Introduction

Welcome to BoxLang: A Modern Dynamic JVM Language built for productivity

BoxLang is a modern dynamic JVM language that can be deployed on multiple runtimes: operating system (Windows/Mac/*nix/Embedded), web server, lambda, DigitalOcean, iOS, android, web assembly, and more. BoxLang combines many features from different programming languages, including Java, CFML, Python, Ruby, Go, and PHP, to provide developers with a modern, functional and expressive syntax.

BoxLang Multi-Runtime

BoxLang has been designed to be a highly adaptable and dynamic language to take advantage of all the modern features of the JVM and was designed with several goals in mind:

1. Be a rapid application development (RAD) scripting language and middleware.

2. Unstagnate the dynamic language ecosystem in Java.

3. Be dynamic, modular, lightweight, and fast.

4. Be 100% interoperable with Java.

5. Be modern, functional, and fluent (Think mixing CFML, Node, Kotlin, Java, and Clojure)

6. Extend via Modules

7. Be able to support multiple runtime environments:

   1. Native OS Binaries (CLI Tooling, compilers, etc.)

   2. Serverless Computing (AWS Lambda, Azure Functions, etc)

   3. Servlet Containers - CommandBox/Tomcat/Jetty/JBoss/Undertow

   4. Docker Containers

   5. DigitalOcean App Platform

   6. Android/iOS Devices

   7. Web assembly

   8. Etc

8. Compile down to Java ByteCode

9. Framework Capabilities (Scheduling, applications, events, async computing, tasks, queues, modules)

10. Professional Open-Source Support

11. Replacement for Adobe ColdFusion and Lucee CFML

BoxLang can also be used as a replacement for Adobe ColdFusion or Lucee CFML Engines by leveraging our bx-compat-cfmlmodule. NO CODE CHANGES, FASTER, MODERN AND SAVE MONEY.

Overview

License

BoxLang is open source and licensed under the Apache 2 License. Copyright and Registered Trademark by Ortus Solutions, Corp.

BoxLang Subscriptions

BoxLang can also be enhanced by purchasing subscriptions to give you:

• Business Support with SLAs

• Enhanced builds

• Custom patches and builds

• Dedicated Engineer

• Premium Modules

• Much More...

Planswww.boxlang.io

Support Open Source

To support us, please consider becoming our patron at patreon.com/ortussolutions for as little as $10/month.

Discussions & Help

The Ortus Community is how to get help: https://community.ortussolutions.com/c/boxlang/42

BoxLangOrtus Solutions Community

You can also join our Slack Box Team at: https://boxteam.ortussolutions.com

Reporting a Bug

We all make mistakes from time to time :) So why not let us know about it and help us out? We also love 😍 pull requests, so please star us and fork us at https://github.com/ortus-boxlang/boxlang

Jira Issue Tracking

• BoxLang: https://ortussolutions.atlassian.net/browse/BL

• BoxLang IDE: https://ortussolutions.atlassian.net/browse/BLIDE

• BoxLang Modules: https://ortussolutions.atlassian.net/browse/BLMODULES

Resources

• Professional Support: https://www.ortussolutions.com/services/support

• GitHub Org: https://github.com/ortus-boxlang

• Twitter: https://x.com/TryBoxLang

• FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/tryboxlang/

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tryboxlang

Ortus Solutions, Corp

This book was written and maintained by Luis Majano and the Ortus Solutions Development Team.

Ortus Solutions is a company that focuses on building professional open source tools, custom applications and great websites! We're the team behind ColdBox, the de-facto enterprise BoxLang HMVC Platform, TestBox, the BoxLang Testing and Behavior Driven Development (BDD) Framework, ContentBox, a highly modular and scalable Content Management System, CommandBox, the BoxLang <BoxLang> CLI, package manager, etc, and many more - https://www.ortussolutions.com/