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Luis Majano

June 13, 2025

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The future of development isn't about choosing a single platform or runtime—it's about embracing the dynamic nature of our ever-evolving digital landscape. My presentation "BoxLang - The Future is Dynamic" from DevNexus 2025 is now available on YouTube, and I'm excited to share why BoxLang represents a paradigm shift in how we approach modern software development, so we can support multiple runtimes with a single language.

Why Dynamic Development Matters

Just like life, our code must adapt to our ever-changing world. One day we're coding for the web, the next for tablets, APIs, or serverless applications. The traditional approach of learning different languages and frameworks for each platform creates unnecessary complexity and fragmentation. What if there was a better way?

Introducing BoxLang: Built for the Multi-Runtime Future

BoxLang isn't just another programming language—it's a vision for how development should work in our interconnected world. Built on three core principles:

Dynamic: BoxLang adapts to your needs, whether you're building web applications, mobile backends, or cloud-native services. The same elegant syntax works across different runtimes and platforms.

Modular: With BoxLang's modular architecture, you can compose exactly the functionality you need without bloat. Pick and choose components that fit your specific use case.

Productive: Focus on solving business problems, not wrestling with platform differences. BoxLang's intuitive syntax and powerful features let you ship faster while maintaining code quality.

Multi-Runtime Development: The New Standard

The days of "one language, one platform" are behind us. Modern applications need to run everywhere—from traditional servers to edge computing environments, from containerized microservices to serverless functions. BoxLang embraces this reality by providing a unified development experience across multiple runtimes.

In my DevNexus presentation, I demonstrate how BoxLang enables developers to:

  • Write once, deploy anywhere across different environments
  • Leverage existing infrastructure while preparing for future platforms
  • Maintain consistency in code style and patterns across diverse projects
  • Reduce the cognitive load of context-switching between different technologies
  • Integrate even with other languages like Python, JavaScript, Ruby and more via our modular capabilities and JSR-223

Ready to Explore BoxLang?

The future of development is dynamic, and BoxLang is designed to help you thrive in this new landscape. Whether you're a seasoned developer looking to streamline your workflow or a team planning your next major project, BoxLang offers a fresh perspective on what modern development can be.

Watch the full presentation to see BoxLang in action and discover how dynamic, modular, and productive development can transform your projects.

Learn more about BoxLang and get started at www.boxlang.io

Professional Open Source

BoxLang is a professional open-source product, with three different licences:

  1. Open-Source Apache2
  2. BoxLang +
  3. BoxLang ++

BoxLang is free, open-source software under the Apache 2.0 license. We encourage and support community contributions. BoxLang+ and BoxLang ++ are commercial versions offering support and enterprise features. Our licensing model is based on fairness and the golden rule: Do to others as you want them to do to you. No hidden pricing or pricing on cores, RAM, SaaS, multi-domain or ridiculous ways to get your money. Transparent and fair.

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