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
| Using CF with VueJS for data |
| not sure |
| Docker 101 |
| multi-site serving. resilience |
| Next-Gen Messaging and BigData Messaging |
| Next-Gen Messaging and BigData Messaging |
| AI |
| Tools that let us code less, deliver faster, and focus on the stuff that cannot be automated. |
| proliferation of the language |
| AI |
| Coldbox Elixir / Webpack |
| htmltopdf improvements |
| Message Queues |
| AWS Amplify |
| Onboarding to AWS using the CF AMI |
30. What CF blogs do you read (Check all that apply)
Others
but neither very frequently
cfblogs.org
Adam Cameron
Raymond Camden
Adam Cameron’s PHP Blog
Adam Cameron, Sean Corfield, Adam Tuttle
blog.adamcameron.me
Adam Cameron
Mark Takata
CFBlogs Feed (so all of the above)
John Farrar
Gregory’s Blog
Adam Cameron
I read mostly what I find on Google, or what is mentioned in Modernize or Die podcast
Slack
CFBreak
none that I read on a regular basis, but occasionally I go through some of them
CFBREAK
John Farrar
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.
CFML Slack list
CFBreak newsletter
Adam Cameron
31. Which CF conferences will/did you attend this year? (Check all that apply)
Others
| Webinars from the conferences |
| No plans yet |
| Trying to get approval still |
| Not registered for any yet, but hoping to make it to at least 1! |
| no time, i'll partecipate in a virtual one but seems no exist at the time |
32. What online CF communities do you participate in? (Check all that apply)
Others
| Mastodon |
| Working Code discord, Mastodon |
| Working Code discord |
| Wording Code Podcast discord |
| Working Code Podcast |
| Mastodon |
| TeamCFML |
| TeamCFML |
| Was in cfml slack, but adam cameron is an asshole |
| Coldfusion CFML Brazil |
| Preside Slack |
| PresideCMS Slack |
| Preside Slack |
| Seattle ColdFusion User group |
33. CF Open Source (Check all that apply)
Others
| none |
| None |
| Prefer not to use |
| n/a |
| Would like to contribute to open source but don't have time |
| haven't contributed for a while, some years |
| None |
| choose not to |
| NA |
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.
