Below are the results to date for the 2023 State of the CF Union survey. This is the sixth part of the Survey, about the ColdFusion Community (all the places you learn and share about CF).
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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
Contents
- 6. ColdFusion Community
- 28. How often do you attend ColdFusion User Group meetings? (Check one)
- 29. What CF related topics are you interested in learning this year? (Check all that apply)
- 30. What CF blogs do you read (Check all that apply)
- 31. Which CF conferences will/did you attend this year? (Check all that apply)
- 32. What online CF communities do you participate in? (Check all that apply)
- 33. CF Open Source (Check all that apply)
- 34. I listen to the CF-related channels (Check all that apply)
6. ColdFusion Community
28. How often do you attend ColdFusion User Group meetings? (Check one)
Others
| Onboarding to AWS using the CF AMI |
| AWS Amplify |
| Message Queues |
| htmltopdf improvements |
| Coldbox Elixir / Webpack |
| AI |
| proliferation of the language |
| Tools that let us code less, deliver faster, and focus on the stuff that cannot be automated. |
| AI |
| Next-Gen Messaging and BigData Messaging |
| Next-Gen Messaging and BigData Messaging |
| multi-site serving. resilience |
| Docker 101 |
| not sure |
| Using CF with VueJS for data |
30. What CF blogs do you read (Check all that apply)
Others
Adam Cameron
CFBreak newsletter
CFML Slack list
The quality of CF blogging has plummeted in the last few years. It’s impossible to even have a discussion without Arehart blaming you for your questions and white-knighting ColdFusion.
John Farrar
CFBREAK
none that I read on a regular basis, but occasionally I go through some of them
CFBreak
Slack
I read mostly what I find on Google, or what is mentioned in Modernize or Die podcast
Adam Cameron
Gregory’s Blog
John Farrar
CFBlogs Feed (so all of the above)
Mark Takata
Adam Cameron
blog.adamcameron.me
Adam Cameron, Sean Corfield, Adam Tuttle
Adam Cameron’s PHP Blog
Raymond Camden
Adam Cameron
cfblogs.org
but neither very frequently
31. Which CF conferences will/did you attend this year? (Check all that apply)
Others
| no time, i'll partecipate in a virtual one but seems no exist at the time |
| Not registered for any yet, but hoping to make it to at least 1! |
| Trying to get approval still |
| No plans yet |
| Webinars from the conferences |
32. What online CF communities do you participate in? (Check all that apply)
Others
| Seattle ColdFusion User group |
| Preside Slack |
| PresideCMS Slack |
| Preside Slack |
| Coldfusion CFML Brazil |
| Was in cfml slack, but adam cameron is an asshole |
| TeamCFML |
| TeamCFML |
| Mastodon |
| Working Code Podcast |
| Wording Code Podcast discord |
| Working Code discord |
| Working Code discord, Mastodon |
| Mastodon |
33. CF Open Source (Check all that apply)
Others
| NA |
| choose not to |
| None |
| haven't contributed for a while, some years |
| Would like to contribute to open source but don't have time |
| n/a |
| Prefer not to use |
| None |
| none |
Others
| None |
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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.
