BoxLang 1.0.0 Beta 12 Launched

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Jon Clausen August 30, 2024

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Jon Clausen

August 30, 2024

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This update contains 9 features and improvements and 8 bug fixes. Thank you for your continued support and stay tuned for more exciting developments!

What is BoxLang?

BoxLang is a modern dynamic JVM language that can be deployed on multiple runtimes: operating system (Windows/Mac/*nix/Embedded), web server, lambda, iOS, android, web assembly, and more. BoxLang combines many features from different programming languages, including Java, ColdFusion, Python, Ruby, Go, and PHP, to provide developers with a modern and expressive syntax.

It is also a drop-in replacement for Adobe ColdFusion and Lucee Engines.

How to get started?

Visit our docs at https://boxlang.ortusbooks.com and get coding today. If you want to try it out on the web then go to our online REPL at https://try.boxlang.io. You can also checkout our YouTube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNE-ZbNnndB-40LvAbeSeT2Oi3V2gm_B8

Release Notes

Here are the latest release notes: https://boxlang.ortusbooks.com/readme/release-history/1.0.0-beta12

New Features

BL-438 - Zip Components, Utility and incorporating BIFS
BL-487 - Implement pagePoolClear()
BL-491 - Add the ability to configure the CF transpiler
BL-490 - Transpiler doesn't handle attributeCollection

Improvements

BL-486 - Compiler thread safety
BL-485 - Implements SystemCacheClear()
BL-483 - Allow "object" passed to throw to be a struct representation of an exception
BL-480 - Added all missing boxlang types to BoxLangType class
BL-479 - Address parser performance by limiting operator reserved words
BL-478 - Change template parsers to use SLL prediction mode
BL-477 - Improve parsing performance by only calculating lines of code on error
BL-474 - Add ValueRequiresOneOf Validator

Bugs

BL-484 - Lock expects timeout to be minimum of 1
BL-481 - numeric literals with leading zeros are confused with octal values in java source
BL-482 - getApplicationMetadata() fails before application listener is defined
BL-476 - AST string values incorrectly unescaped outside of cfoutput
BL-475 - Pretty printer incorrect for default case ending tag

BoxLang Jsoup: Powerful HTML Parsing, Cleaning and Fluent Navigation

We're excited to announce the release of bx-jsoup, a powerful new BoxLang module that brings enterprise-grade HTML parsing and cleaning capabilities to your applications. Built on top of the proven Jsoup library, this module provides developers with safe, flexible tools for handling HTML content while maintaining BoxLang's signature ease of use. It also enhances the core document classes to provide you with a fluent BoxDocument result that you can navigate, query, and even convert your HTML representation to XML or JSON.

CBWire: Smarter UIs, Simpler Development!

CBWire isn’t just a productivity boost, it’s a shift in how we think about building modern web apps in CFML. It empowers developers to create rich, responsive interfaces while keeping development clean, fast, and focused on what matters.

If you’re building ColdBox applications and want to streamline your front-end work, CBWire is one of the most impactful tools you can add to your stack.

Ortus Monthly Digest: June 2025

June was a transformative month at Ortus Solutions as we crossed the halfway point of the year. With major product updates, powerful community engagements, and continued improvements across the BoxLang ecosystem, our mission to modernize development and empower engineers took center stage. Whether you're a longtime member of the Ortus community or just joining us, here's everything we accomplished in June packed with announcements, tools, and opportunities to grow.

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