BoxLang Web Development

BoxLang is the AI-native software productivity platform for building, modernizing and running applications, with developers and AI agents working together.

Overview

BoxLang web applications revolve around Application.bx, which acts as the application lifecycle controller. The runtime handles HTTP requests through a well-defined lifecycle, with full support for REST, sessions, CSRF, SSE, and both MiniServer (dev) and CommandBox (production) deployment.

For a deep dive into multi-app isolation, descriptor discovery, and advanced Application.bx patterns, see the application-descriptor skill.

Application.bx

Application.bx lives at the web root and configures the entire application: