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

January 16, 2022 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 part 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

  • 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)

 

Frameworks and Methodology

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

Others

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

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

Others

Our clients use my custom CMS and love it.
Masa
Custom built
I have built my own
Spanz CMS
Don’t use a CF CMS. All CMS-based development where I work has been moved to WordPress or headless WordPress and React.
I have never been trained to use CMS. I don't know what this is.
SiteFusion
Homemade
Proprietary
Wordpress/Docker
home grown
I use a cms it's not Coldfusion tried ContentBox couldn't serve a demo on cf2016
Masa CMS
Wheelie CMS
Masa CMS
Masa CMS
Masa CMS
My blog runs on duct-tape and grit.
own
Guinevere
WordPress 🙂
Masa CMS
Icm
Massa
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9. What JavaScript libraries do you use? (Check all that apply)

Others

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

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

Others

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

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

Others

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

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

Others

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

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

Others

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

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

Others

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

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

Others

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

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

Others

Forgebox package management through CommandBox
CF Modules
CFX tags

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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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