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This release introduces several new features and configurations to enhance functionality and security. It also continues to squash tons of bugs to bring about CFML compatibility. Key updates include:

• Enhanced arrayFind and arrayFindNoCase functions, allowing value closures to accept item indices.
• New validBoxLangTemplates configuration for filtering templates processable by the Runnable Loader.
• New validClassExtensions configuration to specify permissible class extensions.
• A new security configuration section designed to disallow BIFs, Components, and Imports, enhancing security.

In this release, we've introduced the exciting addition of websockets support to BoxLang through the powerful SocketBox module. This enhancement is not limited to our CommandBox Runtime but also extends to our MiniServer runtime, creating a more dynamic and efficient framework for real-time communication. For an in-depth introduction to these features, please visit our community post here.

Additionally, we've implemented several new features and improvements. We've also improved the system startup process by adding version and build date information to the MiniServer startup output (BL-607).

Welcome to Beta 16! This release focuses on web support functionality and contains a number of improvements and bug fixes for HTTP operations, including multi-part file uploads and error handling. It also provides enhancements to Java interoperability, dump template output, and metadata introspection.

Overall, this beta release brings further stability for CFML applications migrating to BoxLang!

Welcome to Beta 15! This release brings several significant enhancements aimed at improving the efficiency and functionality of the CLI environment and continued bug fixing to bring our CFML compatibility to several client applications and Ortus Libraries. Key among these is the introduction of the bx-web-support module, which allows the CLI to interface with web server capabilities, making it an excellent tool for testing and feature auditing. Additionally, the merge capabilities within module settings have been refined to support deep merges from the configuration file, ensuring greater flexibility and control.

In this release, we are excited to introduce several new features and enhancements aimed at improving functionality and user experience. These updates include the creation of immutable query types, new server keys to aid on CLI tooling, and methods to identify runtime initiation modes.

Additionally, we've added an event announcement for dump rendering to enable better integration with external listeners. Read on to learn more about these features and how they can benefit your workflow.

Code Strong!

This release introduces several new features aimed at enhancing the usability and functionality of BoxLang. We have closed a tremendous amounts of bugs on this release in order to bring more compatibility and stability to BoxLang. We have also started to introduce performance enhancements and more innovations as we progress towards final release. Enjoy!

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 progr

This update contains 9 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 progr

We have really kicked into gear with this release, tackling a whopping 26 tickets and delivering some of our most aggressive features to date. This update signifies a significant leap forward towards a stable release in the Fall. 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 progr

We are pleased to announce the release of BoxLang 1.0.0-Beta 10! BoxLang Betas are released weekly. This is our tenth marker and we are incredibly excited to bring you a very big release. This gives us a huge push forwards towards compatibility with other engines and many more new features we have always wanted in our language. Enjoy!

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 progr

We are pleased to announce the release of BoxLang 1.0.0-Beta 9! BoxLang Betas are released weekly. This is our ninth marker and we are incredibly excited as we are coming close to our stable release. We have some great news in this release!

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 progr