Wheels Debugging

What problem does it solve?

This Skill empowers developers to quickly identify and resolve common errors and unexpected behavior in CFWheels applications, minimizing frustrating downtime and accelerating the debugging process. It provides clear solutions and strategies to get your application back on track.

Core Features & Use Cases

• Common Error Solutions: Provides direct fixes for frequent issues like "Missing argument name," "Can't cast Object type [Query] to [Array]," and "Association/Table/Column not found" errors.
• Debugging Tool Guidance: Guides on enabling Wheels debug output, inspecting variables with cfdump, and checking SQL queries.
• Browser Testing Integration: Offers quick starts for using browser MCP tools (Puppeteer, Playwright) to debug UI/view issues and verify form submissions.
• Use Case: When your application throws a cryptic "Missing argument name" error, this skill immediately points to mixed positional/named arguments, shows you the exact fix, and guides you on how to enable detailed debug output for deeper investigation, saving you hours of guesswork.

Quick Start

In config/settings.cfm:

set(showDebugInformation=true); set(showErrorInformation=true);

In your code for quick inspection:

<cfdump var="#myVariable#" label="My Variable"> <cfabort>