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