CommandBox 5.4.1 Released

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Brad Wood September 17, 2021

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Brad Wood

September 17, 2021

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We are pleased to announce the release of CommandBox 5.4.1. This is a patch release with 5 small fixes for the 5.4.0 release. There are a few bug fixes, and a couple small enhancements in this release.

Get the update

You can download the latest version from our product page:

https://www.ortussolutions.com/products/commandbox#download

This update has no changes to the jar files, so if you are already on the 5.4.0 version, you should be able to use the "upgrade" command to get the 5.4.1 version.

CommandBox> upgrade

Release Notes

Bug

COMMANDBOX-1374 Some installs unnecessarily write to the box.json

COMMANDBOX-1370 ConfigService::settingExists() fails in race conditions due to non-varscoped variables in JSONService

Improvement

COMMANDBOX-1372 Support excludePaths in watcher DSL and watch command

COMMANDBOX-1369 Ensure Adobe wars have a seeds.properties file

COMMANDBOX-1368 Add tab complete for "env clear" command

COMMANDBOX-1367 Ignore empty startScript on server start

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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.

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

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