Modernize or Die® - CFML News Podcast for October 18th, 2022 - Episode 168

Modernize or Die ® Podcast - CFML News Edition

2022-10-18 Weekly News - Episode 168

Watch the video version on YouTube at https://youtu.be/SgTjYDH0N6M

Hosts:

• Brad Wood - Senior Developer at Ortus Solutions
• Gavin Pickin - Senior Developer at Ortus Solutions

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Patreon Support ( effervescent )

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 33% of the way to fully fund the hosting of ForgeBox.io

News and Announcements

Update - Trying out Github Co-Pilot
I know Adam Tuttle, Carol Hamilton, Adam Cameron are using Co-Pilot, so I thought I would try it out. It’s interesting, it’s not very CF Smart yet, but it does give you some great pseudo code, especially with our testing.
https://github.com/features/copilot

Hacktoberfest 2023
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

New Releases and Updates

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

Spreadsheet-CFML v3.6.1
Spreadsheet-CFML v3.6.0 released with new support for adding data validation drop-downs #cfml
https://github.com/cfsimplicity/spreadsheet-cfml

ICYMI - Adobe ColdFusion 2021 and 2018 October Security Updates

CommandBox images are out as well

We are pleased to announce that we have released the updates for the following ColdFusion versions:

• ColdFusion (2021 release) Update 5
• ColdFusion (2018 release) Update 15

In these updates, we’ve fixed a few security and feature-specific bugs, along with other libraries. We’ve also introduced support for M1 macOS.
For more information, see the tech notes below:

• ColdFusion (2021 release) Update 5
• ColdFusion (2018 release) Update 15

https://community.adobe.com/t5/coldfusion-discussions/released-coldfusion-2021-and-2018-october-security-updates/m-p/13259746

ICYMI - cbElasticsearch 2.3.3 Released
We are pleased to announce the release of cbElasticsearch version 2.3.3. cbElasticsearch is the Elasticsearch module for the Coldbox platform, and provides a fluent CFML API for interacting with, searching, and serializing to Elasticsearch servers.
This release adds full compatibility for Elasticsearch v8.x as well as maintaining support for Elasticsearch versions 6 and 7.
https://www.ortussolutions.com/blog/cbelasticsearch-233-released

ICYMI - Fusion Reactor 9.1.0
Not long after FR 9 was released, 9.1.0 has been released with 2 bug fixes and 5 improvements.
https://docs.fusion-reactor.com/release-notes/#910

Webinar / Meetups and Workshops

New Ortus Friday Webinars - Every Friday at 11am CDT

Ortus Webinar
October 28th - 11am CDT
Step up your Testing with Gavin Pickin

Ortus - Office Hours
November 4th - 11am CDT
Daniel Garcia will host a variety of Ortus people
Office Hours questions & requests form available

Ortus Book Club - Patreon Only
November 11th - 11am CDT
Robert Martin
Clean Code

Ortus Webinar
November 18th - 11am CDT

CFUG Tech Talk - Document Services APIs and You by Raymond Camden
Thursday, October 20th, 2022 8:00pm-9:00pm IST (9:30 AM CDT)
Most organizations have to deal with documents, from PDFs to various Office formats, managing and processing documents can be overwhelming. In this talk, Raymond will discuss the various Adobe Document Services APIs and how they can help developers manage their document stores.
Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/document-services-apis-and-you-tickets-428587234957
Presentation URL: https://meet67421977.adobeconnect.com/document-services-apis/

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...