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I'd forgotten about Coldfusion. Is anyone still using that technology?

TwelveNights 8y ago
I've only heard of it being used for internal tooling. I wouldn't be surprised if it was still kicking in some industries though.
etxm 8y ago
It’s the new cobol. I think TechStyle still uses it.
smcmurtry 8y ago
The Government of Canada is.
wyqydsyq 8y ago
There was actually a post a few weeks ago about a project which is essentially a modern CF runtime, while I still can't imagine anyone using it to build new projects, I'm sure many orgs are still actively using it to glue their legacy systems to newer ones
- general8bitso 8y ago
  Lucee. Also, the Coldbox platform/framework is pretty slick (currently maintained CF framework).
zhte415 8y ago
12 years experience in Vue or Backbone? Coldfusion was forgotten in a Flash, sorry for the pun. I do like jQuery, paired with it Coldfusion in the article, because of it's simplicity over what seems heavy React, Angular, and expect it to outlive them. I also expect human readable CSS to return, and for PHP to live a long life.
abledon 8y ago
doTerra, The largest essential oil company on the global scale.
sundvor 8y ago
As a former CF dev I laughed out loud when I saw that part - CF+JQuery. But yeah, it's amazingly resilient. The Java bytecode was quite fast and stable. However there are certainly better tech stacks available. For one, the variable scoping was nightmare-inducing stuff.
- Novashi 8y ago
  I thought CF had a reputation of being insecure though?
  - general8bitso 8y ago
    Linode had an exploit awhile back, from their CF admin interface. Lucee and CF runtimes are still activily maintained.
hnzix 8y ago
One of my clients is a relatively major educational institution and they still use ColdFusion to drive some in-house CMS abomination. If it ain't broke? I do still use Dreamweaver templates sometimes though! The awesome static site generator of the 90s. You can give the templates to marketing folks and they can use the GUI to make content updates. (I know I should feel bad for not using some JS framework that nerfs their SEO and breaks the back button.)
general8bitso 8y ago
Grossing almost $600k per month, using it as a SaaS backend.
gorbachev 8y ago
I used to do some ColdFusion development a long, long time ago. I get an occasional cold call from a LinkedIn recruiter about once every two years for an open role requiring ColdFusion expertise.
taude 8y ago
Yes, we have a legacy product, still in production, still being maintained that generates in the 10 figures of revenue.

I've only heard of it being used for internal tooling. I wouldn't be surprised if it was still kicking in some industries though.

etxm 8y ago

It’s the new cobol. I think TechStyle still uses it.

smcmurtry 8y ago

The Government of Canada is.

wyqydsyq 8y ago

There was actually a post a few weeks ago about a project which is essentially a modern CF runtime, while I still can't imagine anyone using it to build new projects, I'm sure many orgs are still actively using it to glue their legacy systems to newer ones

general8bitso 8y ago
Lucee. Also, the Coldbox platform/framework is pretty slick (currently maintained CF framework).

zhte415 8y ago

12 years experience in Vue or Backbone? Coldfusion was forgotten in a Flash, sorry for the pun. I do like jQuery, paired with it Coldfusion in the article, because of it's simplicity over what seems heavy React, Angular, and expect it to outlive them. I also expect human readable CSS to return, and for PHP to live a long life.

abledon 8y ago

doTerra, The largest essential oil company on the global scale.

sundvor 8y ago

As a former CF dev I laughed out loud when I saw that part - CF+JQuery. But yeah, it's amazingly resilient. The Java bytecode was quite fast and stable. However there are certainly better tech stacks available. For one, the variable scoping was nightmare-inducing stuff.

Novashi 8y ago
I thought CF had a reputation of being insecure though?
- general8bitso 8y ago
  Linode had an exploit awhile back, from their CF admin interface. Lucee and CF runtimes are still activily maintained.

hnzix 8y ago

One of my clients is a relatively major educational institution and they still use ColdFusion to drive some in-house CMS abomination. If it ain't broke? I do still use Dreamweaver templates sometimes though! The awesome static site generator of the 90s. You can give the templates to marketing folks and they can use the GUI to make content updates. (I know I should feel bad for not using some JS framework that nerfs their SEO and breaks the back button.)

general8bitso 8y ago

Grossing almost $600k per month, using it as a SaaS backend.

gorbachev 8y ago

I used to do some ColdFusion development a long, long time ago. I get an occasional cold call from a LinkedIn recruiter about once every two years for an open role requiring ColdFusion expertise.

taude 8y ago

Yes, we have a legacy product, still in production, still being maintained that generates in the 10 figures of revenue.