2021-07-06 Weekly News - Episode 110

Watch the video version on YouTube at https://youtu.be/DCyA2nSjtrc


Hosts:

Gavin Pickin - Senior Developer for Ortus Solutions
Eric Peterson - Senior Developer for Ortus Solutions


Thanks to our Sponsor - Ortus Solutions

The makers of ColdBox, CommandBox, ForgeBox, TestBox and almost every other Box out there. 
A few ways  to say thanks back to Ortus Solutions:

Patreon Support

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https://www.ortussolutions.com/blog/we-need-your-help



News and Events



FusionReactor 8.7.2 released

Just a quick note to report that FusionReactor 8.7.2 has been released, on July 5 2021. You can see the changes (new features/improvements) and bug fixes (there are just several rather modest ones this release) in the release notes doc for all FR 8 versions.
https://www.fusion-reactor.com/support/kb/frs-456/



ICYMI - Lucee 5.3.8 Released

This has been a very long release cycle, a massive thank you to everyone who has been helping us test and address regressions and performance problems…
We have done a lot of work in 5.3.8 to optimise memory usage, the main two areas being improved was the template cache handling and parallel functionality.

Highlights:

https://dev.lucee.org/t/new-stable-release-5-3-8-189/8484



ICYMI - Ortus Webinar for June - Eric Peterson - Topic - Build a Blog in 30 minutes with Quick

Wednesday, June 30th at 11:00 AM CT
In this webinar, Eric will: give us an overview of ColdBox and Quick, give us reasons why we would use this library, he'll show us an example app to explore how it works and we'll have tons of live coding!
Webinars Page: https://www.ortussolutions.com/events/webinars
Recording: https://cfcasts.com/series/webinars-2021/videos/eric-peterson-on-how-to-build-a-blog-in-30-minutes-with-coldbox-and-quick



Reminder - State of the CF Union Survey

Help us find out the state of the CF Union – what versions of CFML Engine do people use, what frameworks, tools etc. We will share the summary results with everyone who completes the survey so that you can see how you compare with other CF developers.
Spread the news so we can get as many responses as possible.
https://teratech.com/state-of-the-cf-union-2021-survey



CFCasts Content Updates

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Just Released

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Conferences and Training


Into the Box 2021 - live in Person in Texas.

September 23rd and 24th.
No workshops this year.
Call for speakers coming this week now we know we’re in person.
Deadline for Call for Speakers June 30 - so submit ASAP - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScXkZe7W-frEV5M4Id28Cz0wSr7meyJQfOnYEXgj7lzhcEA6g/viewform

https://intothebox.org
https://itb2021.eventbrite.com


ITB Latam 2021 - live in person

December 2nd or 3rd 2021 (confirming dates asap)


More conferences
Need more conferences, this site has a huge list of conferences for almost any language/community.
https://confs.tech/

CFML is now on the list - https://confs.tech/conferences/new
Into the Box PR - https://github.com/tech-conferences/conference-data/pull/3617



Blogs, Tweets and Videos of the Week


Blog - Ben Nadel - Using The Directory Attribute To Invoke CFExecute From A Working Directory In Lucee CFML 5.3.8.189
At InVision, I generate a lot of ZIP files using the CFExecute tag and the zip command-line utility. And, in most cases, I need to execute that zip CLI from a "working directory" in order to maintain the input directory's local folder structure. Historically, I've had to execute the zip command through a proxy command in order to use a working directory. However, with the release of Lucee CFML 5.3.8, the CFExecute tag now has a directory attribute! I'm super excited about this; so, I wanted to take a quick look at how it works.
https://www.bennadel.com/blog/4074-using-the-directory-attribute-to-invoke-cfexecute-from-a-working-directory-in-lucee-cfml-5-3-8-189.htm


Blog - Julian Halliwell - Copying Windows file permissions in Lucee
There is a currently unresolved regression bug in Lucee affecting file uploads, which is worth being aware of.
When you upload a file using Lucee it isn't saved directly to the destination path, but is first stored in the server's GetTempDirectory() location before being moved to where you've specified it should be.
Having this intermediate step is a sensible security measure as it allows the OS to detect viruses before the file is placed anywhere it might do damage.
https://blog.simplicityweb.co.uk/126/copying-windows-file-permissions-in-lucee


Blog - Nerd Vision - Java and ColdFusion variables
At NerdVision we are always open to your feedback, and we want to make NerdVision the best it can be for you! Recently we received some feedback about how we were presenting variables from our Java agent (which is also used for ColdFusion, Groovy, Scala and Kotlin). We are excited to announce a change has been released that addresses this feedback and changes the way some variables are displayed from these environments. Specifically, we have changed the way maps are processed in the agent to handle simple keys in a more intuitive manner.
https://www.nerd.vision/post/java-and-coldfusion-variables


Blog - Charlie Arehart - FusionReactor 8.7.2 released
Just a quick note to report that FusionReactor 8.7.2 has been released, on July 5 2021. You can see the changes (new features/improvements) and bug fixes (there are just several rather modest ones this release) in the release notes doc for all FR 8 versions.
If you may lose track of that link, note that a link to it is also offered on the FR downloads page, where it appears as a "release notes" link in the blue banner shown above the available downloads.
https://www.carehart.org/blog/client/index.cfm/2021/7/6/fusionreactor_8.7.2_released


Blog - Charlie Arehart - Proposal: cached queries should have “fromCache” and “wasCached” indicators
If you’ve used CF’s query caching features, you almost surely know that when you run a query (or stored proc call) that uses cachedwithin or cachedafter, there will be a “cached” indicator in the resulting query metadata (if you dump it), or the debug output (if you’ve enabled it), or the RESULT struct (if you named one for the query).
And that’s always indicated (true or false) whether the result of the query result came from the query cache or not.
But the phrase “cached” is actually misleading, as it can be interpreted (especially by a newcomer to query caching) to indicate “whether the query WAS cached” (its results saved TO the query cache). That’s NOT its current purpose, of course.
https://coldfusion.adobe.com/2021/07/proposal-cached-queries-fromcache-wascached-indicators/



CFML Jobs

Several positions available on https://www.getcfmljobs.com/
Listing over 147 ColdFusion positions from 67 companies across 100 locations in 5 Countries.

4 new jobs listed this week


Full-Time - Sr Software Engineer/ColdFusion Developer (Remote) at Reston.. - United States
Posted Jul 03
https://www.getcfmljobs.com/jobs/index.cfm/united-states/Sr-Software-EngineerColdFusion-Developer-Remote-at-Reston-VA/11294


Full-Time - Sr Software Engineer/ColdFusion Developer (Remote) at Reston.. - United States
Posted Jul 03
https://www.getcfmljobs.com/jobs/index.cfm/united-states/Sr-Software-EngineerColdFusion-Developer-Remote-at-Reston-VA/11293


Full-Time -  Coldfusion Developer at Texas - United States
Posted Jul 02
https://www.getcfmljobs.com/jobs/index.cfm/united-states/Coldfusion-Developer-at-Texas/11292


Full-Time - Coldfusion Developer at Bengaluru, Karnataka - India
Posted Jul 01
https://www.getcfmljobs.com/jobs/index.cfm/india/Coldfusion-Developer-at-Bengaluru-Karnataka/11291


Ortus Jobs

https://www.ortussolutions.com/about-us/careers

ForgeBox Module of the Week

CommandBox FusionReactor

This module adds support to enable FusionReactor on the servers you start inside CommandBox.

For full docs on this module, go here:
https://commandbox.ortusbooks.com/embedded-server/fusionreactor

https://www.forgebox.io/view/commandbox-fusionreactor



VS Code Hint Tips and Tricks of the Week

Save / Auto Save

By default, VS Code requires an explicit action to save your changes to disk, Ctrl+S.

However, it's easy to turn on Auto Save, which will save your changes after a configured delay or when focus leaves the editor. With this option turned on, there is no need to explicitly save the file. The easiest way to turn on Auto Save is with the File > Auto Save toggle that turns on and off save after a delay.

https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/codebasics#_save-auto-save



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Our Patreons 

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