The growing need to evolve legacy financial platforms safely

Many Swiss banks and financial institutions still operate important systems built on ColdFusion and CFML platforms.

These systems manage a wide range of functions, including:

• internal banking workflows
• reporting systems
• client portals
• data integration platforms
• compliance and risk management tools

In many cases, thes...

Many ColdFusion environments operate in a reactive mode without realizing it.

Everything seems fine… until something breaks.

A server crashes.

Performance drops suddenly.

An integration stops working.

A security audit reveals missing patches.

At that point the response is urgent:

“Can someone help us fix this now?”

Emergency support is sometimes unavoidable. But when reactive intervention becomes the norm, it usually means something deep...

Every conference is more than just what happens on stage, it’s also about the people working behind the scenes to bring it all together.

Now that the first wave of sessions and workshops for Into the Box 2026 is officially live, we’re thrilled to spotlight some of the speakers who will be part of this year’s experience. From longtime community contributors to hands-on practitioners and members of the Ortus team, this group brings decades of practical expertise in CFML, BoxLang, JVM modernization, testing, AI, and cloud-native development.

We are excited to announce a major new addition to BoxLang Academy: the 7-part video series, Building AI on the JVM: A BoxLang AI Series

Artificial Intelligence is no longer a distant frontier, it’s a core requirement for modern enterprise software. But for JVM developers, the path to integration has often been fragmented. That ends today. With the launch of this s...

If you've been watching the AI-assisted development wave from the sidelines, wondering when it would actually matter for your ColdBox HMVC stack — the wait is over. The latest ColdBox CLI release ships a brand-new ai namespace that transforms how you and your team interact with coding agents like Claude, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Codex, OpenCode, Gemini and many more.

This isn't a chatbot integration or a prompt template sitting in a README. This is a full framework-aware AI system built directly into your development workflow.

Many legacy CFML systems do not fail suddenly.

Instead, they slowly become fragile.

At first, the application works. Then small operational issues start appearing: unexpected slowdowns, random restarts, patches applied late at night, fixes that introduce new bugs.

Eventually teams find themselves trapped in what many engineers call “hotfix hell.”

This pattern is common in environments still running:

• Adobe ColdFusion 2021 or earlier<...

The IntelliJ ecosystem is one of the most powerful development environments for JVM developers. Today, we’re excited to introduce the official BoxLang IDE plugin for IntelliJ, bringing modern BoxLang development directly into the JetBrains IDE family.

Whether you're building new BoxLang applications or maintaining existing CFML codebases, this plugin gives you first-class tooling inside IntelliJ.

We’re excited to announce that the team behind BoxLang will be attending JavaLand 2026 as Startup Sponsors!

From March 10–12, 2026, the Java community will gather at Europa-Park for one of the most unique and immersive developer conferences in Europe. With nearly 130 presentations across multiple tracks, workshops, and community activities, JavaLand brings together developers, architects, and technology leaders from across the JVM ecosystem.

For the BoxLang team, this is a fantastic opportunity to connect with the Java community and continue our mission: modernizing software development on the JVM while empowering developers with productive, flexible tools.

ColdFusion applications still power critical systems across industries.

From universities and healthcare platforms to financial services and enterprise internal tools, CFML continues to run many systems organizations depend on every day.

But there’s a growing challenge many teams are quietly facing:

Finding experienced CFML developers is getting harder.

And when internal teams are already stretched thin, even small projects or performance issues can quickly turn ...