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News and AnnouncementsNew updates released for Java 8, 11, 17, and 19 as of Jan 17 2023Here's a heads-up that some will want to hear about: there are new JVM updates released today (Jan 17, 2023) for the current long-term support (LTS) releases of Oracle Java, 8, 11, and 17, as well as the current interim update 19. (Note that prior to Java 9, releases of Java were known technically as 1.x, so 8 is referred to in resources below as 1.8.)
https://www.carehart.org/blog/2023/1/17/java_updates_Jan_2023 Beware that latest Oracle JDK installers will REMOVE older JDK installs of that versionHere's something new to beware if you may run the Oracle JDK installer for the recently updated Java 11 or 17, whether on Windows, macOS, or via RPM: the new Oracle jdk installer WILL REMOVE any older previous versions of that JVM version created by previous JDK installers of the same major version. (Note that this issue does not affect those who implement java by extracting it from a compressed file, like a zip or tar.gz.)
Fortunately for some, this issue does NOT affect those running Java 8 or below, or Java 19 or above
https://www.carehart.org/blog/2023/1/23/beware_latest_oracle_JDK_installers_will_remove_older_JDK_installs CBWire Poll about a CFCasts SeriesI’m in the planning stage of developing an ongoing video series for CBWIRE on
https://cfcasts.com/. I have several ideas and would like to put it out to the community to vote what you’d like to see most. All series would feature 5-7 minute bit-sized videos posted regularly (probably weekly) until the series is finished.
https://community.ortussolutions.com/t/poll-cbwire-cfcasts-com-series/9513 New Releases and UpdatesCBSecurity - V 3.0.0 This module will enhance your ColdBox applications by providing out-of-the-box security.
Now with a cool Security Visualizer too?
Change Log is packed -
https://www.forgebox.io/view/cbsecurity#changeLog Changed / COMPATIBILITY Conferences and Training
CF Summit Online All the webinars, all the speakers from Adobe ColdFusion Summit 2022 – brought right to your screen. All sessions will soon be streamed online, for your convenience. Stay tuned for more!
ICYMI - LEVERAGING AI / COGNITIVE SERVICES VIA COLDFUSIONMichael Hayes
January 17 |
12:00 - 13:00 pm EST (1 hour)
Azure Cognitive Services is API that leverages AI and Machine Learning to provide capability such as Sentiment Analysis, Entity Recognition, Auto Translator, Text to Speech, speech translation, and many more. All this would be written in ColdFusion 2021 of course and a GIT repo of the code will be shared with the community. There may be a secondary package that will be shared that would convert PostMan / Swagger collections to ColdFusion for rapid development via API's.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jM6YpCMs6jg ICYMI - SPREADSHEET MAGICKevin Wright
January 19 |
12:00 - 13:00 pm EST (1 hour)
Microsoft Office is the 'de facto' standard in most business environments. In this session we will look at different ways of integrating with one of the most used applications of the MS office suite, Excel. Come learn how to create, access and manipulate spreadsheets programmatically with the CFSPREADSHEET tag in ColdFusion. We will go beyond basic read and write features, and will delve into more advanced techniques like working with formulas and formatting, and creating multiple sheets. We will also look at examples of more complex types of spreadsheets by using lookups and even creating and embedding dynamic charts. FORMAT: Presentation with slides / live code review
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAvTsqXZ2o0 OPPORTUNITIES FOR BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY AND NFTS IN THE REAL WORLDMasha Edelen and Nick Juntilla
January 24 |
14:00 - 15:00pm EST (1 hour)
Understanding the value and practical use cases of Non-Fungible Tokens in modern business applications. Learn how to get started using the blockchain and building your Web 3 strategy.
Website for CF Summit Online
https://cfsummit-online.meetus.adobeevents.com/ VUE.JS NATION CONFERENCEJanuary 25th & 26th 2023
https://vuejsnation.com/ VUEJS AMSTERDAM 20239-10 February 2023, Theater Amsterdam
World's Most Special and Largest Vue Conference
CALL FOR PAPERS AND BLIND TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW!
https://vuejs.amsterdam/ 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/ Dev NexusApril 4-6th, 2023 in Atlanta
Georgia World Congress Center
285 Andrew Young International Blvd NW
Atlanta, GA 30313
https://devnexus.com/ No Ortus speakers this year. :-(
Into the Box 2023 - 10th EditionMay 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!!!
Still time - call for speakers for the Into The Box Conference for 2023 is open until Jan 31st
https://www.intothebox.org/blog/into-the-box-2023-call-for-speakers https://itb2023.eventbrite.com/ CFCamp is backJune, 22-23rd 2023
Marriott Hotel Munich Airport, Freising
Call for Speakers is now open!
https://www.papercall.io/cfcamp2023https://www.cfcamp.org/Even Ben Nadel was talking about busting out the passport
More conferencesNeed 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 Week1/24/23 - Blog - Charlie Arehart - What's new in FusionReactor 9.2.0, released Jan 18 2023If you're a user of the wonderful FusionReactor monitoring and observability solution (for ColdFusion, Lucee, Java servers and more), you may delight in hearing news of a new FusionReactor (FR) version. 9.2.0 was released last week, Jan 18, 2023.
https://www.carehart.org/blog/2023/1/24/whats_new_in_fr_9.2.0 1/23/23 - Blog - Charlie Arehart - Beware that latest Oracle JDK installers will REMOVE older JDK installs of that versionHere's something new to beware if you may run the Oracle JDK installer for the recently updated Java 11 or 17, whether on Windows, macOS, or via RPM: the new Oracle jdk installer WILL REMOVE any older previous versions of that JVM version created by previous JDK installers of the same major version. (Note that this issue does not affect those who implement java by extracting it from a compressed file, like a zip or tar.gz.)
Fortunately for some, this issue does NOT affect those running Java 8 or below, or Java 19 or above
https://www.carehart.org/blog/2023/1/23/beware_latest_oracle_JDK_installers_will_remove_older_JDK_installs 1/21/23 - Blog - Ben Nadel - Does The Order Of Hash Inputs Matter In Terms Of Uniqueness And Distribution?My initial implementation of the CUID2 algorithm for ColdFusion tried to stay as close as possible to the JavaScript version. As part of this algorithm, I hash together various sources of entropy in order to create a unique, collision-resistant value. Once I completed my initial implementation, I got to thinking: since the goal isn't to create a specific value but rather a random, unique value, does the order of the inputs to the hash actually have any bearing on the characteristics of the output? In other words, does the order of hash inputs make the hash more unique? Or, give it a more even distribution in a given space?
https://www.bennadel.com/blog/4394-does-the-order-of-hash-inputs-matter-in-terms-of-uniqueness-and-distribution.htm 1/19/23 - Blog - Ben Nadel - Comparing Java's MessageDigest To ColdFusion's hash() Function In Lucee CFMLLast week, I implemented a ColdFusion port of the CUID2 library. My version seems to work correctly; however, it has some performance problems when compared to the Java version. When I instrumented the ColdFusion component methods, nothing really jumped out at me. But, I have a hunch that I could make the SHA hashing more performant. Only, I don't have a great mental model for hashing. As such, I wanted to perform a small comparison of Java's MessageDigest class with ColdFusion's native hash() function for hashing a compound input.
https://www.bennadel.com/blog/4393-comparing-javas-messagedigest-to-coldfusions-hash-function-in-lucee-cfml.htm 1/18/23 - Blog - Ben Nadel - Using "continue" To Short-Circuit .each() Iteration In ColdFusionYesterday, I was refactoring some ColdFusion code to go from using a standard for-in loop to using an .each() iteration member method. The for-in version of the code had some short-circuiting logic that used continue statements to skip to the next loop iteration. And, when I refactored to using .each(), I forgot to change the continue keyword to be a return keyword. And, wouldn't you know it - the code worked anyway. This is likely a quirk, not a feature, of the CFML platform; but, I thought it would be fun to share.
https://www.bennadel.com/blog/4392-using-continue-to-short-circuit-each-iteration-in-coldfusion.htm 1/17/23 - Blog - Charlie Arehart - New updates released for Java 8, 11, 17, and 19 as of Jan 17 2023Here's a heads-up that some will want to hear about: there are new JVM updates released today (Jan 17, 2023) for the current long-term support (LTS) releases of Oracle Java, 8, 11, and 17, as well as the current interim update 19. (Note that prior to Java 9, releases of Java were known technically as 1.x, so 8 is referred to in resources below as 1.8.)
https://www.carehart.org/blog/2023/1/17/java_updates_Jan_2023 CFML JobsSeveral positions available on
https://www.getcfmljobs.com/Listing over 46 ColdFusion positions from 27 companies across 22 locations in 5 Countries.
2 new jobs listed this week
Full-Time - ColdFusion Developer at Remote - United Kingdom
Jan 18
https://www.getcfmljobs.com/jobs/index.cfm/united-kingdom/ColdFusion-Developer-at-Remote/11548 Full-Time - Senior ColdFusion Developer at India - India
Jan 17
https://www.getcfmljobs.com/jobs/index.cfm/india/Senior-ColdFusion-Developer-at-India/11549 Other Job Links