BoxLang Quick Tips – PDF Generation

Today’s BoxLang quick tip is one near and dear to my heart, generating PDFs. Creating dynamic, expressive PDFs is fairly easy. Let me show you how. As before, I’ve got a video version as well so you would rather watch that, just skip to the end. Step One – The Module By default, BoxLang doesn’t ship with PDF capabilities built-in, you need to add it via the PDF Module. This can be done quickly via the CLI: install-bx-module bx-pdf Installing the module adds three new tags to your BoxLang runtime: bx:document – This is the core tag for PDF generation. Everything inside it will either be content or directives (see the items below) to control what’s produced. bx:documentitem... more →
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Welcome to the New LimeWire: AI Media Generation (Sponsored)

LimeWire was a staple of my youth. LimeWire was software that allowed users to share any type of file during the revolutionary days of file sharing. Fast forward to today and LimeWire is back, again as revolutionary software, but this time in the field of AI content publishing. From creating images to music and video, and then monetizing that media, LimeWire continues to be a hub of creativity! Quick Hits LimeWire has re-launched as an AI-focused content publishing & community platform LimeWire AI Studio is now live for AI Image Generation! Generative AI music & video coming soon! Automatically mint AI-generated content as NFTs on the Polygon and Algorand blockchains LimeWire has an... more →
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The Land of Generation X

Modal Age by Neighbourhood is an interactive map which visualizes the median age of the population in English and Welsh neghborhoods (middle-layer super output areas), using data from the 2021 census. The map provides a fascinating insight into the average ages of the countries’ towns and cities (a Median Age map is also available).By area of land (but not necessarily by population) England and Maps Mania… more →
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