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Gavin Pickin
October has been a busy month, so we are late sharing this information, but with over a week left in October, you have plenty of time to earn your free t-shirt. HacktoberFest is celebrating it's 5th year this year, and will be giving away 50,000 t-shirts this year, to those contributing 5 pull requests to open source projects on github.
Luis Majano
ColdBox 5.2.0 is a minor version update with lots of fixes, improvements and some new features not only to the ColdBox core but to LogBox and WireBox standalone versions alike. Below are the major areas of improvement and the full release notes. To update your installations just issue the commands below with CommandBox:
update coldbox - Update ColdBox Platformupdate logbox - Update standalone LogBoxupdate wirebox - Update standalone WireBoxThe major areas of improvement for the ColdBox core where on tons of fixes, however there are some nice new features discussed below.
addAsset generate wrong link if asset path contains ".js"columnName if column is definedrequest` breaks RoutingService when in test modeENV overload in detectEnvironment() via ENVIRONMENT system setting/propertysetNextEvent does not exist in coldbox.system.web.ControllergetRenderData\(\) in base test case was not looking at the right request collectionClear not working on string builders: Use setLength\(0\) since clear is not a method on StringBuildergroup\(\)operations with a handler and no explicit handler routing call added, route never registered the handlerautoMapModels which if true, it will map all root models just like modules do.This will allow root models to behave like modules where all models are registered automatically for you but with no namespace.
toAction() terminator is missing from the new router DSLThis terminator was missing from the new Routing DSL. This will allow you to build up routes that terminate at an action.
config/Router.cfc as an interceptorThe main application router and ALL module routers are now also interceptors.
renderLayout() into the rendered viewsdefaultValue arguments to getProperty() methods on abstract appenders"ExtraInfo: " from console appender if empty stringinit from super class Luis Majano
We are very excited that the Into The Box conference is coming back to the Houston are in May of 2019. Registration is now officially open and call for papers is now open as well. We have also added some great new workshops for your training pleasure!
Luis Majano
Two patch releases have gone out the door for ColdBox, check out the tickets:
Luis Majano
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.
Luis Majano
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!
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.
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.
Luis Majano
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!
Luis Majano
This is a patch release for ColdBox
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
}
}
You can also now inject the HTML helper anywhere using it's injection DSL Shortcut of @HTMLHelper
Luis Majano
ColdBox 5.1.1 patch update has been released today. This patch covers some major regresssions and improvements for stability. You can find the release notes below.
Luis Majano
Ohh happy day! ColdBox 5.1.0 is now available. Using CommandBox just issue a simple update coldbox and you are done! This release is fully documented and you can find the what's new guide here: https://coldbox.ortusbooks.com/intro/introduction/whats-new-with-5.1.0. Below you will find the major areas of improvement for this release and you can visit the link for the full release notes.