State of the CF Union survey – partial results (2010)

Here are the results from the 2010 State of the CF Union Survey

1	What version of ColdFusion do you use (check all that apply)?
	Answer 0% 100% Number of Responses Response Ratio CF 9 CF 9 337 45.9% CF 8 CF 8 594 81.0% CF 7 CF 7 258 35.1% CF 6/MX CF 6/MX 69 9.4% CF 5 or Earlier CF 5 or Earlier 39 5.3% Open BlueDragon Open BlueDragon 27 3.6% BlueDragon Commercial BlueDragon Commercial 9 1.2% Railo Railo 169 23.0% Totals 733 100%

2	What type of ColdFusion are you running?
	Answer 0% 100% Number of Responses Response Ratio Enterprise Enterprise 401 54.7% Standard Standard 288 39.2% N/A N/A 40 5.4% No Responses 4 <1% Totals 733 100%

3	What CF Server OS are you using?
	Answer 0% 100% Number of Responses Response Ratio Windows Windows 579 78.9% Unix Unix 150 20.4% No Responses 4 <1% Totals 733 100%

4	What frameworks do you use? (Check all that apply)
	Answer 0% 100% Number of Responses Response Ratio Fusebox Fusebox 258 49.0% Model Glue Model Glue 118 22.4% Mach II Mach II 89 16.9% ColdBox ColdBox 112 21.2% Coop Coop 2 <1% FW/1 FW/1 78 14.8% CFWheels CFWheels 51 9.6% LightFront LightFront 5 <1% onTap onTap 2 <1% Other 95 18.0% Totals 526 100%

5	What CFC frameworks do you use (check all that apply)?
	Answer 0% 100% Number of Responses Response Ratio ColdSpring ColdSpring 255 95.1% LightWire LightWire 35 13.0% Totals 268 100%

6	Which persistence frameworks do you use (check all that apply)?
	Answer 0% 100% Number of Responses Response Ratio Transfer Transfer 128 57.1% Reactor Reactor 47 20.9% CF9 hibernate CF9 hibernate 118 52.6% Totals 224 100%

7	What CF features do you use for code reuse (check all that apply)?
	Answer 0% 100% Number of Responses Response Ratio CFCs CFCs 677 93.1% User defined functions User defined functions 508 69.8% CF custom tags CF custom tags 499 68.6% CF includes CF includes 602 82.8% Totals 727 100%

8	How many years have you used ColdFusion?
	Answer 0% 100% Number of Responses Response Ratio None None 0 0.0% Less than 1 year Less than 1 year 12 1.6% 1 – 2 years 1 – 2 years 22 3.0% 3 – 5 years 3 – 5 years 128 17.4% 6 – 10 years 6 – 10 years 278 37.9% 10 + years 10 + years 287 39.1% No Responses 6 <1% Totals 733 100%

9	How many years have you used OO?
	Answer 0% 100% Number of Responses Response Ratio None None 78 10.6% Less than 1 year Less than 1 year 71 9.6% 1 – 2 years 1 – 2 years 152 20.7%

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You’re making a high-stakes bet that everything is going to be OK using the same old app creation ways in that one language — forever.

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