Modernize or Die® - CFML News Podcast for June 6th, 2023 - Episode 197

Modernize or Die ® Podcast - CFML News Edition

2023-06-06 Weekly News - Episode 197

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Hosts:

• Gavin Pickin - Senior Developer at Ortus Solutions
• Brad Wood - Senior Developer at Ortus Solutions

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News and Announcements

Ortus Training - ColdBox Zero to Hero
October 4th and 5th
Venue Confirmation in Progress - will be less than 2 miles from the Mirage.
Registration will be open soon!

CF Camp Pre Conference Workshop Discount
We can offer a 30% discount by using the code "OrtusPre30".
Thank you for your ongoing support!
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ICYMI - Into the Box - Recap
ITB Recap Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVoIZkJd8HE

New Releases and Updates

Lucee 5.4.0.65 Release Candidate
Remember - Lucee’s Minors are MAJOR releases

The Lucee team is proud to present our next release candidate for the 5.x series.

The 5.4 series bumps the minor version (from 5.3), as we had to update some of the underlying java libraries and extensions as the older versions have CVEs or are no longer maintained.

All of the java libraries which have been updated in 6 have also been updated in 5.4, with the exception of hsqldb which in this RC is still 2.7.0

This includes an important performance fix 7 with logging since 5.3.10.120 (fixed in 5.3.10.125)
https://dev.lucee.org/t/lucee-5-4-0-65-release-candidate/12657

CommandBox Next - Add Rewrite Map feature similar to Apache

• Add a new rewrite-map() handler which declares a named map, file it uses (absolute path), and case sensitivity flag
• Add a new rewrite-map-exists() predicate just for the fun of it which will tell you if a given key exists in the map (apache doesn't have this)
• Add a new %{map:name-name:mapKey|defaultValue} exchange attribute which mostly follows Apache's syntax. The only limitation is nested exchange attributes must use [] instead of {} due to an Undertow parsing issue I reported to them yesterday).

https://ortussolutions.atlassian.net/browse/COMMANDBOX-1592

CommandBox - Have you say on MariaDB

During my refactoring of Runwar/CommandBox I was looking at the little MariaDB4j integration that was built into runwar (added about 7 years ago in 2016). There were never first-class settings for it in CommandBox so you would have had to use the runwar.args setting to activate. It also required you to include the MariaDB4j jars yourself in the classpath. (Note this is separate from the MariaDB CommandBox module 4 Jan Janek made).
The settings it supported were:

• enable
• port
• base directory
• data directory
• SQL file to import

So my question is, does anyone use the built in MariaDB4j integration in Runwar? If I removed it, would anyone care? If I put in first-class settings and documented it, would people use it? Does it sound useful? Worthless?

https://community.ortussolutions.com/t/mariadb4j-support-in-commandbox-runwar/9666

ICYMI - Adobe ColdFusion 2023 released!!!!

We are thrilled to announce the highly anticipated release of Adobe ColdFusion 2023! Packed with cutting-edge features and enhanced performance, this release takes ColdFusion to new heights of innovation.

Experience accelerated development, robust security measures, and seamless integration with modern technologies. From rapid application development to scalable enterprise solutions, Adobe ColdFusion empowers developers to build dynamic web applications with ease. Discover the limitless possibilities and stay ahead in the digital era.

Upgrade to the latest version now and harness the true potential of ColdFusion. Elevate your coding experience with Adobe ColdFusion – the ultimate platform for unmatched productivity and success.

• LDAP and SAML integration
• Central Configuration Server
• GraphQL client
• HTML to PDF
• Cloud Services
• JWT integration in CF

Whats new - https://helpx.adobe.com/coldfusion/using/whats-new.html

https://coldfusion.adobe.com/2023/05/coldfusion2023-release/

Webinar / Meetups and Workshops

Online CF Meetup - "The Many Ways to Run CF (and Lucee)", with Charlie Arehart

Thursday June 8th - 12pm US Eastern Time

Depending on your experience you may tend to favor running CF and your CFML the way you've "always done it" (perhaps by installing CF, or perhaps via Commandbox). But did you know there are in fact several ways to deploy CF (or Lucee), including ways to run CFML without even needing to do that? In this session, veteran CF consultant Charlie Arehart will identify these, starting first with WHY it's useful to have different ways to be able to deploy CF/Lucee and CFML.

Then he will discuss and demonstrate those several ways--whether you prefer to run CF on your own machine or another (whether hosted or in the cloud), to include even being able to run CFML WITHOUT need of CF (or Lucee) to be "installed" at all. He will cover such topics as installers (GUI and console-based), silent installation (and updates), Commandbox, WAR file deployment, container-based (Docker/Kubernetes) deployment, serverless deployment, as well as CLI-based execution of C...