Episode 236 | July 1st, 2025
Watch the video version on YouTube at https://youtube.com/live/GW2E_CVquIo?feature=share
Hosts:
- Eric Peterson - Senior Developer at Ortus Solutions
- Grant Copley - Senior Developer at Ortus Solutions
Product Updates
- qb 13 and Quick 12 released
- Lots of important bug fixes
- Added some testing helpers straight into qb
- `expectToHaveCount`
- `expectNotToHaveCount`
- `expectToExist`
- `expectNotToExist`
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BoxLang Updates and Features
- Enhanced Zip Compression Control
- Pretty JSON Serialization
- Introducing `xNone()` Functions
- Revolutionary Query Concurrency
- Intelligent Caching Upgrades
- HTTP Response Compression
- Binary Integrity Verification
- Enhanced Command Line Tools help
- Critical Bug Fixes
- CFML Compatibility Enhancements
- Project-specific version management with `.bvmrc`
- Enhanced Snapshot Development
- Self-Maintenance and Updates
- Claude Support
- New Tooling APIs
- Smarter Message Handling
- Easier Debugging
- New Event: `onAIResponse`
- Looking ahead
- More tooling support
- More providers
- Chat streaming…
BoxLang FAQs
- import Java classes
- Star imports
- Alias imports
CFML Updates
- I appreciate the air quotes around “Just Work”
- By the king of command line tool wrappers — James Moberg
Upcoming Events and Webinars
ITB Videos Series is Now Live on CFCasts
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- CFCast Subscribers get access on November 1st
July 2025 Webinar: Raymond Camden, Let’s Build an App with BoxLang
- July 23rd 11:00 AM CDT
- Free tickets available
CFCamp Slides and Recordings are Up on our Ortus Site and Youtube Channel
- September 22 - 23rd
- Certification available September 21 or 24th
- Ortus Training after the conference: Building Reactive UIs with CBWire
- 2-day training after CFSummit
- Led by Luis Majano and Grant Copley
Closing Remarks
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