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We're absolutely thrilled to announce BoxLang v1.4.0 🚀 – without a doubt, our most significant release to date! This isn't just another incremental update; it's a game-changing release that introduces revolutionary features, massive performance improvements, and hundreds of bug fixes that make BoxLang more powerful and developer-friendly than ever before. This is a culmination of over a month of feedback from clients and teams migrating their applications to BoxLang.

If you've been waiting for the perfect time to dive into BoxLang, that time is now. Let's explore what makes this release so special.

Async programming just got a major upgrade. Join us this Wednesday, August 20th at 11:00 AM CDT for a brand-new Ortus Webinar: “Leveling Up Your Async Game with BoxLang” led by Jon Clausen, Ortus Solutions Senior Developer and BoxLang contributor.

July brought another wave of innovation and progress at Ortus Solutions! From exciting updates to the BoxLang ecosystem to fresh releases and community highlights, the momentum keeps building. Whether you're new or a longtime follower, catch up on everything we achieved this month, packed with announcements, tools, and ways to level up your development game.

In today’s fast-paced web development world, users expect seamless, interactive experiences , and delivering those experiences is essential to stay competitive. If you’re a ColdBox developer working with legacy CFML applications, you might feel stuck between maintaining stable backend logic and updating your frontend to meet modern standards

The BoxLang global journey continues, and we’re beyond excited to share that our mission to evangelize modern software development is about to reach a whole new audience in Japan.

On Friday, 22 August 2025, from 19:00 to 21:00 JST, we’ll be presenting "BoxLang: A New Dynamic JVM Language" to a local Java User Group. In this upcoming session, we’ll introduce developers to a language built for productivity, flexibility, and innovation—designed to run across multiple platforms and environments.

That’s where CBWire comes in — a powerful ColdBox module designed specifically to help companies modernize their CFML applications by enabling reactive, dynamic user interfaces without a complete overhaul or the need for heavy front-end tooling.

The future of web development is now, and Into the Box 2026 is leading the charge! We’re calling on developers, architects, and tech trailblazers from around the world to step on stage, share your knowledge, and shape the future of modern development with us.

We're back and bolder than ever. Into the Box 2026 is officially open for early registration, and we’re inviting you to be part of our mission to modernize the world of BoxLang, CFML, and Java development. This year’s theme, Modernization in Motion:Building a Dynamic Future, is more than a saying, it’s a call to action. As the tech landscape evolves, developers need tools that offer agility, scalability, and the freedom to grow. That’s exactly what we’re delivering across the Ortus Ecosystem.

With BoxLang, ColdBox, CommandBox, TestBox, and more, you can modernize on your own terms, quickly, flexibly, and backed by a growing community.

We're excited to announce the release of bx-jsoup, a powerful new BoxLang module that brings enterprise-grade HTML parsing and cleaning capabilities to your applications. Built on top of the proven Jsoup library, this module provides developers with safe, flexible tools for handling HTML content while maintaining BoxLang's signature ease of use. It also enhances the core document classes to provide you with a fluent BoxDocument result that you can navigate, query, and even convert your HTML representation to XML or JSON.

CBWire isn’t just a productivity boost, it’s a shift in how we think about building modern web apps in CFML. It empowers developers to create rich, responsive interfaces while keeping development clean, fast, and focused on what matters.

If you’re building ColdBox applications and want to streamline your front-end work, CBWire is one of the most impactful tools you can add to your stack.