless WEBP support) previous was 3.8.2
JDeli for example supports HEIC images
Version 2 will bundled with Lucee 6.0, but it also works with Lucee 5.3
We will be backporting the image locking fixes to the 1.0 branch, which is a blocker for the 5.3.10 release
https://dev.lucee.org/t/image-extension-2-0-0-16-beta/11293
ICYMI - ColdFusion 2021 "refreshed" installers available (with update 5)...but only in one place for now
Here's some surprising news: Adobe has released a "refreshed" installer for CF2021, which includes update 5 (which came out last week) built-in.
TLDR: these new "refreshed" CF2021 installers are (for now) available only here: here.
https://www.carehart.org/blog/2022/10/17/cf2021_refreshed_installers_available_but_only_one_place_for_now
Updated: https://www.carehart.org/blog/2022/10/18/java_updates_Oct_2022
Webinar / Meetups and Workshops
Online ColdFusion Meetup - 300th Episode: A look back and a new direction", with Charlie Arehart
Thursday, October 27, 2022 at 9:00 AM - 10AM
We did it, reaching episode 300! Join us as we celebrate this momentous anniversary. The Online CFMeetup was formed in 2005 and has been hosted since 2007 by Charlie Arehart, with sessions from over 150 speakers on a wide range of topics related to CF. In this session, we'll celebrate the past and look to the future for the group, where I will propose a new direction/format. All still about CF, of course. Here's to 300 more!
https://www.meetup.com/coldfusionmeetup/events/289332692/
Ortus Webinar - Step up your Testing with Gavin Pickin
Friday October 28th at 11am CDT
We all test manually, let's step up our game with some easy, powerful and valuable automated tests with TestBox - even on your legacy codebases.
Fewer bugs and errors are the primary benefit of the Testing. When the code has fewer bugs, you'll spend less time fixing them than other programming methodologies. Test Driven Developer produces a higher overall test coverage and, therefore to a better quality of the final product.
Register now: https://bit.ly/3EY6SZK
CFHawaii - ColdFusion Builder for VS Code
Friday, October 28, 2022 at 3:00 PM to Friday, October 28, 2022 at 4:00 PM PDT
Mark Takata, the Adobe CF Technical Evangelist for ColdFusion will give a presentation on the new ColdFusion Builder extension for VS Code. During his talk he will discuss:
Access built-in support for IntelliSense code completion, better semantic code understanding, and code refactoring.
Identify security vulnerabilities and maintain the integrity of your code.
Manage your work with extensions, remote project support, integrated server management, a log viewer, and more!
Customize every feature to your liking by creating shortcuts, easily formatting and reusing code, and using powerful extensions to better your best.
https://www.meetup.com/hawaii-coldfusion-meetup-group/events/288977258/
Ortus Office Hours
November 4th at 11am CDT - 1st Friday of the Month
Daniel Garcia will host a variety of Ortus people
Office Hours questions & requests form available
Signup link is coming soon.
217 episodes
Manage episode 345260833 series 2508132
2022-10-25 Weekly News - Episode 169
Watch the video version on YouTube at https://youtu.be/-CdMcz8OGJs
Hosts:
- Gavin Pickin - Senior Developer at Ortus Solutions
- Scott Steinbeck - CoOwner of Agritracking Systems - Patreon and CFML Community Member and has presented at Into the Box, Adobe CF Summit & CFObjective
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 Book - 102 ColdBox HMVC Quick Tips and Tricks on GumRoad (http://gum.co/coldbox-tips)
Patreon Support ( magnificent )
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 32% of the way to fully fund the hosting of ForgeBox.io
News and Announcements
AI is taking over the world - What the Diff AI
If you review pull requests, it will blow your mind.
It automatically writes a summary of your code changes as a GitHub comment, in seconds.
https://whatthediff.ai/
Hacktoberfest 2023 - Last week!!!
HERE’S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW TO PARTICIPATE AND COMPLETE HACKTOBERFEST:
Register anytime between September 26 and October 31
Pull requests can be made in any GITHUB or GITLAB hosted project that’s participating in Hacktoberfest (look for the “hacktoberfest” topic)
Project maintainers must accept your pull/merge requests for them to count toward your total
Have 4 pull/merge requests accepted between October 1 and October 31 to complete Hacktoberfest
The first 40,000 participants (maintainers and contributors) who complete Hacktoberfest can elect to receive one of two prizes: a tree planted in their name, or the Hacktoberfest 2022 t-shirt.
https://hacktoberfest.com/
Ortus Blog about Hacktoberfest - https://www.ortussolutions.com/blog/october-is-here-and-that-means-hacktoberfest
Ordered my T-Shirt!!!
New Releases and Updates
MasaCMS v7.3.9 released
Update filebrowser.cfc by @jimblesphere in #128
fix empty admin minified JS files
replace We Are Orange with We Are North
https://github.com/MasaCMS/MasaCMS/releases/tag/7.3.9
Other Masa Links
https://github.com/MasaCMS/MasaCMS/discussions/135
https://github.com/MasaCMS/MasaCMS/discussions/136
https://github.com/MasaCMS/MasaCMS/discussions/137
Image Extension 2.0.0.16 BETA
Image Extension 2.0.0.16-BETA is available for testing
- fixes some locking issues on windows
- major refactoring
- optional support for commercial Jdeli and/or Apose Imaging jars when available in the classpath (i.e /lib dir)
- Latest Twelve Monkeys 2 3.9.3 (including lossless WEBP support) previous was 3.8.2
JDeli for example supports HEIC images
Version 2 will bundled with Lucee 6.0, but it also works with Lucee 5.3
We will be backporting the image locking fixes to the 1.0 branch, which is a blocker for the 5.3.10 release
https://dev.lucee.org/t/image-extension-2-0-0-16-beta/11293
ICYMI - ColdFusion 2021 "refreshed" installers available (with update 5)...but only in one place for now
Here's some surprising news: Adobe has released a "refreshed" installer for CF2021, which includes update 5 (which came out last week) built-in.
TLDR: these new "refreshed" CF2021 installers are (for now) available only here: here.
https://www.carehart.org/blog/2022/10/17/cf2021_refreshed_installers_available_but_only_one_place_for_now
Updated: https://www.carehart.org/blog/2022/10/18/java_updates_Oct_2022
Webinar / Meetups and Workshops
Online ColdFusion Meetup - 300th Episode: A look back and a new direction", with Charlie Arehart
Thursday, October 27, 2022 at 9:00 AM - 10AM
We did it, reaching episode 300! Join us as we celebrate this momentous anniversary. The Online CFMeetup was formed in 2005 and has been hosted since 2007 by Charlie Arehart, with sessions from over 150 speakers on a wide range of topics related to CF. In this session, we'll celebrate the past and look to the future for the group, where I will propose a new direction/format. All still about CF, of course. Here's to 300 more!
https://www.meetup.com/coldfusionmeetup/events/289332692/
Ortus Webinar - Step up your Testing with Gavin Pickin
Friday October 28th at 11am CDT
We all test manually, let's step up our game with some easy, powerful and valuable automated tests with TestBox - even on your legacy codebases.
Fewer bugs and errors are the primary benefit of the Testing. When the code has fewer bugs, you'll spend less time fixing them than other programming methodologies. Test Driven Developer produces a higher overall test coverage and, therefore to a better quality of the final product.
Register now: https://bit.ly/3EY6SZK
CFHawaii - ColdFusion Builder for VS Code
Friday, October 28, 2022 at 3:00 PM to Friday, October 28, 2022 at 4:00 PM PDT
Mark Takata, the Adobe CF Technical Evangelist for ColdFusion will give a presentation on the new ColdFusion Builder extension for VS Code. During his talk he will discuss:
Access built-in support for IntelliSense code completion, better semantic code understanding, and code refactoring.
Identify security vulnerabilities and maintain the integrity of your code.
Manage your work with extensions, remote project support, integrated server management, a log viewer, and more!
Customize every feature to your liking by creating shortcuts, easily formatting and reusing code, and using powerful extensions to better your best.
https://www.meetup.com/hawaii-coldfusion-meetup-group/events/288977258/
Ortus Office Hours
November 4th at 11am CDT - 1st Friday of the Month
Daniel Garcia will host a variety of Ortus people
Office Hours questions & requests form available
Signup link is coming soon.
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