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As we close out our 12 Days of BoxLang Christmas, we're ending with something truly special — something built for early adopters, innovators, and teams who want to modernize confident...
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One of BoxLang's biggest superpowers is its ability to run on multiple runtimes, from desktop to cloud to serverless. Whether you're building web apps, CLIs, microservices, or embedded Java integrations, BoxLang adapts to your environment — not the other way around.
Today, for Day 9 of ou...
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In this holiday episode of the Modernize or Die Podcast, hosts Daniel Garcia, Eric Peterson, and Luis Majano reflect on the year's achievements, particularly focusing on the advancements in BoxLang, including the release of version 1.8 and the introduction of BoxLang AI. They discuss the performance...
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One of BoxLang's greatest strengths is its modular, extensible ecosystem.
From AI to databases, security, UI, file handling, and enterprise integrations the BoxLang Module Library lets you plug in exactly what your application needs.
Today, we're highlighting the official 33 BoxLang module...
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Today we're highlighting one of the most important pieces of the BoxLang ecosystem: the official BoxLang IDE extension. Built for VS Code (and all compatible editors), it delivers full language support, debugging, AI-powered coding, and the complete toolchain you need for modern BoxLang develop...
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BoxLang AI gives you a unified, consistent way to work with Large Language Models—across multiple providers—using a single functional and fluent API. Build AI-powered features directly into your BoxLang apps without juggling different SDKs, formats, or request models.
You can also ext...
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Day 5 of the 12 Days of Christmas: BoxLang + Cloud Servers, Deploy Anywhere, Scale Everywhere �
One of the most powerful parts of the BoxLang ecosystem is how easily it can run anywhere — locally, on-premise, containers, and especially in the cloud. Today we're highlighting...
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Today we're celebrating one of the most exciting new additions to the BoxLang ecosystem:
the TestBox BoxLang CLI Runner — a fast, native way to run your TestBox tests directly through the BoxLang Runtime. ⚡
No server required. No CommandBox needed. Just pure, ultra-fast BoxLang...
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As BoxLang continues evolving into a modern, high-performance, JVM-based runtime, real-time communication becomes essential for the applications we all want to build: dashboards, collaboration tools, notifications, live feeds, multiplayer features, and more.
That's where SocketBox steps in...
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BoxLang + CommandBox: The Enterprise Engine Behind Your Deployments
For Day 2 of our 12 Days of Christmas series, we're diving into one of the most powerful parts of the BoxLang ecosystem: CommandBox the defacto enterprise servlet deployment platform for BoxLang.
If BoxLang is the lan...
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ColdBox + BoxLang: The Future of Modern MVC on the JVM
Welcome to Day 1 of the 12 Days of BoxLang
To kick off the series, we're starting with one of the most powerful combinations in the Ortus ecosystem: ColdBox + BoxLang.
ColdBox has been the standard for modern CFML MVC development for over a deca...
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We are thrilled to announce the release of CBWIRE v5.0, the most powerful, stable, and developer-friendly version of CBWIRE ever shipped.
This major upgrade introduces deep BoxLang support, upgraded Livewire v3.6.4 features, enhanced security, improved error handling, performance gain...
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As we approach the end of the year, many engineering teams face the same challenge: unused budget that must be spent before December 31 or a new 2026 budget that should be allocated strategically from the start.
If your organization relies on ColdFusion or Lucee, this is the ideal moment to secure e...
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How organizations can stay competitive when CFML expertise is harder to find than ever?
1. The Silent Crisis: CFML Talent Is Disappearing
For many organizations, ColdFusion and CFML applications still power critical business processes.
But there's a growing challenge that leaders can no longer ignor...
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New in BoxLang 1.8.0 - Say goodbye to verbose HTTP request building. BoxLang introduces a powerful fluent HTTP API that makes working with HTTP/S requests not just easier, but actually enjoyable....
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We're excited to announce the Pre-Conference Workshops for CFCamp 2026, Europe's CFML-focused conference! Join us on June 16–17, 2026 at the Atomis Hotel Munich Airport by Mercure, Oberding for a deep dive into modern CFML and BoxLang development.
These works...
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We're thrilled to announce the release of bx-couchbase v1.0, bringing enterprise-grade Couchbase integration to the BoxLang ecosystem. This powerful module combines high-performance distributed caching with cutting-edge AI capabilities, enabling developers to build scalable, intelligent applications...
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The BoxLang team is excited to announce BoxLang 1.8.0, a massive release that revolutionizes HTTP capabilities, introduces comprehensive SOAP/WSDL integration, and delivers over 100 critical bug fixes for production-grade stability. This release focuses on modern web application development with flu...
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November 2025 was a big month at Ortus. BoxLang 1.7.0 arrived with real-time streaming, distributed caching, and faster compiler internals. ColdBox gained a cleaner debugging experience with full Whoops support, while CBWIRE 5 launched with stronger security, smarter lifecycles, and easier uploads....
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Because you asked; we're extending the Thanksgiving Week offer and officially launching our Cyber Monday BoxLang Deals today!
To support everyone who wants to understand whether they're running on legacy CFML or modern-ready code, and whether BoxLang is the right fit; we've decid...
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In this episode of the Modernize or Die Podcast, hosts Daniel Garcia and Jacob Beers discuss the latest updates from Ortus Solutions
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The wait is over! We're excited to officially launch CBWIRE 5, the most powerful version of our server-powered reactive UI framework yet, and you're invited to the live reveal!...
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Are you tired of staring at endless, unreadable stack traces when exceptions hit your ColdBox app? There's a better way to handle exceptions, especially during development, and it's called Whoops!...
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Welcome back to our series on SocketBox - a websocket module for CommandBox + BoxLang. this is part 2 of a 4 part series about the SocketBox library.
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Like most in the CFML community, I'd heard about serverless for years but never dived into it for a host of reasons. One of these ( and a pretty major one! ) was an irrational avoidance of all things Java and being used to the ease of spinning up a CFML instance at other hosting locations.
However, ...
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With the release of BoxLang 1.7, our primary focus has been on improving the performance of our parser and bytecode generation pipeline. This article presents a comparison of BoxLang's compilation performance against the current CFML engines. Future benchmarks will include other languages under simi...
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Modernize or Die Podcast #244: Recap, Transcript and Resources!
In this episode of the Modernize or Die Podcast, hosts Daniel Garcia and Grant Copley discuss the latest updates from Ortus Solutions, including the release of ColdBox 8 and BoxLang 1.7. They explore new features, real-time communicatio...
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The BoxLang team is thrilled to announce the release of BoxLang 1.7.0, a landmark update that brings powerful new capabilities for modern web development, distributed systems, and AI-powered applications. This release introduces Server-Sent Events (SSE) for real-time streaming, a JDBC Cache Store fo...
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October 2025 was a wild ride at Ortus. We released ColdBox 8.0.0, The Ocho, a version that redefines CFML architecture from REST APIs to full-stack microservices. At the same time, BoxLang evolved with bx-ldap, bringing connection pooling and event-driven authentication for enterprise environments, ...
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We're thrilled to announce the release of bx-compat-ui, a comprehensive UI compatibility module that makes migrating your Adobe ColdFusion and Lucee applications to BoxLang seamless and straightforward. If you've been hesitant about moving to BoxLang because of your existing UI components, this modu...
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We're thrilled to announce the release of bx-rss, a comprehensive RSS and Atom feed module that brings powerful syndication capabilities to BoxLang! Whether you're building a content aggregator, publishing a podcast, or exposing your application's data as feeds, bx-rss makes it incredibly simple....
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We're thrilled to announce the release of the BoxLang Redis Module (bx-redis) - a powerful addition to BoxLang that brings enterprise-grade Redis functionality directly into your applications. Whether you're building distributed systems, implementing real-time messaging, or need high-performance cac...
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We're thrilled to announce the release of bx-csv, a powerful premium module that brings enterprise-grade CSV processing capabilities to BoxLang+ subscribers! Built on Apache Commons CSV, this module provides both traditional functions and a modern, fluent API that makes working with CSV files a bree...
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We're thrilled to announce the release of the BoxLang Spreadsheet Module (bx-spreadsheet), a comprehensive solution for creating, reading, and manipulating Excel spreadsheets with style and simplicity. Whether you're building data export features, generating reports, or migrating from legacy CFML ap...
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Every ColdFusion modernization project tells a story — and not all of them start well.
Some begin in crisis: an app goes down, a compliance audit fails, or a key developer leaves.
Others start simply because someone finally asks, "Why are we still on ColdFusion 11?"
After two decades helping o...
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Modernize or Die Podcast #243: Recap, Transcript and Resources!
In this episode of the Modernize or Die Podcast, Eric Peterson and Jacob Beers share the latest updates in ColdBox and BoxLang, including the upcoming ColdBox 8 release with its new features, the introduction of SocketBox for WebSockets...
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In our last post, we walked through configuring email settings in ColdBox using cbMailServices. Now it's time for the fun part—sending emails! ColdBox's mail services are powerful, and with just a few lines of code, you can build emails with token replacements, send them using various pro...
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We're excited to announce the release of bx-ldap, a comprehensive LDAP module that brings enterprise-grade directory access to BoxLang! This module goes above and beyond traditional CFML LDAP implementations, offering modern features like connection pooling, event-driven programming, multiple return...
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In the world of modern web applications, data is king—but raw numbers rarely tell the full story. � That's where visualization becomes crucial, transforming complex datasets into intuitive, compelling narratives. Today, we're thrilled to introduce BX-Charts, a game-changing charting mod...
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Have you ever accidentally brought your internal email servers down? Or worse, been banned for sending too many emails? Believe me, I've been there – and I've learned my lesson the hard way. Whether it's a small typo or sending out thousands of unwanted emails, handling email systems can be tr...
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For many teams, DevOps still means responding to problems — not preventing them.
A service goes down, alerts flood Slack, and everyone scrambles to patch, roll back, or restart.
But what if your infrastructure could warn you before a failure?
What if your deployment pipeline could catch regres...
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When organizations plan a ColdFusion modernization project, they usually focus on code, infrastructure, and technology choices.
But the biggest variable — the one that makes or breaks every project — is human.
Modernization isn't just a technical journey. It's a people transformation, an...
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**The most powerful, modern, and feature-rich release of ColdBox ever is now available!**
After months of development and years of experimentation with new architectures, we're thrilled to announce **ColdBox 8.0.0** - a release that fundamentally transforms how you build CFML applications. Whethe...
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Growth is great — until your infrastructure can't keep up.
Most engineering teams start strong: they deploy quickly, iterate fast, and manage environments manually without too much trouble. But as the codebase grows, releases multiply, and uptime expectations rise, the cracks start to show.
Wh...
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Modernize or Die Podcast #242: Recap, Transcript and Resources!
In this episode of the Modernize or Die Podcast, hosts Daniel Garcia and Jacob Beers, both Senior Developers at Ortus Solutions, share the latest updates: the upcoming ColdBox 8 release, the new Box AI module, and BoxLang 1.6. They also...
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Is there a more iconic duo than Peanut Butter and Jelly? PB+J is hard to beat but BoxLang + WebSockets might just give the classic sandwich a run for its money. With the recent WebSocket additions to CommandBox and the new SocketBox library from Ortus there has never been a better time to incorporat...
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102 ColdBox Tips and Tricks by Luis Majano
How to Quickly Find Your ColdBox Version
Need to check which version of ColdBox you're running? There are two easy ways to do this: the CommandBox wayand the ColdBox way. Both methods give you quick access to this important information, whether yo...
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Many organizations still rely on manual deployments for their ColdFusion or Lucee applications. These processes might have worked years ago, but in today's world of rapid releases and cloud-native expectations, they are fragile, slow, and risky.
A missed step, an inconsistent environment, or a late-...
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This summary dives into the latest updates, innovations, and achievements across Ortus Solutions' Corp suite of tools and platforms. As a leader in open-source development, we continue to empower developers with cutting-edge frameworks, languages, and tools designed to streamline and modernize ...
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Software doesn't stop working the day support ends—but the risks and costs begin compounding fast. If you're still running ColdFusion 2018 or 2021, this post is your quick brief on what End of Support (EoS) really means, the downstream impact on your teams and budgets, and how to move decisive...
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We're thrilled to announce BoxLang 1.6.0, a release that delivers massive performance improvements, intelligent developer tooling, and enhanced async capabilities. This release focuses on making BoxLang faster, smarter, and more observable than ever before....
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Ad-hoc releases slow teams down: flaky builds, manual handoffs, surprise hotfixes, and "it works on my machine" incidents. The cure isn't a six-month tooling migration—it's a focused, four-week engagement that converts chaos into a reliable release rhythm.
Below is a 30-day playbook our on-dem...
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Modernizing without a security baseline is gambling with production. Before choosing runtimes, refactoring frameworks, or touching infrastructure, you need a clear view of your current exposure. A ColdFusion security audit is step zero: it tells you what to fix now, what to monitor, and how to moder...
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Modernizing without a security baseline is gambling with production. Before choosing runtimes, refactoring frameworks, or touching infrastructure, you need a clear view of your current exposure. A ColdFusion security audit is step zero: it tells you what to fix now, what to monitor, and how to moder...
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If you've ever felt trapped by your platform instead of empowered by it, you're not alone. Legacy systems can be expensive to maintain, slow to adapt, and limiting when it comes to growth. For many teams, innovation feels out of reach because the tools they rely on simply weren't built for today's p...
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Ortus Solutions delivered a wealth of insights and updates in September 2025, focusing on modernizing development with BoxLang, ColdBox, and CFML.
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ColdBox offers a smart way to manage environments by auto-sensing an environment variable called ENVIRONMENT. This allows you to dynamically control the environment in which your application runs, streamlining your development, testing, and production workflows....
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Deadlines don't wait. Whether it's a last-minute infrastructure change, a critical deployment, or a project that suddenly became top priority, your team needs extra hands—and it needs them fast. But traditional hiring cycles and contractor onboarding often make it impossible to respond at the ...
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102 ColdBox Tips and Tricks by Luis Majano
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Migrating legacy ColdFusion applications can feel overwhelming. Outdated versions, unsupported frameworks, and fragile integrations often make businesses hesitate. But delaying modernization only increases risks and costs. With the right plan, a ColdFusion migration can be structured, predictable, a...
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Modernize or Die Podcast #241: Recap, Transcript and Resources!
In this episode of the Modernize or Die Podcast, hosts Daniel Garcia (Senior Developer at Ortus Solutions) and Luis Majano (CEO of Ortus Solutions) dive into the latest news around BoxLang, ColdBox 8, ...
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When project deadlines are tight and technical complexity increases, many organizations turn to outsourcing as a quick fix. But traditional outsourcing often comes with risks: inconsistent quality, lack of accountability, and resources that work in isolation from your team.
At Ortus Solutions, we be...
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Ortus Solutions is proud to return as a Silver Sponsor of this year's Adobe ColdFusion Summit 2025! Join us for two days of innovation, networking, and community building at the premier conference for ColdFusion developers and tech leaders....
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102 ColdBox Tips and Tricks by Luis Majano
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At first glance, keeping an older ColdFusion or CFML application running might seem like the safest and most affordable choice. After all, if the system still delivers the required functionality, why change it? The reality is very different. Behind the scenes, legacy CFML is quietly draining resourc...
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The Future of UI Development with CBWIRE is the easiest way to build modern, reactive interfaces in applications powered by CFML and now BoxLang. Inspired by Livewire and Alpine.js, CBWIRE removes the need to write large amounts of JavaScript and lets you focus on what ...
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In today's fast-paced digital environment, organizations are expected to deliver new features, ensure uptime, and modernize infrastructure—all at once. Yet, maintaining a full-time DevOps team can quickly become one of the largest line items in your budget.
The good news? You don't have to cho...
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102 ColdBox Tips and Ticks by Luis Majano
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CommandBox isn't just a powerful CLI for CFML, it's also packed with tools to make ColdBox development faster and more efficient. In this tip, we'll explore some of the most useful ColdBox-specific commands that can make your development life easier....
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Legacy systems often linger because they "still work." In today's fast-moving digital landscape, however, relying on outdated ColdFusion or CFML applications is not just a technical inconvenience—it's a strategic roadblock. While competitors move quickly with modern frameworks and cloud-native...
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102 ColdBox Tips and Ticks by Luis Majano
What is CommandBox and why is a key tool for ColdBox users?
CommandBox isn't just a powerful CLI for CFML—it's also packed with tools to make ColdBox development faster and more efficient. In this tip, we'll explore some of the most useful ColdBox-spec...
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Every growing organization eventually runs into the same challenge: the DevOps backlog. Deployments get delayed, infrastructure tasks pile up, and new initiatives stall because your team is already stretched thin. The instinctive reaction is often to hire more staff—but recruiting, onboarding,...
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We're thrilled to announce the release of two powerful new tools that will transform your BoxLang development experience: the BoxLang Developer Pack and BoxLang Theme for Visual Studio Code and Open VSX! �...
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ContentBox has always been more than just a CMS, it's the beating heart of Ortus Solutions and the backbone powering our sites and applications. For over 13 years, it has grown alongside ColdBox, constantly adapting to modern development trends. Now, with the arrival of BoxLang, ContentBox is t...
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August was a month of significant progress for Ortus Solutions and BoxLang. From major releases to educational resources and international events, here are the highlights from the month...
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BoxLang 1.5.0 has landed, and it's packed with features that will transform how you build modern applications. This isn't just another incremental update—we've reimagined performance from the ground up, making BoxLang faster, smarter, and more scalable than ever before....
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For many organizations, ColdFusion has been the backbone of mission-critical applications for years. But running on outdated versions like ColdFusion 9, 11, or 2016 comes with serious risks that can no longer be ignored. Security vulnerabilities, lack of support, and compatibility issues are just th...
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Continuing our "102 ColdBox Tips and Tricks" series, let's explore a powerful feature introduced in ColdBox 6: the when() method. This method simplifies conditional logic by allowing you to chain execution blocks based on boolean values in a clean and fluent way....
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BoxLang isn't just another programming language, it's a bold leap toward rethinking how we build for the JVM and beyond. But what truly makes BoxLang powerful isn't just the technology. It's the people behind it....
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Welcome to the first of 10 FREE tips and tricks in our "102 ColdBox Tips and Tricks" Book! In this post, we'll show you how to easily access system environment variables within your ColdBox configuration files, making your app setup smoother and more flexible!...
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The BoxLang World Tour continued its journey across the globe, and this time it landed in Japan. On Friday, August 22, Luis Majano, CEO of Ortus Solutions and creator of BoxLang, presented "BoxLang: A New Dynamic JVM Language" to the Japan Java User Group (JJUG).
This event marked another milestone ...
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In today's fast-paced technology landscape, businesses need to innovate without inflating costs. Licensing fees, infrastructure demands, and hidden charges can quietly drain budgets, slowing growth and delaying modernization. The BoxLang Pioneer License changes that....
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As part of the BoxLang World Tour, our CEO Luis Majano recently had the honor of presenting to the Japan AWS User Group in Tokyo. The session, titled:
Building Dynamic AWS Lambda Applications with BoxLang,
brought together cloud enthusiasts, developers, and architects eager to explore how BoxLang is...
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One of the most powerful aspects of CBWIRE is how it brings reactivity and interactivity to your BoxLang and CFML applications using a server-driven approach. To understand how it works under the hood, let's walk through a common example: the Counter component from the CBWIRE Int...
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CommandBox is a standalone CLI tool that empowers BoxLang and modern CFML developers with an extensive set of features to streamline development, testing, and deployment. Written in ColdFusion itself, it allows you to extend its capabilities by creating custom commands and applications....
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CommandBox is a standalone CLI tool that empowers BoxLang and modern CFML developers with an extensive set of features to streamline development, testing, and deployment. Written in ColdFusion itself, it allows you to extend its capabilities by creating custom commands and applications....
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BoxLang isn't just a language, it's a movement to reinvent how software is built, scaled, and evolved. The Pioneer License is your chance to join early, shape its future, and modernize without limits.
Available only until December 1st, 2025, set your modernization plan in motion and l...
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We're excited to launch a new video series focused on deploying BoxLang Cloud Servers across the three major cloud providers: Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
This step-by-step series is designed for developers, DevOps engineers, and cloud professionals lo...
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The testing ecosystem at Ortus keeps evolving, and so does TestBox. As BoxLang adoption accelerates, we're proud to announce a major leap forward for the de facto standard in CFML and BoxLang testing.From full native BoxLang support to serverless execution and tighter IDE integration, TestBox i...
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We're absolutely thrilled to announce BoxLang v1.4.0 � – without a doubt, our most significant release to date! This isn't just another incremental update; it's a game-changing release that introduces revolutionary features, massive performance improvements, and hundreds of bug fixes th...
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