Super Fast Application development with Mura CMS

Super Fast Application 
Development with Mura CMS

What’s Up?
• Build a fully functional application
using Mura ORM & Mura.js

Target Audience
• ColdFusion/CFML Developer
• Using Mura CMS
• Familiar with
• .CFCs
• Mura’s base objects
• Popular SQL DBMS
• May (or may not) have used ColdFusion’s ORM

What is Mura CMS?
• Open source Content Management System (CMS)
• Let users add/edit content, while you build applications
• Used by clients large & small

Mura Display Objects
• Self-contained display
• Portable
• Distributable (via plugins)
• Could be an entire application!

The Mura Scope
• A wrapper for interacting with Mura CMS
• Access data
• Create/modify data
• Helper methods
• “Mura” or “m” and still supports “$”

Mura Display Objects 
Part 1

• Managed via front-end only (in Mura v7+)

• Directory based format
{SiteID}/includes/themes/{ThemeName}/display_objects/
{SiteID}/includes/display_objects/

• Directory based format (works in plugins too)
plugins/{YourPlugin}/display_objects/

• Or, register any directory you want …
m.siteConfig().registerDisplayObjectDir( 
‘/path/to/your/display_objects/‘ 
);
// Path is a logical path to a CFML directory 
// Usually registered in onApplicationLoad();

• Anatomy of a display object
/mydisplayobject/
config.xml.cfm
index.cfm
configurator.cfm (optional)

• config.xml.cfm
<mura name=“My Display Object” 
contenttypes=“*” />

• config.xml.cfm
* = all content types

• config.xml.cfm
contenttypes=“{Type|Type/Subtype},Folder/Blog,Folder/News”

• config.xml.cfm
contenttypes=“{Type|Type/Subtype},Folder/Blog,Folder/News”
contenttypes=“” Blank = never display as draggable option

• config.xml.cfm
contenttypes=“*” 
condition=“(m.content(‘title’) eq ‘News’)” />

• config.xml.cfm
contenttypes=“*” 
iconclass=“mi-somefontawesomeiconclass” />

• config.xml.cfm
contenttypes=“*”> 
 
<extensions>…</extensions> 
 
</mura>

• config.xml.cfm
contenttypes=“*”> 
 
<extensions>…</extensions> 
 
<imagesizes> 
<imagesize name=“yoursize” width=“100” height=“100”/> 
</imagesizes> 
 
</mura>

• index.cfm (if rendering via CFML)
<cfparam name=“objectparams.mytext” default=“”>
<cfoutput> 
<h3>#esapiEncode(‘html’, objectparams.mytext)#</h3> 
</cfoutput>

• index.cfm (if rendering via JS)
<cfset objectparams.render=“client”>

• index.cfm (if rendering via JS)
<cfset objectparams.render=“client”>
• mydisplayobject/model/handlers/myhandler.cfc 
 
component extends="mura.cfobject" { 
function onRenderStart(m){ 
m.addToHTMLHeadQueue('<script src=“/path/to/js.js”></script>’); 
} 
}

• configurator.cfm (optional)
<cfparam name=“objectparams.mytext” default=“”> 
 
 
<cfoutput> 
<div class=“mura-control-group”> 
<label class=“mura-control-label”>My Text</label> 
<input type=“text” 
name=“mytext” 
class=“objectParam” 
value=“#esapiEncode(‘html_attr’, objectparams.mytext#”> 
</cfoutput>

• configurator.cfm (optional)
 
<cf_objectconfigurator> 
<cfoutput> 
<div class=“mura-control-group”> 
<label class=“mura-control-label”>My Text</label> 
<input type=“text” 
name=“mytext” 
class=“objectParam” 
value=“#esapiEncode(‘html_attr’, objectparams.mytext#”> 
</cfoutput> 
</cf_objectconfigurator>

https://github.com/stevewithington/ 
murahelloworld/tree/cfml

What is ORM?
• Only store/manipulate scalar values such as integers and strings
organized within tables

What is ORM?
• Only store/manipulate scalar values such as integers and strings
organized within tables
• Object values must either be converted into groups of simpler
values, or only use simple scalar values

What is ORM?
• Object-Relationtional Mapping (ORM) addresses the main issue
with SQL DBMS
• Translates the logical representation of objects into an
atomized form capable of being stored in a database, while
preserving the properties of objects and their relationships so
they can be reloaded as objects when needed

What is ORM?
• Object-Relational Mapping (ORM) is essentially a
“virtual object database”

What is Mura ORM?
• Mura ORM is a “virtual object database” that
can be used within Mura

What is Mura ORM?
• Mura ORM is a “virtual object database” that can be used within
Mura
• Takes advantage of Di1 (dependency injection)
• https://github.com/framework-one/di1

What is Mura ORM?
Mura
• Access & modify objects quickly & easily

What is Mura ORM?
Mura
• No need for custom DAOs, class extensions, or database-vendor-
specific CRUD statements

What is Mura ORM?
Mura
• No need for custom DAOs, class extensions, or database-vendor-
specific CRUD statements
• Similar to ColdFusion-based Hibernate ORM (but not the same!)

Mura ORM Configuration
• Convention based vs. having to explicitly register entities
{SiteID}/includes/model/
{SiteID}/includes/themes/{ThemeName}/model/

• Convention based vs. having to explicitly register entities
{SiteID}/includes/model/
{SiteID}/includes/themes/{ThemeName}/model/
 
Or any display object’s “model” directory!
../display_objects/mydisplayobject/model/

m.globalConfig().registerModelDir( 
‘/path/to/your/model/‘ 
);
// Path is a logical path to a CFML directory

m.globalConfig().registerModelDir( 
‘/path/to/your/model/‘ 
);

• Any .cfc under the “model” directory will automatically get
registered with Di1

registered with Di1
• If it’s under a “beans” directory, it will be registered as a
transient, not as a singleton

registered with Di1
• A transient exists only for a request and then is discarded
• You get a new copy every time

registered with Di1
• A transient exists only for a request and then is discarded
• You get a new copy every time
• A singleton is shared among all threads and requests … there’s
only one of them
• You’re not getting a new copy every time
• Good for service type objects

registered with Di1
../model/beans/person.cfc
../model/beans/personaddress.cfc
../model/beans/personphonenumber.cfc

• If a directory found under “model” is named “handlers” then
any .cfc under this directory will be registered as eventHandlers

• If a directory found under “model” is named “handlers” then
any .cfc under this directory will be registered as eventHandlers
• For example:
../model/handlers/myhandler.cfc
../model/services/handlers/myhandler.cfc

• Reload Mura to get them registered

• The first time you reload, and anytime you add new properties, be
sure to append ‘&applydbupdates’ to the URL

• The first time you reload, and anytime you add new properties, be
sure to append ‘&applydbupdates’ to the URL
• For example:  
./?appreload&applydbupates

Part 2

• Display object’s can have their own “model” directory

• And their own “beans” directory
../display_objects/mydisplayobject/model/beans/

• And their own “beans” directory
../display_objects/mydisplayobject/model/beans/
• And “handlers” too
../display_objects/mydisplayobject/model/handlers/

Address Book
• Person
• Zero or more phone numbers

Address Book
• Person
• Zero or more phone numbers
• Zero or more addresses

Address Book
• Person object with attributes/fields

Address Book
• Person’s name

Address Book
• Person’s name
• List of phone numbers
• PhoneNumber objects

Address Book
• Person’s name
• List of phone numbers
• PhoneNumber objects
• List of addresses
• Address objects

Address Book
• The address book entry (Person) is treated as a single object

Address Book
• It can be referenced by a single variable containing a pointer to
the object

Address Book
• It can be referenced by a single variable containing a pointer to
the object
• Various helper methods can be associated with the object, such as
a method to return the preferred phone number, the home
address, and so on

Mura ORM Entity
component 
extends="mura.bean.beanORM" 
entityname="person" 
table="custom_persons" 
bundleable="true" 
displayname="PersonBean" 
public=true 
orderby="namelast,namefirst" { 
 
// Properties & Methods 
 
}

Mura ORM Entity
• Component (CFC) Attributes
entityname  
table 
datasource 
discriminatorcolumn  
discriminatorvalue 
orderby 
readonly

Mura ORM Entity
• Component (CFC) Attributes
entityname  
table 
datasource 
discriminatorcolumn  
discriminatorvalue 
orderby 
readonly
• Mura-specific attributes
public 
bundleable  
cachename 
dbtype 
manageschema 
usetrash

Mura ORM Entity
component 
extends=“mura.bean.beanORM” 
entityname=“person” … { 
 
// primary key (are UUIDs) 
property name=“personid” fieldtype=“id”; 
 
}

Mura ORM Entity
component 
 
// primary key 
property name=“personid” fieldtype=“id”; 
 
// person attributes 
property name=“namefirst” datatype=“varchar”; 
property name=“namelast” datatype=“varchar”; 
}

Mura ORM Entity
component 
…
// foreign key(s) 
property name=“user”  
cfc=“user”  
fieldtype=“many-to-one”  
fkcolumn=“userid”; 
}

Mura ORM Entity
component 
…
// relationship(s) 
property name=“phonenumbers”  
singularname=“phonenumber” 
cfc=“personphonenumber”  
fieldtype=“one-to-many” 
cascade=“delete”; 
}

Mura ORM Entity
component 
entityname=“personphonenumber” … { 
…
// relationship(s) 
property name=“person”  
cfc=“person”  
fieldtype=“many-to-one” 
fkcolumn=“personid”; 
}

Mura ORM Entity
component 
entityname=“personphonenumber” … { 
…
// attribute(s) 
property name=“phonenumber”  
datatype=“varchar” 
length=“255” 
required=true 
message=“Phone Number is required.”; 
}

Mura ORM Entity
• Property Attributes
name 
persistent 
fieldtype 
cfc 
fkcolumn 
type 
cascade 
singularname 
orderby 
length 
default 
ormtype

Mura ORM Entity
• Property Attributes
name 
persistent 
fieldtype 
cfc 
fkcolumn 
type 
cascade 
singularname 
orderby 
length 
default 
ormtype
• Mura-specific attributes
loadkey 
datatype 
nullable 
required 
validate 
message 
regex 
comparable

Mura ORM Entity
• Property validation attributes
minValue
maxValue
minLength
maxLength
minCollection
maxCollection
minList
maxList
inList
method
lte
lt
gte
gt
eq
neq

Mura ORM Entity
entity = m.getBean(‘entityName’) 
.loadBy(someAttribute=‘Something’);

Mura ORM Entity
entity.get(‘attribute’);

Mura ORM Entity
entity.set(‘attribute’, ‘Some Value’);

Mura ORM Entity
entity.set(‘attribute’, ‘Some Value’).save();

Mura ORM Entity
entity.get{RelatedEntity}();

Mura ORM Entity
entity.get{RelatedEntity}Iterator();

Mura ORM Entity
entity.get{RelatedEntity}Query();

Mura ORM Entity
entity.get{RelatedEntity}Query();
m.getFeed(‘entityName’);

Mura ORM Entity
contactBean = m.getBean(‘person’) 
.loadBy(personid=m.event(‘pid’));

Mura ORM Entity
if ( contactBean.exists() ) {  
// This bean exists!
} else { 
// Do something if it’s a new bean
}

Mura ORM Entity
// Phone Numbers Iterator 
itPhones = contactBean.getPhoneNumbersIterator();

Mura ORM Entity
// Phone Numbers Iterator 
itPhones = contactBean.getPhoneNumbersIterator();
 
while ( itPhones.hasNext() ) { 
phone = itPhones.next(); 
WriteOutput( phone.get(‘phonenumber’) ); 
}

Mura ORM Feed (Content)
m
.getFeed(‘content’);

Mura ORM Feed (Content)
m
.getFeed(‘content’)
.where() // optional … but readable
.prop(‘title’)
.isEQ(‘News’)
.orProp(‘title’)
.isEQ(‘Blog’)
.sort(‘title’, ‘desc’)
.getIterator();

Mura ORM Feed (Entity)
m
.getFeed(‘person’)
.where()
.prop(‘namefirst’)
.containsValue(m.event(‘namefirst’))
.orProp(‘namelast’)
.isEQ(m.event(‘namelast’))
.getIterator();

Mura ORM Feed (Sorting)
m
.getFeed(‘person’)
.where()
.prop(‘userid’)
.isEQ(m.currentUser(‘userid’)
.sort(‘namelast’, ‘asc’)
.sort(‘namefirst’, ‘desc’)
.getIterator();

Mura ORM Feed (Methods)
m
.getFeed([entityname])
.where()
.prop([property])
.andProp([property])
.orProp([property])
.isEQ([criteria])
.isNEQ([criteria])
.isLT([criteria])
.isLTE([criteria])
.isGT([criteria])
.isGTE([criteria])
.containsValue([criteria])
.null()
.beginsWith([criteria])
.endsWith([criteria])
.openGrouping()
.andOpenGrouping()
.closeGrouping()
.sort([property],[asc||desc])
.itemsPerPage([itemsPerPage])
.maxItems([maxItems])
.isIn([list criteria])
.isNotIn([list criteria])
.innerJoin([relatedEntity])
.leftJoin([relatedEntity])
.getQuery()
.getIterator()

Mura ORM Events
• ../model/handlers/myhandler.cfc

Mura ORM Events
onBefore{Entity}Save(m) { 
var bean = m.event(‘bean’); 
…  
}

Mura ORM Events
onBefore{Entity}Save(m) { 
var bean = m.event(‘bean’); 
…  
}
// Plus any other Mura event listeners you want!

Mura ORM Events
• Support for ColdFusion/CFML ORM Events 
preLoad();
preUpdate();
preCreate();
preInsert();
preDelete();
 
postLoad();
postUpdate();
postCreate();
postInsert();
postDelete();

muracontacts/tree/cfml

Mura.js
• A lightweight utility to decouple dependency on jQuery

Mura.js
• A lightweight utility to decouple dependency on jQuery
• A JS framework for interacting with the Mura JSON API

Mura.js
• Familiar jQuery syntax
Mura(function(m) {
m(‘.target’).each(function() { 
m(this).html(‘Mura found you!’); 
}); 
});

Mura.js
• Baked-in AJAX support
 
Mura 
.ajax({ 
type: ‘post’, 
url: ’https://domain.com/path/', 
data: { key: value }, 
success: function(resp) { console.log(resp) }, 
error: function(resp) { console.log(resp) } 
});

Mura.js
• Baked-in AJAX support & JS promises
 
Mura 
.get(‘https://domain.com/path/') 
.then(function(resp) { 
// success 
Mura(‘#target’).html(resp.data.html); 
}, function(e) { 
// fail 
});

Mura.js
• Baked-in AJAX support & JS promises
 
Mura 
.post( 
‘https://domain.com/path/', 
{ key: value } 
) 
// success 
}, function(e) {  
// error  
});

Mura.js
• JS promises can be stacked like Russian dolls
 
Mura.get(‘https://domain.com/path/') 
// success 
Mura.get(‘https://domain.com?id=' + resp.id) 
.then(function(newresp) { 
Mura(‘#target’).html(newresp.html); 
}); 
}, function(e) {  
// error  
});

Mura.js
• Register event handlers
 
Mura(‘#mybutton’) 
.on(‘click’, function(e) { 
e.preventDefault(); 
console.log(e); 
});

Mura.js
• Mura.DOMSelection class
• Wraps selected target via the Mura() method

Mura.js
• Allows you to handle selection as a single object or a collection

Mura.js
• Single object 
Mura(‘.target’).html(‘Hello world!’);

Mura.js
• Single object 
Mura(‘.target’).html(‘Hello world!’); 
• Collection 
Mura(‘.target’).each(function() { 
Mura(this).html(‘Hello world!’); 
});

Mura.js
• Supported methods can be found under: 
 
{SiteID}/js/src/mura.domselection.js

Mura.js
• Load entities 
 
Mura 
.getEntity(‘person’) 
.loadBy(‘personid’, pid) 
.then(function(person) { 
// success 
console.log(person); 
}, function(person) { 
// fail 
console.log(person.get(‘errors’)); 
});

Mura.js
• Create/Update entities 
 
Mura 
// load success 
person.set(‘namelast’, ‘Withington’) 
.save() 
// save success 
}, function(person) {  
// save fail  
}); 
});

Mura.js
• Delete entities 
 
Mura 
// load success 
person 
.delete() 
// delete success 
}, function(person) {  
// delete fail  
}); 
});

Mura.js
• Feed API 
 
Mura 
.getFeed(‘person’) 
.where() // optional 
.prop(‘namelast’).isEQ(‘Levine’) 
.orProp(‘namelast’).beginsWith(‘Withing’) 
.getQuery() 
.then(function(people) { 
// success 
people.each(function(prsn, idx) { 
console.log(prsn.get(‘namefirst’) + ‘ ‘ + prsn.get(‘namelast’)); 
}); 
});

Mura.js (Feed Methods)
Mura
.getFeed([entityname])
.where()
.prop([property])
.andProp([property])
.orProp([property])
.isEQ([criteria])
.isNEQ([criteria])
.isLT([criteria])
.isLTE([criteria])
.isGT([criteria])
.isGTE([criteria])
.containsValue([criteria])
.null()
.beginsWith([criteria])
.endsWith([criteria])
.openGrouping()
.andOpenGrouping()
.closeGrouping()
.sort([property],[asc||desc])
.itemsPerPage([itemsPerPage])
.maxItems([maxItems])
.isIn([list criteria])
.isNotIn([list criteria])
.innerJoin([relatedEntity])
.leftJoin([relatedEntity])
.getQuery()

Part 3

• Loading JS/CSS files 
 
Mura(function(m) { 
m.loader() 
.loadcss(m.themepath + ‘/path/all.css’, {media:’all’}) 
.loadcss(m.themepath + ‘/path/print.css’, {media:’print’}) 
.loadjs( 
m.themepath + ’/path/script1.js’, 
function() { 
// Now do something with the loaded JS  
} 
); 
});

• Mura.loader()
• Only loads files once (no duplicates)

• Mura.loader()
• loadjs() can take string arguments or arrays of strings

• Mura.loader()
• if array, files are loaded asynchronously

• Mura.loader()
• if array, files are loaded asynchronously
• if string, files are loaded synchronously

• loadjs() Synchronous Example
• When the 2nd file is loading, it can reference variables from 1st 
 
m.loader() 
.loadjs( 
function() { 
} 
); 
});

• loadjs() Asynchronous Example
• When the 2nd file is loading, it cannot reference variables from 1st 
 
m.loader() 
.loadjs( 
[ 
m.themepath + ’/path/script2.js’ 
], 
function() { 
} 
); 
});

• index.cfm (Full example if rendering via Server/CFML)
<cfoutput> 
<h3>#esapiEncode(‘html’, objectparams.mytext)#</h3> 
</cfoutput> 
 
<script> 
m.loader() 
.loadcss(m.themepath + ‘/path/my.css’) 
.loadjs(m.themepath + ’/path/my.js’); 
}); 
</script>

• index.cfm (Full example if rendering via Client/JS)
Mura.DisplayObject.myobject = Mura.UI.extend({ 
render: function() { 
this.container = Mura(this.context.targetEl); 
 
Mura.loader() 
.loadcss(Mura.themepath + ‘/path/my.css’) 
.loadjs(Mura.themepath + ’/path/my.js’, 
function(){ 
//DO STUFF 
} 
); 
}
});

murahelloworld/tree/js

muracontacts/tree/js

content_types
• Control body by Type/Subtype

content_types
• Control body by Type/Subtype
• Folder/Contacts
• Page/Contact

content_types
• Control body by Type/Subtype 
 
{SiteID}/includes/content_types/

content_types
 
{SiteID}/includes/content_types/ 
{SiteID}/includes/themes/{ThemeName}/content_types/

content_types
m.siteConfig().registerContentTypeDir( 
‘/path/to/your/content_types/‘ 
);

content_types
 
{SiteID}/includes/themes/{ThemeName}/content_types/ 
• Target Type/Subtype by directory structure: 
 
content_types/{type}

content_types
 
 
content_types/{type} 
content_types/page/index.cfm

content_types
 
 
content_types/page/index.cfm 
 
content_types/{type}_{subtype}

content_types
 
 
content_types/page/index.cfm 
 
content_types/{type}_{subtype} 
content_types/page_contact/index.cfm

content_types
• Anatomy of a content_type 
 
content_types/folder_contacts/index.cfm 
content_types/folder_contacts/config.xml.cfm

content_types
 
content_types/folder_contacts/config.xml.cfm 
• index.cfm = the body/view

content_types
 
• index.cfm = the body/view
• config.xml.cfm = the configuration

content_types
 
 
content_types/folder_contacts/model/

content_types
 
 
content_types/folder_contacts/model/ 
content_types/folder_contacts/model/beans/ 
content_types/folder_contacts/model/handlers/

Resources
• http://www.getmura.com
• https://github.com/stevewithington/cfsummit-2016
• https://github.com/stevewithington/muracontacts
• https://github.com/stevewithington/murahelloworld
• https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/mura-cms-developers

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