CommandBox 5.0.0 Released!

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Brad Wood March 06, 2020

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Brad Wood

March 06, 2020

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We are pleased to announce the release of CommandBox 5.0.0. This is a major release of our CLI package manager, REPL, and server tool. In this version are many library updates, new features, and bug fixes. All in all, there were 77 tickets closed for this release.

New Stuff

We released the 5.0.0-RC.1 release candidate for testing on Feb 14th and only found a couple small issues, so overall the 5.0.0 final release is the same as what was documented on this post for the RC

https://www.ortussolutions.com/blog/commandbox-500-rc1-release-candidate-available

Please refer there for a full list of the major changes and features.

Java 11+ support
Lucee 5.3 and JBoss Undertow 2.x
Git access token support
Lucee Extension management
Faster server startup scripts for warming up Docker containers
File globbing improvements
New server tray menu options
New undertow configuration options

Acquire It

You can download CommandBox 5.0.0 from our download page, apt/yum repos, or HomeBrew for you Mac users.

Our docs are fully updated and can be found here:

https://commandbox.ortusbooks.com/

And, as always, if you find any issues, you can reach out to us here on our ticket tracker:

https://ortussolutions.atlassian.net/projects/COMMANDBOX

12 Days of BoxLang - Day 4: TestBox

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-powered testing from the command lineon Windows, Mac, and Linux.

If you’re building modern applications with BoxLang — web apps, CLIs, serverless functions, Android apps, or OS-level utilities — this new feature gives you a unified, flexible testing workflow you can run anywhere.

12 days of BoxLang - Day 3: SocketBox!

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 — the WebSocket upgrade listener built to work seamlessly with CommandBox and the BoxLang MiniServer. ⚡

Today, for Day 3, we’re highlighting how SocketBox supercharges BoxLang development by giving you fast, flexible, and framework-agnostic WebSocket capabilities.

12 Days of BoxLang - Day 2: CommandBox

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 language powering your applications, CommandBox is the engine room behind it all. ⚙️

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