2023-04-04 Weekly News - Episode 190

Watch the video version on YouTube at https://youtube.com/live/KLkVhXV0mRI?feature=share
 
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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:

OR — Join us for the 10th Into the Box - In person ONLY!!!

 
Patreon Support

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News and Announcements

ICYMI - State of the CF Union 2023 Released
Help us find out the state of the CF Union – what versions of CFML Engine do people use, what frameworks, tools etc.
https://teratech.com/state-of-the-cf-union-2023-survey
 
State of JS Union 2022
https://stateofjs.com/en-us/


New Releases and Updates

ICYMI - OpenAI-powered ChatGPT has arrived for Ortus Documentation
We are pleased to announce a fun little project that our Patreon supporters have been testing in private for a week or so. Ortus has rolled out our own OpenAI-powered chat bot, which is fueled by all of the documentation in our GitBooks! This behaves similar to the ChatGPT you’ve likely played with, but is custom loaded with all of our most recent documentation.

https://chatgpt.ortussolutions.com/

https://community.ortussolutions.com/t/openai-powered-chatgpt-has-arrived-for-ortus-documentation/9582

ICYMI - Adobe ColdFusion 2023 Public Beta now on ForgeBox
Adobe ColdFusion 2023's public beta is now on ForgeBox for you to test out in CommandBox servers or Docker containers. Use "cfengine=adobe@2023-beta" to start it up and ensure you're on the latest CFConfig.  Happy testing!

https://twitter.com/bdw429s/status/1638987316445446144


Webinar / Meetups and Workshops

TODAY - CFSummit East 2023 Training Workshop - ColdFusion MVC for Dummies.
Before the ColdFusion Summit East in Washington, D.C., on April 4th, 2023.
Luis Majano, the creator of The ColdBox Platform, will be leading this workshop, bringing you a deep dive 1-day workshop: ColdFusion MVC for Dummies.

The workshop will combine a variety of theories, hands-on coding, and best practices to give you all the tools needed to leave the workshop ready to build MVC-powered apps when you return to your office.
https://www.ortussolutions.com/blog/coldfusion-summit-east-2023-mvc-training-workshop


CFCasts Content Updates

https://www.cfcasts.com

Recent Releases

Conferences and Training

Dev Nexus - HAPPENING NOW!!!
April 4-6th, 2023 in Atlanta
Georgia World Congress Center
285 Andrew Young International Blvd NW
Atlanta, GA 30313
Kubernetes, Java, Software architecture, Kotlin, Performance Tuning
https://devnexus.com/

HAPPENING TODAY!!! - CFSummit East 2023 Training Workshop - ColdFusion MVC for Dummies.
Before the ColdFusion Summit East in Washington, D.C., on April 4th, 2023.
Luis Majano, the creator of The ColdBox Platform, will be leading this workshop, bringing you a deep dive 1-day workshop: ColdFusion MVC for Dummies.

The workshop will combine a variety of theories, hands-on coding, and best practices to give you all the tools needed to leave the workshop ready to build MVC-powered apps when you return to your office.
https://www.ortussolutions.com/blog/coldfusion-summit-east-2023-mvc-training-workshop

THIS WEEK !!!- CFSummit East
Thursday, April 6, 2023
8:00am - 4:00pm
Wednesday 5th - Certification
Marriott Marquis Washington, DC
Complimentary; breakfast and lunch will be provided
https://carahevents.carahsoft.com/Event/Details/341389-adobe
https://carahevents.carahsoft.com/Event/Details/344168-adobe

J on the Beach
Bringing DevOps, Devs and Data Scientists together around Big Data
May 10-12, 2023
Malaga, Spain
https://www.jonthebeach.com/
Ortus Profile: https://www.jonthebeach.com/jobs/54/Ortus%20Solutions

VueJS Live
MAY 12 & 15, 2023
ONLINE + LONDON, UK
CODE / CREATE / COMMUNICATE
35 SPEAKERS, 10 WORKSHOPS
10000+ JOINING ONLINE GLOBALLY
300 LUCKIES MEETING IN LONDON
https://vuejslive.com/

Into the Box 2023 - 10th Edition
May 17-19, 2023
The conference will be held in The Woodlands (Houston), Texas -
This year we will continue the tradition of training and offering a pre-conference hands-on training day on May 17th and our live Mariachi Band Party! However, we are back to our Spring schedule and beautiful weather in The Woodlands! Also, this 2023 will mark our 10 year anniversary. So we might have two live bands and much more!!!
IN PERSON ONLY
Website launched: https://intothebox.org
https://itb2023.eventbrite.com/

VueConf.us
NEW ORLEANS, LA • MAY 24-26, 2023
Jazz. Code. Vue.
Workshop day: May 24
Main Conference: May 25-26
https://vueconf.us/

CFCamp
June 22-23rd, 2023
Marriott Hotel Munich Airport, Freising
Call for Speakers is closed
https://www.cfcamp.org/

More conferences

Need more conferences, this site has a huge list of conferences for almost any language/community.
https://confs.tech/
https://github.com/scraly/developers-conferences-agenda


Blogs, Tweets, and Videos of the Week


3/31/23 - Blog - Ben Nadel - Thought Experiment: Creating Single Use-Case Components In ColdFusion
As I've written about in the past, my ColdFusion applications tend to have tiered layering with the "Workflow layer being the outer-most layer of the "application core" (ie, what the "Controller layer" is consuming). This layer is composed of ColdFusion components that are organized around tightly-coupled features. For example, on this blog, I have a CommentWorkflow.cfc component that has methods for adding, editing, and approving comments. At work, these workflow components can get pretty beasty, especially as a feature-area continues to expand. As a thought experiment, I wanted to consider a world in which each workflow component represented a single use-case within the application.
https://www.bennadel.com/blog/4437-thought-experiment-creating-single-use-case-components-in-coldfusion.htm
3 great videos to watch!!!

4/2/23 - Blog - Ben Nadel - Conway's Game Of Life In Hotwire And ColdFusion
Conway's Game of Life is a simple, single-player game in which you define the initial state of the game and then the rest of the game is autonomously driven by a small set of rules. I've never actually played this game before; so, I thought it might be fun to explore the Game of Life using Hotwire and ColdFusion.
https://www.bennadel.com/blog/4438-conways-game-of-life-in-hotwire-and-coldfusion.htm


CFML Jobs

Several positions available on https://www.getcfmljobs.com/
Listing over 57 ColdFusion positions from 36 companies across 28 locations in 5 Countries.

2 new jobs listed this week


Full-Time - Senior Software Engineer - ColdFusion Developer at Bengaluru.. - India
Posted Apr 01
https://www.getcfmljobs.com/jobs/index.cfm/india/Senior-Software-Engineer-ColdFusion-Developer-at-Bengaluru-Karnataka/11560

Full-Time - Software Engineer - ColdFusion Developer at Bengaluru, Karna.. - India
Posted Apr 01
https://www.getcfmljobs.com/jobs/index.cfm/india/Software-Engineer-ColdFusion-Developer-at-Bengaluru-Karnataka/11561

Other Job Links

There is a jobs channel in the CFML slack team, and in the Box team slack now too


ForgeBox Module of the Week

cbSchedulerViewer

This is a module you can drop into your coldbox to get a nicely formatted overview of the tasks that were registered using the coldbox scheduler.

This module should be considered experimental, so use at your own risk until further development has been done.

https://www.forgebox.io/view/cbSchedulerViewer



VS Code Hint Tips and Tricks of the Week

Live Server - now at 32 million installs!!! 

(last mentioned in MOD on 2/22/22 and it had 19 million installs)

Launch a local development server with live reload feature for static & dynamic pages.

https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ritwickdey.LiveServer


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You can see an up to date list of all sponsors on Ortus Solutions' Website
https://ortussolutions.com/about-us/sponsors

Thanks everyone!!!