Modernize or Die® - CFML News for June 9th, 2020

2020-06-09 Weekly News - Episode 57Watch the video version on YouTube at: https://youtu.be/eWKDT4gcF0sHosts:Brad Wood - Software Consultant for Ortus SolutionsThanks to our Sponsor - Ortus SolutionsGet live training from the makers of your favorite Box Product.Live Virtual Workshops available for signup in June and more to be announced soon.CFCasts.com is up and running with all of the Into the Box 2020 Videos.Patreon SupportWe are at the 48% mark for fully funding all of our Modernize or Die Podcasts via our Patreon site: https://patreon.com/ortussolutions . If you love our podcasts and all we do for the #coldfusion #cfml community considers chipping in, we are almost there!https://www.ortussolutions.com/blog/we-need-your-help News and EventsColdFusion Meetup - "Low-Code for the ColdFusion Developer – What is it, and Why you should care" with G. Andrew DuthieJune 11 - 12pm EDTWe're happy to announce another session of the Online ColdFusion Meetup, "Low-Code for the ColdFusion Developer – What is it, and Why you should care" with G. Andrew Duthie, to be held Thursday June 11 at 12pm US Eastern Time, UTC-5https://www.meetup.com/coldfusionmeetup/events/271110445/Reminder: State of the CF Union 2020 SurveyVOTE FOR OUR PODCASTSHelp us find out the state of the CF Union – what versions of CFML Engine do people use, what frameworks, tools etc. We will share the summary results with everyone who completes the survey so that you can see how you compare with other CF developers.Most questions are multiple choice checkboxes that are fast to answer. Thanks for your time completing this survey!https://teratech.com/state-of-the-cf-union-2020/Partial Results: https://teratech.com/state-of-the-CF-Union-2020-partial-ResultsConferencesAdobe ColdFusion Developer Week Recordings and Slides Now AvailableThank you all for joining us last week for the Developer Week! We would like to thank our speakers for their time to share their knowledge with the community.ColdFusion Developer Week saw over 2800 registrations representing more than 1700 accounts from around 74 countries. What was more awesome was that 90% of the registrants attended more than 2 sessions. Also the active participants would receive one CPE credit for each session. We are happy that the attendees have had earned more than 5000 CPE credits during the developer week.View recordings and slide * requires registration https://coldfusion.adobe.com/2020/06/coldfusion-developer-week-recordings-now-available/Into the Box 2020 - Workshops - Virtual Live trainingGavin's ColdBox Zero to Hero training on June 4,5  went great.Luis Majano is leading ColdBox Hero to Superhero API Editon - June 18,192 x 6 hour days9am-12pm Central1 hour lunch1pm-4pm CentralTickets available: $899https://www.ortussolutions.com/eventsPodcast Code: PODCAST10 - 10% offThere is a code for ITB attendees to save 15% - If you didn’t get the email - contact Ortus.CF Summit WestOctober 28-29Mirage Hotelhttps://cfsummit.adobeevents.com/CF CampTBAMore conferences: https://confs.tech/Blogs, Tweets and Videos of the WeekBlog - Kishore - Adobe - ColdFusion Developer Week recordings now availableThank you all for joining us last week for the Developer Week! We would like to thank our speakers for their time to share their knowledge with the community.https://coldfusion.adobe.com/2020/06/coldfusion-developer-week-recordings-now-available/Blog - Ben Nadel - Showing The Affects Of Database Index Structure On Membership Table JOIN Performance In MySQL 5.6.37At InVision, a couple of the engineers on my team are building a new feature that will entail a "membership" pattern of data organization. Meaning, there will be "containers"; and then, "items" within those "containers". Yesterday, we began to noodle on the index design of those database tables; and, while I discussed this type of relationship in my Not-So-Dark Art of Designing Database Indexes article, I did leave the low-level details a bit hand-wavy. As such, I thought it would be fun to take a closer look at how a "membership" style table can be indexed; and, what the EXPLAIN output of the table is along the way in MySQL 5.6.37.https://www.bennadel.com/blog/3843-showing-the-affects-of-database-index-structure-on-membership-table-join-performance-in-mysql-5-6-37.htmBlog - Fusion Reactor - Object-Oriented Programming; what is Inheritance, Polymorphism, Abstraction a Encapsulation?Object-oriented programming refers to the concept in high-level languages such as Java and Python that uses Objects and classes in their implementations. OOP has four major building blocks which are, Polymorphism, Encapsulation, Abstraction, and Inheritance.  There are other programming paradigms such as Procedural programming in which codes are written in sequentially. Python and Java are multi-paradigm high-level programming languages that means they support both OOP and procedural programming. A programmer decides on the paradigm to use based on his expertise and the problems his trying to solve. However, there is no controversy that OOP makes programming easier, faster, more dynamic, and secured. This is a major reason Java and Python are the top most popular programming languages in the world todayhttp://www.fusion-reactor.com/blog/technical-blogs/polymorphism-encapsulation-data-abstraction-and-inheritance-in-object-oriented-programming/Blog - James Moberg - Convert Unicode Symbols a Punctuation to ASCII using ColdFusion/JavasymbolsToASCII is a ColdFusion UDF (user-defined function) to convert Unicode symbols and punctuation to ASCII7. I was previously using ConvertSpecialChars from CFLib, but it didn't include enough mapped characters.https://dev.to/gamesover/convert-symbols-punctuation-to-ascii-using-coldfusion-java-3l6aBlog - Ben Nadel - deserializeJson() Silently Fails On High-Precision Numbers In Lucee CFML 5.3.4.77Yesterday, Nicholas Mackey - from our Inspect team - stumbled upon an interesting behavior in which a JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) payload coming out of the Craft plug-in was including a Float value with something like 20-digits of precision. I have no idea how that value was being calculated on the Craft side; but, the interesting part of this is that when Lucee CFML 5.3.4.77 went to deserialize this JSON payload, it silently failed on said high-precision value, leaving it as a String, not a Number.https://www.bennadel.com/blog/3840-deserializejson-silently-fails-on-high-precision-numbers-in-lucee-cfml-5-3-4-77.htmBlog - Matthew Clemente - Fat Arrow Function Support in Lucee 5 and Adobe ColdFusion 2018Arrow functions have been around in CFML since Lucee 5 and Adobe ColdFusion 2018 (Update 5), respectively. Despite this, I only recently began trying to get comfortable with the syntax. I was surprised to find that, while Lucee added fat arrow support much earlier, Adobe ColdFusion provides more complete support for the syntax.https://blog.mattclemente.com/2020/06/04/arrow-functions-in-adobe-coldfusion-and-lucee.htmlLucee Ticket - Add attribute directory to cfexecuteCurrently cfexecute has no way of setting the working directory and a common hack to get some commands to work is to save a temporary shell/batch script that first changes the directory and then execute the command.Adding an optional directory attribute will allow to set the working directory prior to executing the command.https://luceeserver.atlassian.net/browse/LDEV-2912Blog - Brian Klaas - Beyond the Basics of Using AWS S3 in CFML: Use Different Storage Classes to Save MoneyS3 offers a ridiculous level of durability for the objects stored in the service. On top of 11 9’s of durability in physically distributed storage, Amazon has developed formal proof-of-correctness algorithms that map across all the systems with which S3 interacts to ensure that data is always correct when requested. They create checksums across loosely-coupled systems (including checking for bitslips in RAM) to ensure transfers never become corrupt, and use complex actuarial models that anticipate when the hard drives on which data is actually stored will fail. AWS has automated “durability auditors” that repeatedly crawl every byte of S3 data to verify that when you retrieve your stuff, it will be correct. This is incredibly powerful, difficult stuff to achieve. There’s a fascinating video from re:Invent 2018 if you want to learn more about the way in which S3 is built.http://brianklaas.net/aws/coldfusion/2020/06/02/Beyond-Basics-S3-Storage-Classes.htmlBlog - Computer Know How - JavaScript: Intro to Iterative Tools a Data ManagementSome of the most common logical sequences we write in JavaScript address management of data stored in Object, Array, or a mixed composition of the two data types. This forces us as developers to pick how we want to arrange, format, shape, or find what we need from these structures based on our relevant context. JavaScript provides a lot of tools in this area, particularly with Arrays – enough so, that it can become daunting to the developer to select the most appropriate tool in changing contexts. Option fatigue, becoming weary of selecting from a vast group of options, develops patterns in the mind of the developer. We find ourselves reaching for the few options we’ve come to trust to accomplish our goals. This leads to working, yet also far from efficient code at times.https://ckhconsulting.com/javascript-intro-to-iterative-tools-data-management/CFML JobsSeveral positions available on https://www.getcfmljobs.com/Listing over 39 ColdFusion positions from 29 companies across 18 locations in 5 Countries2 new jobs this week.Full-Time - ColdFusion Software Engineer at Washington, DC - United States Posted Jun 07https://www.getcfmljobs.com/jobs/index.cfm/united-states/ColdFusion-Software-Engineer-at-Washington-DC/11085Full-Time - Senior ColdFusion Developer at Falls Church, VA - United States Posted Jun 02https://www.getcfmljobs.com/jobs/index.cfm/united-states/Senior-ColdFusion-Developer-at-Falls-Church-VA/11084CFWebTools are looking for developersCFWT is growing again. We are looking for one, possibly two senior ColdFusion developers to join our staff. Our group is close-knit, dynamic and knowledgeable. Here are a few things you should know.https://www.coldfusionmuse.com/index.cfm/2020/6/3/ColdFusion-Job-Opening-June-2020ForgeBox Module of the WeekCommandBox Banner Hack by Matthew ClementeCreated in one of Matthew’s live streams a few weeks back.The CommandBox Banner Hack module allows you to customize the version, quote, and welcome message seen in the CommandBox startup banner.Why would you want to do this?The initial use case was a presentation - I wanted my demos and screenshots to display custom banner text in the CLI. I think a more likely reason for using this module is: "Just for fun."box install commandbox-banner-hackRun any of the following commands to hack your banner text. Be sure to run reload to see the updated banner.https://www.forgebox.io/view/commandbox-banner-hackVS Code Hint Tips and Tricks of the WeekSettings Sync by Shan Khan 1,716,343 installs - 4.5 starsSince VS Code’s setting Sync is insider only, 1.8 million have installed this version.Synchronize Settings, Snippets, Themes, File Icons, Launch, Keybindings, Workspaces and Extensions Across Multiple Machines Using GitHub Gist.https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=Shan.code-settings-syncNOTE: For VS Code Insiders - The official Settings Sync will let you automatically have access to themes, settings etc with using Github Codespaceshttps://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/settings-syncThank you to all of our Patreon SupportersThese individuals are personally supporting our open source initiatives to ensure the great toolings like CommandBox, ForgeBox, ColdBox, ContentBox, TestBox and all the other boxes keep getting the continuous development they need, and funds the cloud infrastructure at our community relies on like ForgeBox for our Package Management with CommandBox. You can support us on Patreon here https://www.patreon.com/ortussolutionsBen Nadel Brett DeLineCarl Von Stetten Charlie ArehartDa LiDan Card Daniel GarciaDavid Belanger Didier Lesnicki Don Bellamy Erick HoffmanGary Knight Jan JannekJeremy Adams Jonas ErikssonJordan Clark Joseph LamoreeKai Koenig Laksma TirtohadiMatthew Clemente Mingo HagenRyan Hughes Scott SteinbeckShawn Oden Steven KlotzSynaptrix Yogesh MathurYou can see an up to date list of all sponsors on Ortus Solutions' Websitehttps://ortussolutions.com/about-us/sponsors★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

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