After using the ColdBox MVC Platform or any of the Box libraries you might think of an enhancement or new feature you'd like to see.  Or perhaps you found an issue, and after posting it to our Google Group, we asked you to put in a ticket.  Well, today is you day because here is a step by step guide for getting set up in our bug tracker so you can enter tickets, as well as comment, vote, or watch other people's tickets.  Out open source libraries are developed out in the open for full transparency and to encourage the public to join in and be part of the exciting process.

Atlassian JIRA

Atlassian has created a number of development workflow tools like BitBucket, SourceTree, and Bamboo.  JIRA (pronounced Jeer-ah) is their popular system for bug tracking and does lots of cool stuff with agile plugins. The URL for the Ortus JIRA bug tracker is (We'll wait while you bookmark it):

https://ortussolutions.atlassian.net/browse/COLDBOX/

When you first visit, you'll see something like this. From a non-logged in state you can still view tickets and read comments but you can't create tickets or interact with existing ones.  Start by hitting the green "Log In" button in the upper right hand corner of the screen.

Not logged in (click to enlarge)

On the log in form, click the "Create an account" link on the right hand column under the username and password fields.  Don't be tempted to use the "Log in using Google" option.  That only works if your E-mail address ends in @ortussolutions.com!

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Download it here a...

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We are so proud to announce another update to our Adobe ColdFusion Builder exension: ColdBox Platform Utilities v4.0.  This update has tons of cool updates and fixes:

Bugs Squashed

• [CBOXUTILITIES-28] - Crud generator fixes bombs with extra quotes
• [CBOXUTILITIES-29] - Enable CRUD composition of relationships

Improvements

• [CBOXUTILITIES-31] - Update all app templates to latest release update
• [CBOXUTILITIES-35] - Update Help documentation
• [CBOXUTILITIES-36] - Rename resources to shorter names
• [CBOXUTILITIES-37] - Update embedded google search engine
• [CBOXUTILITIES-40] - Menu ordering and cleanups
• [CBOXUTILITIES-41] - Make Application.cfc with non-inheritance default

New Features

• [CBOXUTILITIES-30] - Create config file for LogBox
• [CBOXUTILITIES-32] - Update all testing classes to TestBox Style and BDD support
• [CBOXUTILITIES-33] - CacheBox -> New Configuration
• [CBOXUTILITIES-34] - TestBox Support, new menu contribution for TestBox Tasks
• [CBOXUTILITIES-42] - Added global CPU configuration file for project URL and TestBox config

So either download the extension and install it or if you have it installed, just click "ColdBox Platform > Check For Extension Updates..." and perform our sweet auto update!  Here are a few screenshots of some new functionality: