September 2026 Roundup: What's New Across the Ortus Solutions Ecosystem
September brought new releases, technical insights, and practical resources across the Ortus Solutions ecosystem. From ColdBox 8.2 and TestBox 7.1 enhancements to software modernization strategies, quality assurance, and development team solutions, there's plenty to catch up on.
Whether you're building enterprise applications, improving your testing workflows, or looking for ways to keep development projects moving, here's a recap of the latest news, tutorials, and resources published this month.
Frameworks & Product Updates
Explore the latest framework releases and technical enhancements designed to help developers build, maintain, and scale modern applications.
ColdBox 8.2.0: Middleware, Streaming, AI Gateways, and a Whole Lot More
ColdBox 8.2.0 introduces enhanced middleware support, streaming capabilities, AI gateway integrations, and additional developer-focused improvements, bringing greater flexibility to modern application development.
ColdBox 8.2 Deep Dive Part 1 of 5: Route-Scoped Middleware
Take a closer look at route-scoped middleware in ColdBox 8.2 and discover how it gives developers more precise control over request handling, allowing middleware to be applied to specific routes.
Be a Rebel, but Trust Us on This: Use ColdBox. You’ll Thank Us Later!
Discover how ColdBox helps CFML teams bring structure, consistency, and maintainability to growing applications, making them easier to test, scale, onboard, and evolve without requiring a complete rewrite.
Testing & Developer Tools
From new assertion capabilities to more expressive testing workflows, explore how TestBox helps developers improve code quality and build more reliable applications.
Assert Like You Mean It: TestBox 7.1 Part 1 — Set Expectations
Explore TestBox 7.1's new set expectations, designed to make collection comparisons clearer and more expressive while simplifying how developers validate data in their tests.
Assert Like You Mean It: TestBox 7.1 Part 2 — Range Expectations
Dive into TestBox 7.1's range expectations and discover how they make it easier to validate numeric values, limits, and boundaries with more readable and maintainable tests.
Assert Like You Mean It: TestBox 7.1 Part 3 — Data Navigator
Learn how TestBox 7.1 leverages BoxLang's Data Navigator to simplify the inspection and validation of complex, nested data structures through more intuitive and expressive assertions.
Assert Like You Mean It: TestBox 7.1 Part 4 — Grouped Assertions and Collection Modes
Discover how grouped assertions and collection modes in TestBox 7.1 provide greater flexibility when evaluating multiple expectations, helping developers write more organized and effective tests.
Software Development & Modernization Insights
Explore practical strategies for addressing development challenges, improving delivery processes, and supporting the long-term evolution of business-critical applications.
Your Development Team Is at Capacity. Here’s How to Keep Critical Work Moving
Discover practical strategies to keep high-priority development work moving when internal teams are stretched thin, including how staff augmentation and specialized technical support can help address capacity gaps, reduce bottlenecks, and maintain delivery momentum.
Is Your QA Process Ready for Your Next ColdFusion or BoxLang Release?
Explore why quality assurance is essential for protecting critical business workflows, reducing release risks, and improving confidence when deploying or modernizing ColdFusion, CFML, and BoxLang applications.
Upcoming Events: Learn with Ortus
Continue learning with our upcoming technical sessions, designed to share practical knowledge, real-world experience, and strategies you can apply to your development projects.
Quality That Pays Off: Find the Gaps in Your QA Process
October 9, 2026 | 11:00 AM CDT | Free Online Webinar
Is your QA process protecting the workflows that matter most?
Join Tom Buettell, Senior Quality Assurance Specialist at Ortus Solutions, for a practical session on identifying testing gaps, reducing production risks, and building repeatable QA practices.
Learn how to prioritize testing based on business impact, determine what should be automated, and evaluate whether your application is ready for its next release, upgrade, or migration.
Register for the Free QA Webinar
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September brought exciting updates across ColdBox, TestBox, and the broader Ortus ecosystem, but there's always more on the way!
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