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house-window	Welcome to BoxLang: A Modern Dynamic JVM Language

Introduction

BoxLang is a modern dynamic JVM language that can be deployed on multiple runtimes: operating system (Windows/Mac/*nix/Embedded), web server, lambda, 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.

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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. Android/iOS Devices
   6. Web assembly
   7. Etc
8. Compile down to Java ByteCode
9. Framework Capabilities (Scheduling, applications, events, async computing, tasks, queues, modules)
10. Professional Open-Source Support

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Launch Video

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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...

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Visionary Licenses

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Here's what you get:

• One-time purchase, unlimited licenses for unlimited servers/machines for 10 years
• 5 years of premium support
• Long-term peace of mind

Read more about them here: https://www.boxlang.io/plans

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

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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

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/