Workshop

Reactive Front-Ends with CFML, CBWIRE, and AlpineJS

In this hands-on, code-driven workshop, Grant Copley and Alan Quinlan will walk you through building a modern web application from scratch using CFML and the powerful ColdBox module CBWIRE. This workshop focuses on CBWIRE’s HTML-over-the-wire technology and showcases how using the module can greatly enhance your productivity as a developer and simplify your web applications. Once you have completed the workshop, you will build reactive, modern web apps using less JavaScript without creating unnecessary server-side APIs in record time.

 

Prerequisites

The following are the workshop requirements for this workshop:

• CommandBox latest installed
• VSCode Editor (Preferred)
• Knowledge or experience with CFML Components (CFCs)

 

Schedule / Outline

• Good Morning
  • Introduction, HTML-over-the-wire
  • Installation and Configuration
  • Wires
    • Components ( CFCs ), Templates, Data Properties
    • Actions
    • Computed Properties
  • Creating a reactive form
    • Data Binding
    • Implement validation with cbValidation
• Break
  • Template Directives
  • Loading States
  • Lifecycle Methods
  • Continue enhancing form
• Lunch
  • Interacting with Wires from JavaScript
  • Debugging XHR requests
  • Events and Listeners
• Break
  • AlpineJS
    • Crash Course
    • When to use CBWIRE vs AlpineJS
    • Entangling Data Properties
• Bonus / Additional Time
  • Adding Turbo for single-page applications
  • Polling / pre-fetching
  • Defer loading