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Learn how to install CFML locally to solve Exercism's exercises on your own machine
The only thing you will need to run these exercises is CommandBox CLI and Java 8 installed. CommandBox CLI is supported on Mac, Linux, and Windows, and the installation guide can be found here:
https://commandbox.ortusbooks.com/setup/installation
An example of getting CommandBox CLI setup if you're a Homebrew user on Mac would be:
brew install commandbox
Once you have the CLI installed, you can play withe REPL:
box repl
You can directly execute .cfm pages:
box exec myTest.cfm
And you can even start up a web server in any directory of your hard drive:
box server start
CommandBox has an interactive shell you can use that has enhanced tab completion and runs faster. Enter it by just running the box binary with no arguments.
box