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2023-09-19 Weekly News — Episode 204Watch the video version on YouTube at https://youtube.com/live/QR78EAolYQo?feature=share Hosts: 

Gavin Pickin - Senior Developer at Ortus Solutions
Dan Card- Senior Developer at Ortus Solutions
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News and AnnouncementsSept 13th - Happy Programmers Day
Hacktoberfest is comingCELEBRATE OUR 10TH YEAR SUPPORTING OPEN SOURCE!This year marks the 10th anniversary of Hacktoberfest, and we’re calling on your support! Whether it’s your first time participating—or your tenth—it’s almost time to hack out four pristine pull/merge requests as we continue our month of support for open source.
Hacktoberfest has grown from 676 participants in 2014 to nearly 147,000 participants last year. To help ensure Hacktoberfest can be sustained for another decade, this year we’re moving away from a free t-shirt reward to a digital reward.
PREPTEMBERSeptember is the perfect time to prepare for Hacktoberfest. Get a jump start by finding projects to contribute to, adding the ‘hacktoberfest’ tag to your projects, or familiarizing yourself with Git.
Discord: https://discord.gg/hacktoberfest https://hacktoberfest.com/
CFMLers get AWS CertifiedDaniel Garcia from Ortus, and a few other CFML Community members created a study group to complete the AWS Cloud Practitioner Certification, the first on many AWS tracks.All of the group members who took the Certification exam passed, which is great for these developers, their employers, and the community.
If you are considering a certification, create a study group with friends or community members, it helps with learning, accountability and it’s great to socialize with like minded people.
https://d1.awsstatic.com/training-and-certification/docs/AWS_certification_paths.pdfhttps://aws.amazon.com/certification/?nc2=sb_ce_co
New Releases and UpdatesLucee 5.4.3.7-Snapshot ready for TestingHey everyone, we have a new 5.4.3.7-SNAPSHOT out which addresses all the known regressions with 5.4.3
LDEV-4675 Admin: requested action doesn’t exist 1LDEV-3854 a fix for the pagePool locking problem 7LDEV-4480 “.” should not be accepted/converted as/to a number 2LDEV-4676 SerializeJSON() produces invalid JSON when serializing some CFC instances 5Builds are up, including docker images, It would be great if people can test this out and let us know
https://dev.lucee.org/t/5-4-3-7-snapshot-ready-for-testing/13001
Webinar / Meetups and Workshops
OOP & ColdFusionNolan ErckFriday, September 29, 2023 @ 12 PM HAST (Hawaii Standard Time)
Object-Oriented Programming is a common term in programming languages. It’s a vast concept but to sum it up in a single line, it is a set of concepts and techniques that make use of the “object” construct, to write more reusable, maintainable, and organized code. Objects are implemented differently in every language. In ColdFusion, we have ColdFusion Components (CFCs) that can be instantiated to create objects.
Anyone who has ever

2023-09-05 Weekly News — Episode 203Watch the video version on YouTube at https://youtube.com/live/2danPtv5b9Q?feature=share
Hosts: 

Eric Peterson - Senior Developer at Ortus Solutions
Daniel Garcia - Senior Developer at Ortus Solutions
Thanks to our Sponsor - Ortus SolutionsThe makers of ColdBox, CommandBox, ForgeBox, TestBox and all your favorite box-es out there. A few ways  to say thanks back to Ortus Solutions:

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Webinar / Meetups and Workshops
OOP & ColdFusionNolan ErckFriday, September 29, 2023 @ 12 PM HAST (Hawaii Standard Time)
Object-Oriented Programming is common term in programming language. It’s a vast concept but to sum it up in a single line, it is a set of concepts and techniques that make use of the “object” construct, to write more reusable, maintainable, and organized code. Objects are implemented differently in every language. In ColdFusion, we have ColdFusion Components (CFCs) that can be instantiated to create objects.
Anyone who has ever studied OOP must know that there are four main concepts, which are:

Abstraction
Encapsulation
Inheritance
Polymorphism
https://www.meetup.com/hawaii-coldfusion-meetup-group/events/294629892/
CFCasts Content Updates
https://www.cfcasts.com
Recent Releases

Into the Box 2023 Videos is available for purchase as an EXCLUSIVE PREMIUM package. https://cfcasts.com/series/itb-2023 
Subscribers will get access to premium packages after a 6 month exclusive window.
Into the Box Attendees should have their coupon code in the email already!!!!
2023 ForgeBox Module of the Week Series - 1 new Video https://cfcasts.com/series/2023-forgebox-modules-of-the-week 

2023 VS Code Hint tip and Trick of the Week Series - 1 new Video https://cfcasts.com/series/2023-vs-code-hint-tip-and-trick-of-the-week 
Coming Soon

More ForgeBox and VS Code Podcast snippet videos
ColdBox Elixir from Eric
Mastering CBWIRE v3 from Grant
Conferences and TrainingAdobe CF Summit WestLas Vegas 2-4th of October.Session passes @ $199 Professional passes @ $299. Speakers have been announced - with some great sessionshttps://cfsummit.adobeevents.com/
Andy Bucklee will be there (David Wallace from The Office)
STUDENTS can get a free pass if they are enrolled at tertiary level educational institutions
Ortus CF Summit Training - ColdBox 7 Zero to HeroDate: October 4th - 5th, 2023 | Right after Adobe CFSummit, 2023Speakers: Luis Majano & Gavin PickinLocation: Las Vegas, NevadaVenue: Regus - Las Vegas - 3960 Howard Hughes Parkway Paradise #Suite 500 Las Vegas, NV 89169 United StatesTicket Price

Regular Price Tickets: $699 — Only 3 left!
25% Discount today: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/659169262007/?discount=modernize

Spotlight

Less than 2 miles from the Mirage - 30 mins walk
Next to Marriot hotel - 2 min walk
1 mile to Top Golf - 20 min walk
5 min walk to Fogo de Chão Brazilian Steakhouse
5 min walk to starbucks
5 min walk to Lo-los chicken and waffles
WIN WIN WIN WINhttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/workshop-coldbox-from-zero-to-hero-tickets-659169262007?aff=oddtdtcreator
Into the Box LATAMNovember 30thUniversity of Business in El Salvador.https://latam.intothebox.org/
ITB 2024

Location:

2023-08-22 Weekly News - Episode 202Watch the video version on YouTube at https://youtube.com/live/HJHCDA-UbV8?feature=share
Hosts: 

Eric Peterson - Senior Developer at Ortus Solutions
Grant Copley - Senior Developer at Ortus Solutions
Thanks to our Sponsor - Ortus SolutionsThe makers of ColdBox, CommandBox, ForgeBox, TestBox and all your favorite box-es out there. A few ways  to say thanks back to Ortus Solutions:

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News and AnnouncementsExciting News! Only 3 Tickets Left for Our #ColdBox 7 Workshop! Luis Majano and Gavin Pickin will guide you through an incredible learning journey with insider tips and tricks. Hurry, Register now!
https://twitter.com/ortussolutions/status/1692624601350643716https://www.eventbrite.com/e/workshop-coldbox-from-zero-to-hero-tickets-659169262007?aff=oddtdtcreator
Lucee Critical Security Alert, August 15th, 2023 - CVE-2023-38693(XXE [XML External Entity] vulnerabilities)The Lucee team received a responsible disclosure for a security vulnerability which affects all previous releases of Lucee.
After reviewing the report and confirming the vulnerability, the Lucee team then conducted a further security review and found additional vulnerabilities which have been addressed as part of this security update.
Latest Stable Releases5.4.3.2 (recommended)5.3.12.1
Backported Stable ReleasesIn addition, as we are aware that some Lucee users have not yet upgraded from older versions, we have also published Stable Releases for these older versions with the vulnerability.
5.3.9.1735.3.8.2375.3.7.59
https://dev.lucee.org/t/lucee-critical-security-alert-august-15th-2023-cve-2023-38693/12893
The agenda for Adobe ColdFusion Summit 2023 is live now!https://cfsummit.adobeevents.com/agenda/https://twitter.com/coldfusion/status/1693582117203030287
New Releases and UpdatesCommandBox 5.9.1 Released!We are pleased to announce the general availability of CommandBox 5.9.1. This is a very small release with two changes.
Update to Lucee 5.4.3.2Update bundled JRE to 11.0.20+8Note Lucee 5.4.3.2 contains critical security patches.
The new Lucee version affects the core CLI runtime as well as the default server you get when running "server start" with no cfengine specified.  Possible compatibility issues related to the major bump in Lucee version:

This Lucee version does not include Hibernate, so the Ortus Hibernate extension is installed.  We will stop doing this in 6.0
This Lucee version has strict XML parsing settings on by default which may affect any servers you start which parse XML containing DTDs.
https://www.ortussolutions.com/blog/commandbox-591-released
Webinar / Meetups and Workshops
Hawaii ColdFusion Meetup Group — Graph QL & ColdFusionSpeaker: Mark Takata
Friday, August 25, 2023 @ 12 PM HAST (Hawaii Standard Time)
GraphQL is a query language for APIs and a runtime for fulfilling those queries with your existing data. GraphQL provides a complete and understandable description of the data in your API, gives clients the power to ask for exactly what they need and nothing more, makes it easier to evolve APIs over time, and enables powerful developer tools.
GraphQL is a query language for APIs and a run

2023-08-08 Weekly News - Episode 201Watch the video version on YouTube at https://youtube.com/live/HJHCDA-UbV8?feature=shareHosts:

Eric Peterson - Senior Developer at Ortus Solutions
Daniel Garcia - Senior Developer at Ortus Solutions
Thanks to our Sponsor - Ortus SolutionsThe makers of ColdBox, CommandBox, ForgeBox, TestBox and all your favorite box-es out there. A few ways  to say thanks back to Ortus Solutions:

Like and subscribe to our videos on YouTube. 
Help ORTUS reach for the Stars - Star and Fork our Repos
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News and AnnouncementsPassing the Baton: Lucee 5.4 and Hibernate ORMAs of Lucee 5.4.1.8, new Lucee builds will no longer bundle the (Lucee) Hibernate extension. This means that if you rely on Hibernate ORM in your CFML application, you will need to manually bundle the Hibernate extension into your Lucee server. Let's read on for more info.
The NewsFirst, let's start with the official note from the Lucee 5.4.1.8 Stable Release notes (courtesy of Zac Spitzer):
Lucee ORM is no longer being developed or bundled by the Lucee Team, Ortus have forked and taken over the development of ORM for Lucee, see Introducing: The Ortus ORM Extension.
It seems that Lucee has made the decision to 1) trim the Lucee installation size by no longer bundling the Hibernate extension with new Lucee installations, and to 2) halt further development on the Lucee Hibernate extension. It is unclear whether "no longer being developed" is referring to new features only, or whether that includes bug fixes and security patches as well.
This news means that Micha and the LAS team can focus on the Lucee server platform, bringing you speed and stability, while Ortus provides the Hibernate integration for a powerful database ORM layer.
https://www.ortussolutions.com/blog/passing-the-baton-lucee-6-and-hibernate-orm
New Releases and UpdatesColdBox v7.1.0ColdBox 7.1 introduces several new features that expand the capabilities of the framework and facilitate better development practices:
Scheduled Tasks DebuggingYou can now add a debug argument to your task definitions, and your console will add tons of debugging for your tasks:
`task( name : "My Task", debug : true )`
toRedirectTo() MatcherYou can now use this matcher to test relocations in a nice fluent expectation:
`expect( event ).toRedirectTo( "main.index" )`
REST on{errorType}Exception() ConventionThanks to our very own Gavin Pickin you can now create exception handlers in your REST Handlers that follow the on{type}Exception() convention and you can listen to specific error type exceptions:
`function onTypeMismatchException( event, rc, prc )`
https://www.ortussolutions.com/blog/coldbox-710-released
TestBox v5.2.0 and v5.3.0
v5.2.0
New Features
Faster Performance with Updated MixerUtilTESTBOX-375Introduces enhancements to the MixerUtil module, resulting in faster performance during dynamic mixins and enhancing the flexibility of your test suites.
More Control with bundlesPattern in TestBox InitTESTBOX-376Adds the bundlesPattern parameter to testbox.system.TestBox's init method. This new addition gives you greater control over defining the pattern for your test bundles, making test organization a breeze.
Introducing TestBox ModulesTESTBOX-377Brings a game-changing feature to TestBox - Modules

2023-07-25 Weekly News - Episode 200Watch the video version on YouTube at https://youtube.com/live/YFsWycHGHMo?feature=share Hosts: 

Luis Majano - CEO of Ortus Solutions
Gavin Pickin - Senior Developer at Ortus Solutions
Brad Wood - Senior Developer at Ortus Solutions
Eric Peterson - Senior Developer at Ortus Solutions
Daniel Garcia - Senior Developer at Ortus Solutions And others
Thanks to our Sponsor - Ortus SolutionsThe makers of ColdBox, CommandBox, ForgeBox, TestBox and all your favorite box-es out there. A few ways  to say thanks back to Ortus Solutions:

Like and subscribe to our videos on YouTube. 
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News and AnnouncementsAdobe updates back to back to back Updates for vulnerabilities
ColdFusion (2023 release) Update 1, 2, and 3ColdFusion (2021 release) Update 7, 8 and 9ColdFusion (2018 release) Update 17, 18 and 19
In these updates, we’ve fixed a few security bugs mentioned in the security bulletin, APSB23-40., APSB23-41, and  APSB23-47.
https://coldfusion.adobe.com/?p=32047 https://coldfusion.adobe.com/?p=32026 https://coldfusion.adobe.com/?p=32007
All updates have been made to CommandBox images on ForgeBox.
New Releases and UpdatesLucee 5.4.2.17 Stable ReleaseThe Lucee team is proud to release our latest Stable Release. This release focusses on bug fixes and making Lucee more secure by default, the big change here is that XML XXE mitigations are now on by default. This release also solves a native QoQ bug. https://dev.lucee.org/t/lucee-stable-release-5-4-2-17/12828
Lucee 5.4.1.8 Stable Release notes: https://dev.lucee.org/t/lucee-5-4-1-8-stable-release/12778
Lucee ZERO, a lighter Lucee Light (Lamba Friendly)
Lucee Zero is a new smaller Lucee distribution without the admin or docs bundled.
This reduces the jar size by about 2mb and avoids expanding them on install, which makes Lucee initial startup a lot faster, as there is less to deploy.
Why an additional distribution?
Firstly backwards compat with existing build pipelines, as you can’t build a full install by adding just extensions, the admin simply isn’t there with Lucee Zero.
Secondly Lambas have some size limitations, you only have 50MB, when Lucee deploys, the .lco is extracted into lucee-server/patches and then the lucee-admin.lar and lucee-doc.lar are exracted out into lucee-server/context/context, plus inside the original lucee-zero.jar.
So this new distribution saves roughly 6MB of disk space, as there ends up being three copies of these two .lar archives on the filesystem once deployed.
When I run the local build for extensions, it’s about 6-7s faster (Lucee does deploy slower on windows than linux, so YMMV)
https://dev.lucee.org/t/lucee-zero-a-lighter-lucee-light-lamba-friendly/12749
Webinar / Meetups and Workshops
ICYMI - Hawaii ColdFusion Meetup Group - Intro to ColdFusion 2023June 23rd, 2023Adobe ColdFusion 2023 is released today! Packed with cutting-edge features and enhanced performance, this release takes ColdFusion to new heights of innovation. Come see what's new in ColdFusion 2023 with Mark Takata of Adobe.Recording: https://hawaiicoldfusionusergroup.adobeconnect.com/pykivms4zclo/
Hawaii ColdFusion Meetup Group - CF Scheduled Tasks: more than you may know, and shouldSpeak

2023-06-27 Weekly News - Episode 199Watch the video version on YouTube at https://youtube.com/live/YhGqAVLYZk4?feature=share
Hosts: 

Gavin Pickin - Senior Developer at Ortus Solutions
Brad Wood - Senior Developer at Ortus Solutions
Thanks to our Sponsor - Ortus SolutionsThe makers of ColdBox, CommandBox, ForgeBox, TestBox and all your favorite box-es out there. A few ways  to say thanks back to Ortus Solutions:

Like and subscribe to our videos on YouTube. 
Help ORTUS reach for the Stars - Star and Fork our Repos
Star all of your Github Box Dependencies from CommandBox with https://www.forgebox.io/view/commandbox-github 

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 102 ColdBox HMVC Quick Tips and Tricks on GumRoad (http://gum.co/coldbox-tips)
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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News and AnnouncementsCFCamp was a blast
Brad said: Back on US soil again, but still smiling from the wonderful experience at CFCamp.  It was so good to be back in Germany and see my EU friends again in person.  I'd say the first time back since Covid was a smashing success!
Alex Well said: Back at home from my trip to 2023‘s #CFCamp 🤩Such an amazing event, such great talks, such an amazing community ❤️Gives me again another reason why I simple LOVE #CFML !Shoutout to all people responsible and see you all next year 🤞
@zackster explained that it is “all Micha’s fault” so there you go. It all makes sense now 😃@cf_camp #CFML #CFCamp
Lots of Ben Nadel fan photos
Check out #cfcamp for more pictures and feedback.Great job to Kai, Michi and the conference team - Maybe next year I will finally make it.
Ortus ColdBox RoadshowWe’re making a big push in content, lots of blog posts dropping to give you the scoop on everything new in ColdBox 7.After we’re done with this roadshow, we have another one coming in July for CommandBox 5.x/Pro

Daniel Garcia - 5 Benefits of Using ColdBox to Build Your REST API https://www.ortussolutions.com/blog/5-benefits-of-using-coldbox-to-build-your-rest-api 

Grant Copley - ColdBox Application Templates https://www.ortussolutions.com/blog/coldbox-application-templates 

Alan Quinlan - Async Your Future with ColdBox 7 https://www.ortussolutions.com/blog/async-your-future-with-coldbox-7 

Jon Clausen - Delegates - The Lightning of ( Coldbox 7 ) Empowerment Dropping today: 
Ortus 2 Day Training - ColdBox Zero to HeroDate: October 4th - 5th, 2023 | Right after Adobe CFSummit, 2023Speakers: Luis Majano & Gavin PickinLocation: Las Vegas, NevadaVenue: Regus - Las Vegas - 3960 Howard Hughes Parkway Paradise #Suite 500 Las Vegas, NV 89169 United States
Ticket Price

Early Bird Price: $499 (Available until August 18th, 2023)
Regular Price Tickets: $699
Spotlight

Less than 2 miles from the Mirage - 30 mins walk
Next to Marriot hotel - 2 min walk
1 mile to Top Golf - 20 min walk
5 min walk to Fogo de Chão Brazilian Steakhouse
5 min walk to starbucks
5 min walk to Lo-los chicken and waffles
WIN WIN WIN WIN
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/workshop-coldbox-from-zero-to-hero-tickets-659169262007?aff=oddtdtcreator
New Releases and UpdatesLucee 5.4.0.80 Stable ReleaseJust in time for CFCamp 2023, the Lucee team presents the first stable release in the 5.4 series.The main focus of this release was updating all the underlying java libraries to be CVE free.https://dev.lucee.org/t/lucee-5-4-0-80-stable-release/12714Lucee 6.0.0.481-RC Tickets Since BETA 2LDEV-1856 1 - cfhttp charset is not workingLDEV-4200 1 - unhide _internalRequest as internalRequest for 6.0LDEV-4478 1 - upda