2024-04-30 Weekly News - Episode 215

Watch the video version on YouTube at https://youtube.com/live/qw3x1HcX6xE?feature=share
 
Hosts: 

• Eric Peterson - Senior Developer at Ortus Solutions
• Daniel Garcia - Senior Developer at Ortus Solutions

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:

• Buy workshop tickets to CF Summit East
•  Event Date: April 24, 2024
  • Hosted By: Adobe & Carahsoft
  • Location: Reston, VA
• Buy Tickets to Into the Box 2024 in Washington DC https://www.intothebox.org/
• MAY 15th - 17th,2024 - Washington, DC
• Like and subscribe to our videos on YouTube. 
• Help ORTUS reach for the Stars - Star and Fork our Repos
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• Subscribe to our Podcast on your Podcast Apps and leave us a review AND WE WILL READ IT ON THE SHOW
• Sign up for a free or paid account on CFCasts, which is releasing new content regularly
• BOXLife store: https://www.ortussolutions.com/about-us/shop
• Buy Ortus’s Books
  • 102 ColdBox HMVC Quick Tips and Tricks on GumRoad (http://gum.co/coldbox-tips)
  • Now on Amazon! In hardcover too!!!
  • https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CJHB712M
  • Learn Modern ColdFusion (CFML) in 100+ Minutes - Free online https://modern-cfml.ortusbooks.com/ or buy an EBook or Paper copy https://www.ortussolutions.com/learn/books/coldfusion-in-100-minutes 

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https://www.patreon.com/ortussolutions.

News and Announcements

ICYMI — CFCamp has announced the first batch of Sessions
This year's programme was once again open for participation from the CFML and wider development communities. If you're interested in what the Call For Papers for CFCamp 2024 looked like - it's still online on papercall.io (but now closed as of end of March 2024).

So far, we have confirmed and announced 20 sessions. There are still a few more to come, stay tuned.

The sessions will be assigned to slots and rooms a bit closer to the event.
https://www.cfcamp.org/sessions.html

New Releases and Updates

ICYMI - qb 9.8.2 – 9.10.0

• New addIndex method for adding indexes to existing tables 
• New BindingsCommenter for SQL Commenter
• Performance improvement for large recordsets (Thanks, John Whish!)

https://qb.ortusbooks.com/whats-new

ICYMI - Quick 8.0.3
Support qb's SqlCommenter.
https://quick.ortusbooks.com/whats-new

ICYMI - Megaphone 1.0.3 – 1.0.4
Bug fixes in the Slack Provider
https://megaphone.ortusbooks.com/whats-new

In Beta - cbq 3.0.0-beta.7

• More reliable Database Provider
• Keep completed or failed database provider jobs around for debugging
• Wait for jobs to complete when reiniting or shutting down ColdBox (up to a timeout)

https://cbq.ortusbooks.com/whats-new

Webinars, Meetups and Workshops

ICYMI — CF Summit Online
Charlie Arehart has provided all the links for this

List of Sessions, Descriptions and Links: https://adobe-coldfusion-online-summit-2024.attendease.com/sessions-on-demand/
Youtube Playlist of the Sessions: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3iywAijqFoXrJ7jHdw-A1vNl-JB-iDQ7

CFCasts Content Updates

https://www.cfcasts.com

Recent Releases

• An example of Dark mode implementation with tailwind css
  • https://cfcasts.com/series/dark-mode-implementation-with-tailwind-css/videos/an-example-of-dark-mode-implementation-with-tailwind-css
• vue-helpers - ForgeBox Module of the Week - 04/16/24 - Episode 214
  • https://cfcasts.com/series/2024-2024-forgebox-module-of-the-week/videos/vue-helpers-forgebox-module-of-the-week-041624-episode-214
• Anima: Figma Design to Code | Front-End Coding Assistant - VSCode Hint Tip and Trick of the Week - 04/16/24 - Episode 214
  • https://cfcasts.com/series/2024-vscode-hint-tip-and-trick-of-the-week/videos/anima:-figma-design-to-code-or-front-end-coding-assistant-vscode-hint-tip-and-trick-of-the-week-041624-episode-214

Conferences and Training

ITB 2024

• Location: Optica in Washington, DC
• Dates: May 15-17, 2024
• https://www.eventbrite.com/e/into-the-box-2024-the-new-era-of-modernization-tickets-663126347757
• Most sessions and workshops have been announced: https://www.intothebox.org/ 
• We have 5, yes 5 SECRET SESSIONS - that you have to be there to see them.
• Hotel Options - https://www.ortussolutions.com/blog/hotel-options-into-the-box-2024 
• Announcement Blog Post: https://www.ortussolutions.com/blog/our-into-the-box-2024-venue-and-dates-are-set 

CFCamp 2024

• Location: Munich, Freising, Germany
• Dates: June 13-14, 2024
• Twitter Link: https://twitter.com/cf_camp/status/1736705195927646236
• Facebook Link: https://t.co/YKU4dhuHEO
• https://www.cfcamp.org/ 
• https://www.cfcamp.org/tickets.html 
• Sessions announced: https://www.cfcamp.org/sessions.html 

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