Conventions

The core conventions delineate the contract between ColdBox and you for file/directory locations and more. Below is a table of the core conventions:

Directory/File Conventions

• config/Coldbox.cfc - Your application configuration object (optional)

• config/Router.cfc - Your application URL Router (optional)

• handlers - This holds the app's controllers

• layouts - Your HTML layouts

• models - This holds your app's CFCs

• modules - This holds the CommandBox tracked modules

• modules_app - This holds your app's modules

• views - Your HTML views will go here

Execution Conventions

Convention	Default Value	Description
Default Event	main.index	The default event to execute when no event is specified
Default Action	index()	The default action to execute in an event handler controller if none is specified
Default Layout	layouts/Main.cfm	The default system layout to use