2024-10-08 Weekly News — Episode 220
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News and Announcements
New Library - SocketBox - Bring 1st Class Socket Support to BoxLang, Lucee and Adobe ColdFusion
The WebSocket server in CommandBox and BoxLang MiniServer is not really a separate "server" per se, since it’s on the same port. It’s just an upgrade listener which will upgrade any WS requests.
This websocket integration will work for Lucee, Adobe, and BoxLang alike as it passes incoming messages to the app via an "internal" HTTP request to /WebSocket.cfc?method=onProcess where the CF/BL code can handle it. The incoming request will have all cookies, headers, hostname, etc that the original websocket connection was started with, so normal CGI variables and session scopes should work fine.
You need to create a custom /WebSocket.cfc class that should extend the modules.socketbox.models.WebSocketCore class in this library which provides the base functionality.
https://www.forgebox.io/view/socketbox
https://community.ortussolutions.com/t/introducing-socketbox-a-new-websocket-library/10381/1
New Releases and Updates
TestBox v6.0.0 Release
TestBox 6.x is a major update to the testing framework, introducing key improvements like full support for BoxLang. With this release, users can write tests, specs, and harnesses directly in BoxLang. A new BoxLang CLI runner simplifies running specs and bundles without needing a web server. Additionally, the CLI now detects BoxLang projects, adds headless web server testing with the bx-web-support module, and includes dynamic assertion methods f
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