Coldbox-3.8.1 - Differences in code syntaxes

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Hello, I am a completely newbie to ColdBox…and ColdFusion for that matter. I have started to explore ColdBox and have followed the two blogs that I was able to find: http://www.halhelms.com/blog/index.cfm/2011/4/1/Learning-ColdBox-II
and
http://www.12robots.com/index.cfm/2008/10/1/A-Look-at-Event-Handlers–ColdBox-Series-Part-3

I noticed that the code syntaxes are different, which confused me pretty good… could someone help me understand why the differences? Also, the ColdBox documentation only shows the “Java-like” syntaxes…why?

thanks for your help.

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Both of the posts you referenced are YEARS old, which means they are MANY releases old. The official ColdBox documentation is available at http://wiki.coldbox.org/.

HTH

P.S. Welcome to the world of CFML and ColdBox. :slight_smile:

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The differences you’re seeing are mostly a matter of personal preference with the language itself. ColdBox works just fine with either style. The engine (Adobe/Railo) and the version of the engine you’re using will dictate how much you can do with the “Java-like” syntax.

Jason