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ColdBox 6.1.0 Released

Luis Majano October 21, 2020

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Luis Majano

October 21, 2020

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Today we are excited to bring our first minor release of our 6.x series: 6.1.0; with a nice collection of fixes and improvements. Enjoy!

Installation

You can easily install this version by using the following CommandBox install string:


install coldbox
install wirebox
install cachebox
install logbox

Upgrading is also as simple as a command:


update coldbox
update wirebox
update cachebox
update logbox

Application Templates

All application templates have been updated for ColdBox 6.1.0


coldbox create app skeleton=cbtemplate-advanced-script
coldbox create app skeleton=cbtemplate-elixir
coldbox create app skeleton=cbtemplate-elixir-vuejs
coldbox create app skeleton=cbtemplate-rest
coldbox create app skeleton=cbtemplate-rest-hmvc
coldbox create app skeleton=cbtemplate-simple
coldbox create app skeleton=cbtemplate-supersimple

Bug Reporting & Collaboration

If you do find any bugs with this release or just want to collaborate with more ideas for this release, please make sure you head out to our Jira instance at: https://ortussolutions.atlassian.net/secure/RapidBoard.jspa?rapidView=22&projectKey=COLDBOX.

You can also contact us at the following Slack locations:

Release Notes

Bugs

  • [LOGBOX-53] - Direct console debugging is left in the AbstractAppender and FileAppender
  • [COLDBOX-920] - RenderLayout throws exception when called multiple times in single request with explicit view
  • [COLDBOX-921] - Adobe compat for null checks on exception beans
  • [COLDBOX-927] - Can't disable session management

New Features

  • [COLDBOX-928] - Buildlink's queryString can now be a struct and it will be converted to the string equivalent for you

Improvements

  • [COLDBOX-922] - Whoops can be slow while dumping out CFC instances

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