Course

ColdFusion 2025: Foundations

Alejandro Mercado
by  Alejandro Mercado · on
Programming

Hands-on ColdFusion 2025 training from CFML basics to REST APIs and security. No local setup required — everything runs in a pre-configured lab environment with Adobe ColdFusion 2025 and CommandBox/Lucee 7 ready on first boot.

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About This Course

What you'll learn

  • Write CFML in both tag-based and script syntax
  • Work with variables, scopes, arrays, structs and queries
  • Build object-oriented applications with CFCs — properties, methods, inheritance
  • Build the Application.cfc lifecycle framework
  • Query databases with cfquery and prevent SQL injection
  • Use ColdFusion ORM with Hibernate
  • Implement caching strategies for performance
  • Build REST APIs with native ColdFusion REST support
  • Test and debug with cfdump, cflog and TestBox
  • Harden ColdFusion applications against common vulnerabilities
  • Tune JVM settings for production performance

Lab environment

Every lesson runs in a live browser-based environment — no installation needed.

ServiceURLPurpose
Adobe ColdFusion 2025port 8500Primary CF engine
CommandBox + Lucee 7port 8888Alternative CFML engine
VS Code (code-server)IDE tabBrowser-based editor

Prerequisites

  • Basic HTML knowledge
  • Familiarity with any programming language (variables, loops, conditions)
  • No ColdFusion experience required

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About the Author

Alejandro Mercado

Alejandro Mercado

DevOps & K8S Consultant, Technical Content Writer AWS Community Builder, IBM Champion

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