I have just spend some good time working on a revamped guide that will truly help the ColdBox newbie digest and get a hands on approach. You can reach it by clicking me here. This guide covers the application template and ANT generation scripts that ColdBox provides. It will be further enhanced once the application generator is finalized in the ColdBox Dashboard. Please give me your thoughts on this guide. Do you find it too technical, want to see more information on a specific topic, etc?
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