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 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

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.

Bug

• [COLDBOX-703] - regression onmissingmethod on html helper method was public and changed to private
• [COLDBOX-704] - viewModule logic was not working at all yet again.

Improvement

• [COLDBOX-705] - REmove setting throwOnInvalidInterceptionStates, makes no sense anymore
• [COLDBOX-706] - Moved order of event manager states the injector provides to a ColdBox app so the binder can listen on itself

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.

Today we are very pleased to announce the final release of CommandBox 4.0.0.  This has been one of our most ambitious releases and closed more than 70 tickets over 6 months of development and testing.  

This release has gone through a month of testing that created two release candidates.  A big thanks goes out to everyone who helped provide feedback.  There are a lot of new features and libraries in 4.0 as well as a major overhaul of many of the UI aspects of the CLI. 

After 6 months of development, we are pleased to announce that CommandBox 4.0.0-RC.2 is available for your testing.  In case you're wondering, RC.1 was released at Into The Box last month, but I was super busy at the time and on the road for 2 solid weeks and didn't have the docs fully updated, so I didn't have a chance to blog it then.  A huge thanks goes out to everyone who help contribute ideas, pull requests, and testing for CommandBox 4.  This is truly a group effort.

We are excited to announce the release of TestBox version 2.6.0. To install just do:

box install testbox --savedev

To upgrade your current testbox installation just run the following:

box uninstall testbox && install testbox --savedev

TestBox 2.6.0 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.