2023-12-19 Weekly News — Episode 209

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Patreon Support (Festive)

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News and Announcements

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New Releases and Updates

ContentBox 6 Released
Lots of great updates including improvements to the ContentBox CLI, upgraded to use ColdBox 7, now using cbSecurity 3 with more security features, content templates, domain aliases, migrations, and more!
https://www.ortussolutions.com/blog/contentbox-v60-released

Webinar / Meetups and Workshops

ICYMI - Hawaii ColdFusion Meetup Group - InertiaJS and ColdFusion with Eric Peterson
InertiaJS is a new JavaScript framework made for people who don’t really need an API but want to use a modern JavaScript framework like React or Vue as their view layer. Inspired by libraries like Turbolinks, InteriaJS makes your app behave like a SPA while still being a fully server-rendered app.
https://www.meetup.com/hawaii-coldfusion-meetup-group/events/297584413/
Recording: https://hawaiicoldfusionusergroup.adobeconnect.com/pkc1egu6z131/

Online CFMeetup - Installing CF2023: choices, challenges, and solutions with Charlie Arehart
December 21st, 2023 at 12pm US Eastern Time
If you'll be installing CF2023, there are some things to consider before or as you do. First, be aware that besides the traditional full installer there's the new "zip" install option (added in CF2021). What's that about, why might you want to use it--or not?

Then there are some options and choices during installation--some new also with CF2021. Perhaps it's been a while since you've installed even previous CF versions. We'll cover some of the key options to consider (including license activation, package/module management, and more) as well as post-install steps including updating CF and the JVM, and migrating in CF Admin settings (including using the new CLI/json admin config tool, cfsetup).
https://www.meetup.com/coldfusionmeetup/events/298025246/

CFCasts Content Updates

https://www.cfcasts.com

Recent Releases

Coming Soon

More conferences

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


Blogs, Tweets, and Videos of the Week

12/06/23 - Blog - Ben Nadel - Generating Pandoc Heading Identifiers In ColdFusion
Over on my Feature Flags book website, I'm using my book's Markdown content to generate the HTML for the page. I then use jSoup to inject a table of contents (TOC); which requires that I insert an identifier into each header element. And, now that I'm trying to use Pandoc to generate an EPUB (digital book) version, I need to make sure that my ColdFusion-based header identifiers match the ones that Pandoc will generate in the final EPUB.
https://www.bennadel.com/blog/4537-generating-pandoc-heading-identifiers-in-coldfusion.htm

12/11/23 - Blog - Robert Zehnder - Bringing back commandbox-ssg
Over the past few years, my focus has been largely on blog-related projects. My initial foray into the world of static site generators began with commandbox-jasper. This project laid the foundation for my current static site generator, aptly named commandbox-ssg. commandbox-ssg not only inherits a substantial portion of its codebase from Jasper, but it also boasts several refinements and a more descriptive name that better captures its functionality. The name Jasper, while a sentimental nod to my dog, didn't quite convey the tool's purpose.

The transition of my development environment from MacOS to Windows, however, presented some unexpected challenges. It became apparent that my assumptions regarding file paths, which worked seamlessly on MacOS, were not compatible with Windows. This realization led to a few hiccups, but I've been making steady progress in addressing these issues.

I'm enthusiastic about resolving any lingering issues and diving into further development of the tool.
https://kisdigital.com/posts/2023/bringing-back-commandbox-ssg

12/14/23 - Blog - Robert Zehnder - An introduction to commandbox-ssg
This module, a static site generator for CommandBox, is a personal favorite among the modules I've had the pleasure of working on. This guide aims to provide an overview of installing, using, and configuring CommandBox-SSG for your web projects.
https://kisdigital.com/posts/2023/an-introduction-to-commandbox-ssg

12/19/23 - Blog - Ben Nadel - Using Google reCAPTCHA v3 In ColdFusion
Over on my Dig Deep Fitness weight lifting application, I use magic links for passwordless logins. This type of authentication workflow takes an email address and sends a one-time-use link that will automatically log the given user into my ColdFusion application, no password required. A few weeks ago, I started seeing SPAM bots submit this form (for reasons that I can't understand). To combat this malicious attack, I added Google's reCAPTCHA v3 to my login form. This was the first time that I've used reCAPTCHA in a ColdFusion application; so, I thought it might be worth a closer look.
https://www.bennadel.com/blog/4538-using-google-recaptcha-v3-in-coldfusion.htm

CFML Jobs

Several positions available on https://www.getcfmljobs.com/

Listing over 113 ColdFusion positions from 68 companies across 48 locations in 5 Countries.

2 new jobs listed in the last few weeks

Full-Time - ColdFusion 2016 & 2023 Expert at HotelPlanner - United States
Posted Dec 12, 2023
https://twitter.com/hotelplanner/status/1734614012845871359

Full-Time - ColdFusion Developer at Washington, DC
Posted Dec 13, 2023
https://www.getcfmljobs.com/jobs/index.cfm/united-states/CFDeveloper-at-Washington-DC/11625

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

Route Auditor by Dan Card

This module is a simple interceptor which captures the event being run based on the route that was hit in your API and persists it to a database with the date, time and endpoint hit.

https://forgebox.io/view/route_auditor

VS Code Hint Tips and Tricks of the Week

November 2023 Visual Studio Code Release Tidbits

https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_85#_sticky-scroll


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