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State of the CF Union 2022 Survey Results 3. – Frameworks and Methodology

August 29, 2023 By Michaela Light Leave a Comment

Below are the results to date for the 2022 State of the CF Union survey. This is the third part of the Survey, about Frameworks and Methodology.

For those of you who don't have time to read it now, here is a link to Download the PDF and read it later.

If you want to see the other 7 parts, just click on the section below.

1. Server Environment | 2. Your Environment | 3. Frameworks and Methodology | 4. Tools | 5. Your Programming Background | 6. ColdFusion Community | 7. Deployment | 8. Wrap up

Contents

  • 3. Frameworks and Methodology
    • 7. What MVC Frameworks do you use? (Check all that apply)
    • 8. What ColdFusion-based CMS do you use? (Check all that apply)
    • 9. What JavaScript libraries do you use? (Check all that apply)
    • 10. What CSS frameworks do you use? (Check all that apply)
    • 11. What CFC dependency injection frameworks and tools do you use? (Check all that apply)
    • 12. Which persistence frameworks do you use? (Check all that apply)
    • 13. What testing and mocking frameworks do you use? (Check all that apply)
    • 14. What type of CF Mobile development frameworks are you using? (Check all that apply)
    • 15. What miscellaneous frameworks/tools are you using? (Check all that apply)
    • 16. What CF features do you use for code reuse? (Check all that apply)

 

3. Frameworks and Methodology

7. What MVC Frameworks do you use? (Check all that apply)

Others

test
Farcry
Kendo UI
Used to use ColdBox, but again, community issues have forced me to leave CF
Hoping to migrate to ColdBox soon!
Fusebox Hybrid
AngularJS
Internally developed
FarCry
Coldspring
I have never been trained to use MVC Frameworks
home-built framework specific to app, designed 15 years ago

8. What ColdFusion-based CMS do you use? (Check all that apply)

Others

test
in-house
Workcube
Masa
My own built CMS
Homesite
Masa CMS
WordPress
Massa
Icm
Masa CMS
WordPress 🙂
Guinevere
own
My blog runs on duct-tape and grit.
Masa CMS
Masa CMS
Masa CMS
Wheelie CMS
Masa CMS
I use a cms it's not Coldfusion tried ContentBox couldn't serve a demo on cf2016
home grown
Wordpress/Docker
Proprietary
Homemade
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9. What JavaScript libraries do you use? (Check all that apply)

Others

Custom Scfripts
Alpine.js
HTMX
Nuxt
MooTools
vanilla javascript; jEasyUI
Webix
Angular.js (the other version), Umbrella JS
HTMX
MDB5
htmx.org
Alpine.js
Alpine JS
Alpine
I have never been trained to use JavaScript Libraries
MDB5
htmx
Mootools
GSAP
Custom built
Native Web Components
Handlebars

10. What CSS frameworks do you use? (Check all that apply)

Others

Material
Bulma.css
Bulma
MJML (for E-mail), Skeleton
Quasar
Bulma
SemanticUI
Bulma
DevExtreme
Skeleton
Tachyons
semanticui
Bulma
semantic
I have never been trained to use CSS frameworks
Custom built
I write my own CSS, love learning all the cool stuff you can do with it.

11. What CFC dependency injection frameworks and tools do you use? (Check all that apply)

Others

FW/1
Plevne
coldbox built-in
I have never been trained to use CFC dependency injection frameworks

12. Which persistence frameworks do you use? (Check all that apply)

Others

Workcube
Home brewed
Masa CMS ORM
QB
I have never been trained to use persistence frameworks
idk
datamgr

13. What testing and mocking frameworks do you use? (Check all that apply)

Others

Homegrown
Canvas and orchestrator
My own review
straight up old fashioned test scripts. I find if you have to write the tests and expected result, you actually have better testing
cucumber
Playwright
Playwright
TestComplete
Playwright
Codeceptjs
Playwright
jMeter
testcafe
Reflect
thanks for the embarassing reminder... need.

14. What type of CF Mobile development frameworks are you using? (Check all that apply)

Others

Kotlin
Responsive CSS
Capacitor
not doing mobile dev in cf though we develop rest that mobile apps consume
Xojo
Kotlin Xamirin
Microsoft Xamarin/.net 6
We want to do mobile Dev
Not doing mobile Dev yet. but would like to know. Need training
app wrapper GoNative
Am currently learning more about creating Mobile Apps in CF. I will offer Mobile App dev to my clients when I am ready.

15. What miscellaneous frameworks/tools are you using? (Check all that apply)

Others

Plevne
webpack, postcss, babel, eslint
THANK YOU to Ortus for Commandbox!
CommandBox Bullet Train!
Taffy

16. What CF features do you use for code reuse? (Check all that apply)

Others

CFX tags
CF Modules
Forgebox package management through CommandBox

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Michaela Light is the host of the CF Alive Podcast and has interviewed more than 100 ColdFusion experts. In each interview, she asks "What Would It Take to make CF more alive this year?" The answers still inspire her to continue to write and interview new speakers.

Michaela has been programming in ColdFusion for more than 20 years. She founded TeraTech in 1989. The company specializes in ColdFusion application development, security and optimization. She has also founded the CFUnited Conference and runs the annual State of the CF Union Survey.

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