Discover the major conventions of the ColdBox framework
The core conventions delineate the contract between ColdBox and you for file/directory locations and more. Below is a table of the core conventions:
config/Coldbox.cfc - Your application configuration object (optional )
config/Router.cfc - Your application URL Router (optional )
config/CacheBox.cfc - Your application CacheBox configuration (optional )
config/WireBox.cfc - Your application WireBox Configuration (optional )
handlers - This holds the app's event handlers (controller layer)
layouts - Your HTML layouts (view layer)
models - This holds your app's CFCs (model layer)
modules - This holds the CommandBox tracked modules
modules_app - This holds your app's modules
tests - Your test harness including unit and integration testing
views - Your HTML views will go here (view layer)
ColdBox also has several execution conventions. This means that we have a convention or a default for the event, action and layout to be used if you do not tell it what to use:
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