Application Templates

The best way to get started with ColdBox

The best way to get started with ColdBox is with our application templates that you can find here: coldbox-templates. We have a curated collection of starter templates to get you kicking the tires quickly. You will do so via the coldbox create app command in the CLI:

ColdBox Starter TemplatesGitHub

github.com/coldbox-templates

coldbox create app help

Here is a listing of the latest supported templates:

Template	Slug	Description
Default	default	The default ColdBox application template
Elixir	elixir	The default template with ColdBox elixir support for asset pipelines
Modern (experimental)	modern	A fresh new approach to ColdBox applications that are non-root based. Still experimental
Rest	rest	A base REST API using ColdBox
Rest HMVC	rest-hmvc	An HMVC REST API using modules
Super Simple	supersimple	Barebones conventions baby!

CommandBox Integration

The coldbox create app command has integration to our application templates via the skeleton argument. This can be the name of each of the templates in our repositories or you can use the following alternatives:

• A name of a ForgeBox entry: cbtemplate-advanced-script,cbtemplate-simple

• A Github shortcut: github-username/repo

• An HTTP/S URL to a zip file containing a template: http://myapptemplates.com/template.zip

• A folder containing a template: /opt/shared/templates/my-template

• A zip file containing the template: /opt/shared/templates/my-template.zip