Today we are very excited to bring you the release of our latest Docker container for ContentBox v4.1.0. This is a major re-work of our container images as we now support over 6 different variations of our images, from warmed up servers to alpine versions of ContentBox. We have also added tons of new optimizations and environment variables to control container deployments. Ultimately, we have also updated our images to leverage the latest CommandBox 4.2.0 image!

Learn more about ContentBox at https://www.ortussolutions.com/products/contentbox and more about Docker deployment here: https://contentbox.ortusbooks.com/getting-started/installation/docker

Today we are very excited to bring you the release of ContentBox v4.1.0. This is a major release of ContentBox and it sports tons of new updates, improvements and bug fixes including a major upgrade to ColdBox v5.x which in itself gives us tons of new updates and features.

Here are the what's new guides for our release:

• What's new with v4.1.0
• What's new with v4.0.0

We our pleased to announce the release of CommandBox 4.2.0.  This is a minor release to CFML's CLI, REPL, and Package Manager that addresses a handful of bugs and also adds a number of nice enhancements and new features.  

Two patch releases have gone out the door for ColdBox, check out the tickets:

What's New With 5.1.3 and 5.1.4

Bugs

• [COLDBOX-715] - Elvis operator inconsistencies on Adobe Engines, please Adobe, patch the engines and fix your compiler!
• COLDBOX-718 - Left one encodeforhtml in textarea that was missing.

Improvements

• [COLDBOX-237] - Some HTMLHelper method still need escaping as certain values should never be HTML
• [COLDBOX-716] - determine session/client state via CF getApplicationMetadata() instead of isDefined() to avoid load issues for flash ram
• [COLDBOX-717] - RemotingUtil converted to cfscript #367

We are pleased to announce the public beta of ColdBox Elixir v3.

We are excited to announce the release of TestBox version 2.8.0. To install just use CommandBox:

box install testbox --savedev

To upgrade your current testbox installation just run the following:

box update testbox

TestBox 2.8.0 is a minor release with some great new functionality and tons of fixes. You can find the release notes here and the major updates for this release.

We are so excited to announce two training workshops to occur before CFCamp 2018 this November 6-7 in Munich: https://cfcamp2018-box.eventbrite.com. Please note that registration is limited, so hurry!

ColdBox From Zero to Hero

by Luis Majano

In this workshop you will be introduced to the latest version of the most popular CFML MVC framework; ColdBox 5. We will go over the basics of installation, templating and configuration to the most advanced features like HMVC development with modules, RESTFul APIs, interception points and much more.

CommandBox Servers and Containerizing

by Brad Wood

Take a deep dive into how to standardize your server infrastructure from development to production using CommandBox, CFConfig, and Docker. These powerful tools help simplify the number of servers you have to keep track of and help you keep consistent settings and behavior across the board-- a must for a team of people all doing local development. We'll also do a brief introduction into what Docker is and how it can help you with a lot of deployment concerns.

We are excited to bring our training Bootcamp series as a post-conference workshop for this years Adobe ColdFusion Summit 2018 in Las Vegas, NV. Please note, that our training this year is AFTER the conference. This training series will be led by Box creator Luis Majano and ContentBox Evangelist Gavin Pickin at the Hyatt Placel right in front of the Hard Rock Hotel, where the conference will be. Register as soon as possible as space is very limited!

What's New With 5.1.2

This is a patch release for ColdBox

Bugs/Regressions

• [COLDBOX-711] - HTML helper cannot add fontawesome icons in button due to XSS enabled by default
• [COLDBOX-712] - ColdBox shutdown code that uses CF mappings for modules fails on fwreinit
• [COLDBOX-713] - addAsset throw error when called from handlers

Improvements

• [COLDBOX-714] - Too many issues when encoding by default for HTML Helper, revert to non-encoded and provide ways to encode globally and a-la-carte

HTML Helper Changes

The HTML Helper has been migrated to an internal module in this release. It allows you to configure it via the following configuration settings in your ColdBox.cfc.

moduleSettings = {
    htmlHelper = {
        // Base path for loading JavaScript files
        js_path = "",
        // Base path for loading CSS files
        css_path = "",
        // Auto-XSS encode values when using the HTML Helper output methods
        encodeValues = false
    }
}

Injection Shortcut

You can also now inject the HTML helper anywhere using it's injection DSL Shortcut of @HTMLHelper

Learn how to debug your servers when they won't start with CommandBox 4.