CFML Benchmark Tools

Advanced CFML/ColdFusion development tools with intelligent formatting, auto-completion, and code standards for Visual Studio Code.

✨ Features

🎯 Intelligent Code Formatting

Smart indentation with configurable tab sizes
Auto-closing tags for CFML and HTML elements
SQL query formatting within <cfquery> tags
Attribute alignment for better readability

💡 Advanced IntelliSense

CFML tag completion with smart snippets
Function suggestions for built-in CFML functions
Attribute completion for CFML tags
HTML integration for mixed CFML/HTML files

🔧 Code Validation

Variable scoping validation - warns about unscoped variables
Best practices enforcement - suggests modern CFML patterns
Syntax highlighting with comprehensive CFML grammar

⚡ Productivity Features

Auto-closing pairs for tags and brackets
Smart indentation based on tag hierarchy
Format on save option
Command palette integration

🚀 Quick Start

Installation

Open VS Code
Go to Extensions (Ctrl+Shift+X)
Search for "CFML Benchmark Tools"
Click Install

Basic Usage

Open a CFML file (.cfm, .cfc, .cfml)
Start typing <cf to see intelligent completions
Format your code using Ctrl+Shift+P → "Format CFML Document"
Configure settings in VS Code Settings → "CFML Benchmark Tools"

📝 Code Examples

Smart Tag Completion

<!-- Type: cfif -->
<cfif test="#isDefined('user.id')#">
    <cfoutput>Welcome, #user.name#!</cfoutput>
</cfif>

<!-- Type: cfloop -->
<cfloop array="#products#" index="product">
    <cfoutput>#product.name# - #dollarFormat(product.price)#</cfoutput>
</cfloop>

Formatted Queries

<cfquery name="qUsers" datasource="#request.dsn#">
    SELECT
        u.id
        , u.name
        , u.email
        , p.title as profileTitle
    FROM
        users u
        LEFT JOIN profiles p ON u.id = p.user_id
    WHERE
        u.active = <cfqueryparam value="1" cfsqltype="cf_sql_bit" />
        AND u.created_date >= <cfqueryparam value="#dateAdd('d', -30, now())#" cfsqltype="cf_sql_timestamp" />
    ORDER BY
        u.name ASC
</cfquery>

Component Templates

<cfcomponent hint="User management component" output="false">

    <cffunction name="init" access="public" returntype="UserService" hint="Constructor">
        <cfset variables.instance = {} />
        <cfreturn this />
    </cffunction>

    <cffunction name="getUser" access="public" returntype="struct" hint="Get user by ID">
        <cfargument name="userID" type="numeric" required="true" hint="User ID" />

        <cfset var local = {} />

        <cfquery name="local.qUser" datasource="#request.dsn#">
            SELECT * FROM users WHERE id = <cfqueryparam value="#arguments.userID#" cfsqltype="cf_sql_integer" />
        </cfquery>

        <cfreturn queryRowToStruct(local.qUser) />
    </cffunction>

</cfcomponent>

⚙️ Configuration

Settings

Setting	Default	Description
`cfml.format.indentSize`	`1`	Number of tabs for indentation
`cfml.format.closeTags`	`true`	Auto-close CFML tags
`cfml.format.enforceStandards`	`true`	Enforce CFML coding standards
`cfml.completion.enableIntelliSense`	`true`	Enable CFML IntelliSense
`cfml.validation.variableScoping`	`true`	Validate variable scoping

Keyboard Shortcuts

Shortcut	Command
`Ctrl+Shift+P` → "Format CFML Document"	Format current CFML file
`<` + trigger	Auto-completion for tags
`#`	Expression completion in CFML

🎨 Supported File Types

.cfm - CFML Template files
.cfc - ColdFusion Components
.cfml - CFML files
Mixed HTML/CFML files

🔧 Supported CFML Tags

Structural Tags

cfif, cfelseif, cfelse
cfloop (array, query, index)
cfswitch, cfcase, cfdefaultcase
cftry, cfcatch, cffinally

Data Tags

cfquery with SQL formatting
cfset, cfparam
cfoutput
cfinclude, cfimport

Object-Oriented

cfcomponent
cffunction with argument validation
cfargument, cfreturn

💻 Requirements

Visual Studio Code 1.74.0 or higher
CFML/ColdFusion development environment (optional)

🤝 Contributing

We welcome contributions! Please feel free to submit issues and pull requests.

Fork the repository
Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature)
Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add amazing feature')
Push to the branch (git push origin feature/amazing-feature)
Open a Pull Request

📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE.txt file for details.

📞 Support

Issues: GitHub Issues
Email: Contact the publisher for support
Documentation: Check this README for detailed usage

🙏 Acknowledgments

Thanks to the CFML/ColdFusion community
Built with ❤️ for CFML developers
Inspired by modern development tools

Enjoy coding with CFML Benchmark Tools! 🚀

CFML benchmark Tools

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