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BoxLang 1.0.0 Beta 21 Launched

Luis Majano |  November 01, 2024

This release brings another round of powerful tools and refinements to the BoxLang community, making development more dynamic and robust than ever. We’ve added new capabilities for debugging and tracing, expanded context-sensitive controls for thread management, and introduced new methods for fluent attachment handling.

For deeper flexibility, our improvements enhance configurability, streamline session control, and add deeper levels of JSON serialization management. Plus, we’ve squashed a wide range of bugs, enhancing stability across database connections, date handling, and runtime compatibility with CFML.

In addition, CSRF Token functionality is now provided via the bx-csrf module.

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Ortus October Newsletter 2024

Maria Jose Herrera |  November 01, 2024

Welcome to the October Ortus Newsletter! This month is packed with exciting content designed to boost your web development productivity, deepen your technical knowledge, and empower your development projects. We’ve packed this edition with cutting-edge news, insightful updates, and a lineup of valuable resources across our platforms.

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Future-Proof Your ColdFusion Apps!

Cristobal Escobar |  October 30, 2024

In today’s fast-evolving tech landscape, businesses managing ColdFusion applications (whether Lucee or Adobe) face multiple challenges, from outdated systems and performance bottlenecks to increasing security vulnerabilities. Ensuring that your ColdFusion applications remain efficient, secure, and scalable is critical for staying competitive. At Ortus Solutions, we specialize in helping organizations tackle these challenges with a comprehensive approach to ColdFusion consulting, performance o...

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VS Code BoxLang Extension: The BoxLang Debugger

Maria Jose Herrera |  October 29, 2024

While we built our debugger with BoxLang in mind it has been part of our vision from the start that CFML would run seamlessly on the BoxLang runtime as well. That means you get the benefit of our debugger as long as you run your code on BoxLang!

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Why Staff Augmentation is the Future of Web Development

Maria Jose Herrera |  October 28, 2024

Web development is rapidly evolving, with constantly emerging new frameworks, languages, and practices. To keep up, businesses need flexible talent solutions like staff augmentation, which provides immediate access to specialized developers.

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BoxLang 1.0.0 Beta 20 Launched

Luis Majano |  October 25, 2024

This release brings another round of powerful tools and refinements to the BoxLang community, making development more dynamic and robust than ever. We’ve added new capabilities for debugging and tracing, expanded context-sensitive controls for thread management, and introduced new methods for fluent attachment handling.

For deeper flexibility, our improvements enhance configurability, streamline session control, and add deeper levels of JSON serialization management. Plus, we’ve squashed a wide range of bugs, enhancing stability across database connections, date handling, and runtime compatibility with CFML.

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Maximize ColdFusion Performance with Ortus Solutions' AMIs on AWS Marketplace

Cristobal Escobar |  October 23, 2024

Are you seeking a solution to boost the performance of your ColdFusion applications? Look no further than Ortus Solutions' Amazon Machine Images (AMIs), now available on AWS Marketplace. Our AMIs are designed to optimize your ColdFusion environments, delivering superior performance, scalability, and cost savings.

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ColdBox Free Tip 4 - Using a Struct for Query Strings

Maria Jose Herrera |  October 22, 2024

ColdBox gives you powerful ways to build cleaner, more maintainable code, especially when dealing with query strings. In this tip, we’ll explore how to pass a struct into the buildLink() method, making your code easier to read and manage.

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Continuous ColdFusion Training is essential for these 6 important reasons. Don't ignore them!

Cristobal Escobar |  October 21, 2024

Maintaining competitive advantage in today’s fast-paced technology landscape requires more than just having a stable web application. Continuous training is essential for companies leveraging ColdFusion web development or CFML web development to keep your team updated on the latest trends, security measures, and best practices. This is particularly critical for CT...

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BoxLang 1.0.0 Beta 19 Launched

Luis Majano |  October 18, 2024

Welcome to BoxLang 1.0.0 Beta 19, where innovation and performance converge to redefine dynamic development on the JVM. This release marks a significant leap forward with the introduction of the ASMBoxPiler, enabling direct BoxLang-to-Java bytecode compilation for unparalleled speed and efficiency. By streamlining the build process, developers can now achieve up to 4x faster performance, setting a new standard for seamless Java integration. Alongside this, enhancements like star-imports, module-specific class imports with the @ notation, and the introduction of STOMP protocols for websockets bring flexibility, precision, and power to your development toolbox. Dive into this transformative update and unlock the full potential of BoxLang!

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