Seattle CFUG Blog

Nov 25 2009 ColdFusion On Wheels Framework Version 1.0 Released

Hey everyone. A couple months ago Merritt did a presentation of the ColdFusion Coldbox Framework which was super informative and really solidified for me that I needed to seriously consider using a application framework to help speed up my development process in ColdFusion. While Coldbox has a TON of functionality built into it and some great documentation, I started to realize that for a first framework it was going to be a bit over my head. That's when I started digging into the ColdFusion On Wheels framework that I had heard about at the last CFUnited conference.

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The ColdFusion On Wheels</a> application framework is built on the same ideas and concepts as Ruby On Rails. Since I have a couple friends that develop using the Rails framework with Ruby I was familiar with some of the concepts and was curious how they were going to translate into ColdFusion. Right away it was clear that the developers of CF Wheels spent considerable time to make sure to leverage the strengths of ColdFusion while bringing in the functionality of Rails that make it so productive and fun to use.

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However, for CF developers who have never developed a Model-View-Controller style application there will certainly be a bit of adjustment time (as there was for me) to understand that the URL doesn't relate to a specific file on the webserver - instead the web address passes information to the Controller (think: traffic cop) which then figures out which View (think: web page) to display. The great news is that the documentation and screencasts on the CFWheels.org</a> site do a great job of leading a developer into the world of "frameworks" and explaining these concepts in a way that make sense.</div>

I would encourage everyone to check out ColdFusion On Wheels</a>, whether you've never used a framework before (like me) or are well versed in multiple. A big congratulations goes out to the CFWheels team too for working hard over these last many months to hit this significant 1.0 release, and I look forward to digging into and using this framework in my future work and to seeing where you guys are able to carry the framework in the coming years!</div>

- Brian</div>

More information:</div>

Main Site: </div>

href="http://cfwheels.org/ (documentation">http://cfwheels.org/">http://cfwheels.org/ (documentation, download, screencasts, etc)</div>

Google Group:</div>

href="http://groups.google.com/group/cfwheels (where">http://groups.google.com/group/cfwheels">http://groups.google.com/group/cfwheels (where most of the discussion / questions take place)</div>

Google Code: </div>

href="http://code.google.com/p/cfwheels/w/list (where">http://code.google.com/p/cfwheels/w/list">http://code.google.com/p/cfwheels/w/list (where development is done and plugins are posted)</div>>