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`

SPONSOR — ORTUS SOLUTIONS

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Benefits of On-Site Training

- Save on attendee travel and time expenses

- Have more time for questions and specific content

- Focus on topics that matter to your company

- Define the pace of the course according to your needs

- Get discounts on attendee fees according to your attendance

- You choose the location

Visit https://www.ortussolutions.com/services/training to get a quote today

BoxLang Updates and Features

BoxLang v1.3.0

- 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

BVM v1.14

- Project-specific version management with `.bvmrc`

- Enhanced Snapshot Development

- Self-Maintenance and Updates

BoxLang AI v1.2

- Claude Support

- New Tooling APIs

- Smarter Message Handling

- Easier Debugging

- New Event: `onAIResponse`

- Looking ahead

    - More tooling support

    - More providers

    - Chat streaming…

BoxLang FAQs

Java Integration

- import Java classes

- Star imports

- Alias imports

CFML Updates

- Struct Keys That Contain Dots "Just Work" In Adobe ColdFusion by Ben Nadel

    - I appreciate the air quotes around “Just Work”

- CFML Wrapper for the Zint Barcode Generator

    - By the king of command line tool wrappers — James Moberg

Upcoming Events and Webinars

ITB Videos Series is Now Live on CFCasts

- Premium series: https://cfcasts.com/series/into-the-box-2025

- Online and On-site ticket holders should have free access - Reach out if not

- Patreons get Free Access to the Series as a token of appreciation for their ongoing support to our mission of modernizing software development

- Series is available for purchase for just $250 (On-demand lifetime access)

- CFCast Subscribers get access on November 1st

ICYMI: Building AWS Lambda Apps with BoxLang!

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

- https://www.ortussolutions.com/events/2025/cfcamp-2025

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ipqwns38Qso

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cCNcNiRCto

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WcPR09EPb8

Adobe ColdFusion Summit 2025

- 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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