By far the quickest way to get started with CFWheels is via Commandbox . Commandbox allows you to run CFML servers locally and can even run different Lucee and Adobe ColdFusion versions with just a configuration change.

With the CFWheels CLI module for Commandbox, we can even download and configure a new CFWheels application for you and setup a local development database - much like the Rails system on which it is based.

Install Commandbox

The first step is to get Commandbox downloaded and running. Commandbox is available for Windows, Mac & Linux, and even via homebrew or Yum/Apt.

Once installed, you can either click on the box executable, or run $box from a terminal.

Install the cfwheels-cli module

Note: all commands on this page assume you're running from a commandbox shell: you can still run any of these commands from a standard terminal by prepending commands with box

$ install cfwheels-cli

Installing this module will give you access to the wheels set of sub commands.

Start a new Application

You can get CFWheels two different ways in Commandbox; either run install cfwheels which will simply download the latest stable release and add it to a folder called CFWheels, or by using the wheels new command (recommended).

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Top Tip!

Most commands which have wheels at the start needs to be run from the root of your site.

The new command needs some information at the prompts: It will ask you for:

• A Name for your application
• The default datasource name
• A reload Password
• And which CFML Engine you wish to use

In turn, your new CFWheels app will have a few things pre-configured to make your life easier, and then all you need to do is start to get going!