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State of the CF Union 2020 survey released

January 14, 2020 By Michaela Light Leave a Comment

State of the CF Union 2020 Survey is finished! Take a look and be part of State of the CF Union 2022 Survey here.

Help us find out the state of the CF Union – what versions of CFML Engine do people use, what frameworks, tools etc. We will share the summary results with everyone who completes the survey so that you can see how you compare with other CF developers.

Step 1 of 8 - Server environment (page 1 of 8)

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Most questions are multiple-choice checkboxes that are fast to answer. Thanks for your time completing this survey!
Server Environment
1. What version of CFML Engine do you use? (Check all that apply)*
- CF 2020
- CF 2018
- CF 2016
- CF 11
- CF 10
- CF 9
- CF 8
- CF 7, CF 6/MX, CF 5 or Earlier
- Lucee 5.3 or later
- Lucee 5.2
- Lucee 5.1
- Lucee 5.0
- Lucee 4.x
- BlueDragon Commercial
- Open BlueDragon
- Railo 4.x and Railo 3.x
- Other
If other, please specify
2. What type of CFML Engine are you running? (Check all that apply)*
- Enterprise
- Standard
- N/A
3. What CF Server OS are you using (Check all that apply)?*
- Linux
- Mac
- Solaris
- Windows

Your Environment
4. What OS do you run on your laptop/PC? (Check all that apply)*
- Mac
- Linux
- Windows
- Other
If other, please specify
5. What browsers/client platforms do you support in your apps? (Check all that apply)*
- Android mobile
- Chrome
- Firefox
- Internet Explorer
- iOs mobile
- Microsoft Edge
- Opera
- Safari
- Vivaldi
- Other
If other, please specify
6. Databases you use? (Check all that apply)*
- Access
- Aurora
- Cassandra
- Couchbase
- CouchDB
- DB2
- DynamoDB
- FoxPro
- H2
- MariaDB
- MongoDB
- MySQL
- Oracle
- Percona
- PostgreSQL
- Progress
- Redis
- SQL Server
- SQLite
- Sybase
- None
- Other
If other, please specify

Frameworks and Methodology
7. What MVC Frameworks do you use? (Check all that apply)*
- CFWheels
- ColdBox
- Custom/home grown
- Fusebox
- FW/1
- Mach II
- Model Glue
- None - don't use a code framework
- Other
If other, please specify
8. What ColdFusion-based CMS do you use? (Check all that apply)*
- CommonSpot
- Contens
- ContentBox
- Farcry
- Mura
- Preside
- None - don't use a CMS
- Custom/homegrown
- Other
If other, please specify
9. What JavaScript libraries do you use? (Check all that apply)*
- AngularJS
- Backbone.js
- Dojo
- Ember.js
- jQuery
- KnockoutJS
- KendoUI
- Meteor
- Sencha Ext JS
- React
- Vue.js
- YUI
- None
- Other
If other, please specify
10. What CSS frameworks do you use? (Check all that apply)*
- 960Grid
- Bootstrap
- Foundation
- Skeleton
- None
- Other
If other, please specify
11. What CFC dependency injection frameworks and tools do you use? (Check all that apply)*
- ColdSpring
- Custom/home grown
- DI/1 - Inject One
- Wirebox
- None
- Other
If other, please specify
12. Which persistence frameworks do you use? (Check all that apply)*
- CF Wheels ORM
- ColdBox Quick
- ColdBox's cborm module
- ColdFusion ORM (Hibernate)
- Homegrown
- Preside Objects
- Transfer
- None
- Other
If other, please specify
13. What testing and mocking frameworks do you use? (Check all that apply)*
- cfcUnit
- MockBox
- MXUnit
- Rocketunit (CFWheels Built in)
- Selenium
- TestBox
- None
- Other
If other, please specify
14. What type of CF Mobile development frameworks are you using? (Check all that apply)*
- Cordova
- Ionic
- Native iOS
- Native Android
- PhoneGap
- PWA (Progressive Web App)
- Sencha Touch
- Titanium
- Not doing mobile Dev
- Other
If other, please specify
15. What miscellaneous frameworks/tools are you using? (Check all that apply)*
- CommandBox
- DocBox
- ForgeBox
- FuseGuard
- LogBox
- None
- Other
If other, please specify
16. What CF features do you use for code reuse? (Check all that apply)*
- CF custom tags
- CF includes
- CFCs
- Modules/extensions provided by my framework
- User defined functions
- None
- Other
If other, please specify

Tools
17. What do you use for source code control? (Check all that apply)*
- Beyond Compare
- BitBucket
- Copy directories from time to time.
- Custom solution
- CVS
- A self-hosted Git repo like GitHub Enterprise
- GitLab
- GitHub
- Google Drive
- Mercurial
- MS Team Foundation Server
- Subversion
- Tortoise-CVS
- Visual Source Safe
- ZIP up folders
- None - Don't do source control
- Other
If other, please specify
18. What tools/IDEs do you use? (Check all that apply)*
- Aptana w/CFEclipse
- Atom
- BBEdit
- Brackets
- CF Studio
- CFEclipse
- Coda
- ColdFusion Builder
- Dreamweaver
- Eclipse
- FlashBuilder
- Homesite
- IntelliJ IDEA
- IntelliJ/WebStorm
- Notepad
- Notepad++
- SublimeText 2
- Sublime Text 3
- Textpad
- TextWrangler
- Visual Studio
- Visual Studio Code
- UltraEdit
- Other
If other, please specify
19. What Browser Dev Tools do you use? (Check all that apply)*
- Chrome
- FireFox
- FireBug
- IE Dev Tools
- Safari Dev Tools
- None
- Other
If other, please specify
20. What do you use to build REST APIs (Check all that apply)*
- CF built-in REST
- CFWheels REST
- ColdBox REST
- FW/1 REST
- Home-grown
- Taffy.io
- I don't use CFML for my REST APIs
- I don't use REST at all
- Other
If other, please specify
21. What caching solutions are you using? (Check all that apply)*
- CacheBox
- Couchbase
- ElastiCache
- EHCache (built in)
- EHCache (external)
- Memcached
- Railo/Lucee Cache
- Redis
- None
- Other
If other, please specify

Your programming background
You are more than half way done!
22. How many years have you used CFML? (Check one)*
- Less than 1 year
- 1 - 2 years
- 3 - 5 years
- 6 - 10 years
- 10 - 15 years
- 15+ years
23. How many years have you used OO? (Check one)*
- None
- Less than 1 year
- 1 - 2 years
- 3 - 5 years
- 6 - 10 years
- 10 + years
24. Other languages/environments you use? (Check all that apply)*
- .Net
- ActionScript
- AIR
- AJAX
- Android SDK
- C++
- C#
- CGI
- Classic ASP
- Clojure
- Cobol
- Flex
- Fortran
- FoxPro
- Go
- Grails
- Groovy
- Java
- JavaScript
- Kotlin
- Node.js
- Perl
- PHP
- Python
- R
- Rails
- Ruby
- Sharepoint
- VB
- VBA
- VB.NET
- None
- Other
If other, please specify
25. How many CF developers at your organization? (Check one)
- 1
- 2-5
- 6-10
- 11-20
- 21-30
- 30+
- Other
If other, please specify
26. How many total employees at your organization? (Check one)*
- 1-20
- 21-50
- 51-100
- 101-250
- 251-500
- 501-1000
- 1001-5000
- 5001-10000
- 10000+

ColdFusion Community
What CF communities are you part of
27. How often do you attend ColdFusion User Group meetings? (Check one)*
- 6-12 times per year
- 2-5 times per year
- once per year
- never
28. Which CF conferences will/did you attend this year? (Check all that apply)*
- Adobe ColdFusion Summit
- Adobe Roadshow
- CFCamp
- Into The Box
- jQuery Conference
- MAX
- MuraCon
- PresideCon
- None
- Other
If other, please specify
29. What online CF communities do you participate in? (Check all that apply)*
- Adobe Community Portal
- CF Facebook groups
- CFML Slack
- CF LinkedIn Groups
- Framework-specific Google groups (ColdBox, FW/1, etc)
- Google Plus groups
- Lucee Discourse Forum
- Stack Overflow/Exchange
- Twitter (tweeting about CF, etc)
- None
- Other
If other, please specify
30. I listen to the CF Alive podcast (Check one)*
- Every single Monday
- 25-51 times per year
- 11-24 times per year
- 6-10 times per year
- 2-5 times per year
- Once per year
- Never
31. I listen to the Modernize or Die Podcast (Check one)*
- Every single Tuesday
- 25-51 times per year
- 11-24 times per year
- 6-10 times per year
- 2-5 times per year
- Once per year
- Never

Deployment
Deployment, hosting, monitoring and security
32. What types of DEVELOPMENT setups do you use? (Check all that apply)*
- A shared development web server used by all devs
- A local installation of your CF engine on your PC
- A handmade VM
- CommandBox
- Docker
- Vagrant
- A shared development database server
- A local development database server
- Development? I code on production!
- Other
If other, please specify
33. What types of PRODUCTION deployments do you use? (Check all that apply)*
- AWS AMIs
- CommandBox
- Containers/Docker
- Managed Servers
- Shared hosting
- VPS
- We build our own server installations
- Other
If other, please specify
34. What hosting services do you use for your PRODUCTION deployments? (Check all that apply)*
- Amazon Web Services
- DigitalOcean
- Docker Cloud
- Microsoft Azure
- Google Cloud Platform (Kubernetes)
- Edge Hosting (aka Databank)
- Heroku
- In-house
- Hostek
- HostMySite
- Linode
- Media3
- Rackspace
- Vivio
- Other
If other, please specify
35. What Docker Image(s) are you using, if applicable? (Check all that apply)
- Official Adobe images
- Official Lucee image
- Ortus CommandBox-based image w/ Lucee
- Ortus CommandBox-based image w/ Adobe CF
- I've made a custom image from scratch (not extending any others in this list)
- None
- Other
If other, please specify
36. What deployment/build tools do you use? (Check all that apply)*
- Ant
- Bamboo
- CommandBox Task Runners
- Grunt
- Gulp
- Github Actions
- Gitlab
- Jenkins
- Travis CI
- None - I don't automate deployments or builds
- Other
If other, please specify
37. What monitoring tools are you using? (Check all that apply)*
- ColdFusion Performance Monitor Toolset
- FusionReactor
- Fusion Analytics
- New Relic
- ProfileBox (For Fusion Reactor)
- SeeFusion
- VisualVM
- None - we don't monitor our servers
- Other
If other, please specify
38. How do you lock down your servers for security? (Check all that apply)*
- CFConfig to apply lockdown settings
- Official lock down guides
- Ops people who handle that
- Our own security protocols
- The "secure profile" in Adobe CF
- None - What's security?
- Other
If other, please specify
39. Have your CF servers suffered from a hacking exploit in the last 2 years due to a CF-based vector? (Remember, this is anonymous) (Check all that apply)*
- No
- Yes, CF patching lack
- Yes, SQL params lack
- Yes, XSS protection lack
- Yes, public CF admin
- Yes, other vulnerable app code
- Yes, zero day issue in CF engine
- Other
If other, please specify

Wrap up
Final page!
40. What aspects of CF are keeping you and/or your company using it? (Check all that apply)*
- Backing from a large company (Adobe)
- Built-in features
- Clients request we use CFML
- Cloud support
- Easy to integrate with other systems
- Easy to hire CF developers
- Fast to learn
- Fun to code in
- Good documentation
- Good performance/scaling
- Good security
- Good support from your CF vendor
- Less code than other languages
- Open source engines
- Prior investment in CF is too large to rewrite
- Rapid development
- Supportive community
- Works with many different databases
- You like the IDE choices/plugins
- You like the tooling/frameworks
- Other
If other, please specify
41. What aspects of CF are preventing you or your company from embracing CF? (Check all that apply)*
- Clients refuse to allow CFML solutions
- Difficult to find CF work
- Difficult to find CF developers
- It's seen as dying/legacy
- Managing legacy code is a pain
- Poor documentation
- Poor performance/scaling
- Poor support from your CF vendor
- Poor security
- Unfixed bugs
- You don't like the IDE choices/plugins
- Nothing
- Other
If other, please specify
42. What is your approximate salary range in USD? (Remember, this is anonymous) (Check one)
- Unpaid
- < $25k
- $25k - $35k
- $35k - $45k
- $45k - $55k
- $55k - $65k
- $65k - $75k
- $75k - $85k
- $85k - $95k
- $95k - $105k
- $105k - $115k
- $115k - $125k
- $125k - $135k
- $135k - $145k
- $145k - $155k
- $155k - $165k
- $165k - $175k
- > $175k
If other, please specify
43. What is your current arrangement for CF work? (Check all that apply)*
- Salaried
- Contract
- Self-employed
- In house
- Remote
- Student
- Unemployed
- Other
44. What percentage of your PROFESSIONAL development time is spent on CFML (as opposed to other languages)? (Check one)*
- 100%
- 75%
- 50%
- 25%
- 0%
- I don't develop professionally
45. What percentage of your HOBBY development time is spent on CFML (as opposed to other languages)? (Check one)*
- 100%
- 75%
- 50%
- 25%
- 0%
- I don't develop as a hobby
46. Email address (to get a copy of the survey results - optional and not published in summary results)

We will email you a copy of your survey responses after you submit the page. Once we have the survey results we will send you a copy of those too. We will also send you our weekly ColdFusion updates. You can unsubscribe at any time.
47. Any additional comments?
Thanks so much for getting to the end of the survey!

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