ColdFusion

IntelliJ IDEA provides extensive editing support for ColdFusion files, and facilities for deploying applications to the ColdFusion server.

On this page:

• Prerequisites
• ColdFusion Support
• Configuring deployment to ColdFusion server

Prerequisites

Before you start working with ColdFusion, make sure that the CFML Support plugin is enabled. The plugin is bundled with IntelliJ IDEA and is activated by default. If the plugin is not activated, enable it on the Plugins page of the Settings / Preferences Dialog as described in Enabling and Disabling Plugins.

ColdFusion server should be downloaded and installed on your machine.

ColdFusion Support

ColdFusion files are marked with icon.

ColdFusion support includes:

1. Coding assistance:
   • Code completion for tags, attributes, attribute values, functions and variable of the current scope, function arguments, functions of Java classes and components created through 'createObject' function, for components' and Java classes' names in 'createObject', for inherited methods of a component.
   • Error and syntax highlighting.
   • Code formatting and folding.
2. Numerous ways to navigate through the source code, among them:
   • Ability to open a file or component with the specified name.
   • Navigating with Structure View.
   • Navigate | Declaration (Ctrl+B).
3. Advanced facilities to search through the source code.
4. Code generation
   • Generating code stubs based on file templates during file creation.
   • Inserting, expanding, and generating code blocks using live templates.
   • Creating various applications elements via intention actions.
   • Ability to create line and block comments (Ctrl+Slash/Ctrl+Shift+Slash).
5. Viewing method parameters information.
6. Run/debug configuration for ColdFusion.