044 CommandBox + ForgeBox: ColdFusion Code, Package, Share, Go! with Luis Majano
Luis Majano talks about “CommandBox + ForgeBox: ColdFusion Code, Package, Share, Go!” in this episode of ColdFusion Alive podcast with host Michael Smith.
Episode highlights
Why he created CommandBox three years ago
Then there were better tools with other languages and other CFers were moving
He took the lead in creating better CF tooling
Tired of CF language shaming
Created at an Ortus company retreat
What the heck is CommandBox is now
A very thin java layer than wraps Lucee that creates a headless server
A class loader
All coded in CFML
Open source – any CFer can modify and contribute
A package manager
Like Mavin, MPM, Yarn
A CLI and REPL
What the heck a CLI
And what is a REPL?
Can run, evaluation and print code (in a loop)
Scripts and batch files with full OS and piping between scripts
JVM containers
Future plans
Orchestration of cloud servers
Docker
Any WAR file
How containers can save you time and headaches
Containers vs VMs
Total change in doing DevOps
Docker Swarms for scaling
Fast to spin up – light up
CFML is ahead of other languages
CFML portability
Digital Ocean, AWS
Portainer
No need for Node
Using CF tools
See Brad’s article on this below
Package management
What the heck is a package and why would you want to manage it?
Reusability of code
Gives the Dependencies
Continuous Integration
Similar flow and process to what you get in Node
Only need a descriptor Box.json in the folder for it to be treated as a package
Installation
Versioning
Package scripts
Artifacts
Git integration
JAR endpoints
Future – Mavin and Grable support
Why every CFer should create a ForgeBox account
Help promote the CF community
Encourage sharing of code and knowledge by making it easy
MVP did this for Java
Great for your resume
What is ForgeBox
Cloud Repository for packages
Supports multiple versions of your code in one package
Can lock specify dependencies and versions
400+ contribution already there
Gamification of contributors
Free open ForgeBox vs Paid Private ForgeBox
SaaS
Private version for government users and commercial code (vs open source)
ForgeBox Entreprise can run in a container on your private server
Try CommandBox in 10 mins
Download it
Install it
Start a new server
Why are you proud to use CF?
Proud to be a modern CFML developer
The tools and apps (the ecosystem) around the language make you more productive
WWIT for you to make CF more alive this year?
Use cool tools for CFML
Write cool apps in CFML
Share about them online and at conferences
What did you enjoy at CFObjective?
What are you looking forward to at NAGW, CFCAMP and CF Summit?
Mentioned in this episode
Denny Valient of Railo
Lucee CFML
Docker containers
REPL
WAR file
Portainer
No need for Node blog articles by Brad Wood
Grunt
Gulp
Upcoming book Modern CFML in 100 minutes book
This book is inspired by the original Ruby in 100 minutes and Mike Henke’s work on CFML in 100 minutes. The purpose of this book is to jumpstart developers into the ColdFusion (CFML) programming language from a modern perspective and a focus on best practices and object orientation.
Ortus Solutions
NAGW
CFCAMP
CF Summit