= Installing Model-Glue =

To install Model-Glue, all you need to do is copy a few files and possibly make a few mappings.

== Prerequisites ==

Model-Glue 3.0 requires a few other bits to run. Installation is painless, and should take about five minutes.

1. The !ColdSpring Framework must be downloaded and installed. It's available at [http://www.coldspringframework.org www.coldspringframework.org].

2. If you want to do any of the automated database interaction, such as scaffolding, the Reactor Framework must be downloaded and installed. It's available at [http://www.reactorframework.org www.reactorframework.org].

''Note: If you want to use asynchronrous abilities inside of Model-Glue, you'll also need own !ColdFusion Enterprise as well as download/install the Concurrency Library from [http://www.corfield.org www.corfield.org]. You know who you are, and you're pretty advanced.''

== To Install Model-Glue on a Default Installation of !ColdFusion (No mappings required!): ==

A default installation of !ColdFusion is what you've got if you've simply installed !ColdFusion and used your existing Web root, like "c:\inetpub\wwwroot" as the location of your documents. In a default installation with a Web root of "c:\inetpub\wwwroot," a !ColdFusion component named "!ModelGlue.Util.!GenericCollection" would be in the "c:\inetpub\wwwroot\!ModelGlue\Util" directory.

  1. Unzip the Model-Glue distribution .zip
  1. Copy the !ModelGlue folder into your Web root

That's it.

== To Install Model-Glue using !ColdFusion mappings: ==

  1. Unzip the Model-Glue distribution .zip
  1. Put the !ModelGlue folder somewhere permanent.
  1. Map /!ModelGlue to wherever you've moved the !ModelGlue folder.

That's it.