Wheels Guides

Welcome to the Wheels CFML MVC framework guides. Browse by version below, or use the search bar (top right) to find a topic across all versions.

Available versions

• v4.1 (current release) — stable guides for the Wheels 4.1 line
• v4.2 (in development) — guides for the next release, updated as 4.2 features land
• v4.0 — archived guides for the Wheels 4.0 release
• v3.0.0 — archived guides for the Wheels 3.0 release
• v2.5.0 — frozen snapshot for the 2.5 release

What’s in a guide

Each guide walks you through a specific topic in the framework:

• Introduction — getting started, frameworks overview, installation
• Command Line Tools — the wheels CLI for scaffolding, testing, deployment
• Handling Requests with Controllers — request lifecycle, routing, filters
• Displaying Views to Users — templates, layouts, view helpers
• Database Interaction Through Models — ORM, associations, validations
• Working with Wheels — configuration, testing, debugging
• Plugins — extending Wheels with community plugins