We (Adobe) conducted a survey last September that reached out to ColdFusion customers (separately from the online community). Here is the breakdown of framework usage. However, I will say that popularity doesn't really mean much, nor does it give reliable credit to the usefulness of a framework. Remember, for years, Fusebox was the only game in town, so there were _a lot_ of application written with it.
Mach-ii: 12% Model-Glue: 19% Transfer: 14% Fusebox: 51% ColdSpring: 33% ColdBox: 20% Other: 20% A large part of the 'other' responses were write-ins for 'custom frameworks' and 'cfwheels'. It was a complete oversight that we didn't list CFWheels, although in all fairness,it just now seems to be gaining steam in the community. I will say that I wasn't surprised by these numbers at all. After traveling the world and meeting with 1000s of CF shops, this seems to be right on. On average half the places I visit are still using Fusebox or at least supporting older Fusebox apps. Don't believe me? Just ask Google? ;-) https://www.google-io.com/2010/index.cfm?fuseaction=reg.ReturnLogin As far as a recommendation, I strongly advocate ColdSpring. 1) because it can be used in tandem with other MVC frameworks 2) it's users tend to learn a lot about OO 3) I'm the community manager (who has been slacking on promoting it) -Adam On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 12:11 PM, John M Bliss <[email protected]> wrote: > > I think we're on the same page. The "eventually" from my earlier statement > could represent years... > > On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 10:57 AM, Mark A. Kruger <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > > > John, > > > > I am not arguing that FB is bad or on the demise :) But if it was you > > would > > not necessarily expect the jobs to dry up since so many applications out > > there use Fusebox - and they have to be maintained. If you can figure out > > how to tease out "new" jobs from "maintenance" jobs you might be able to > > make a firm statement there. > > > > -Mark > > > > > > Mark A. Kruger, MCSE, CFG > > (402) 408-3733 ext 105 > > www.cfwebtools.com > > www.coldfusionmuse.com > > www.necfug.com > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: John M Bliss [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Sunday, February 21, 2010 10:54 AM > > To: cf-talk > > Subject: Re: SOT: "most important" CFML framework > > > > > > Right...but one might guess that, if FuseBox remains "demised," that, > > eventually, these numbers will reverse (i.e. there'll be fewer FB jobs > and > > more Mach-ii jobs). Right? > > > > On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 10:30 AM, Mark A. Kruger > > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > > > > You may be a little off here.... Fusebox has been around a LOT longer > > than > > > the other ones. > > > > > > Mark A. Kruger, MCSE, CFG > > > (402) 408-3733 ext 105 > > > www.cfwebtools.com > > > www.coldfusionmuse.com > > > www.necfug.com > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: John M Bliss [mailto:[email protected]] > > > Sent: Sunday, February 21, 2010 9:44 AM > > > To: cf-talk > > > Subject: Re: SOT: "most important" CFML framework > > > > > > > > > So I thought I'd revisit this three months later (SEE OP for context): > > > > > > Integers are number of explicit "hits" on indeed.com: > > > > > > - Framework - 11/16 hits - 2/21 hits > > > - FuseBox - 76 - 130 > > > - Mach-ii - 72 - 42 > > > - Model-Glue - 61 - 27 > > > - ColdBox - 13 - 5 > > > - CFWheels - 0 - 0 > > > - OnTap - 0 - 0 > > > > > > ...?! The heck?! FuseBox winks and says, "Rumors of my demise have > been > > > greatly exaggerated." Guess I'll check again in another three > months... > > > > > > On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 11:32 AM, s. isaac dealey <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Free Agent > > > > > > http://www.freeagent.org > > > > > > > > > > Just as a heads-up, that appears to be a parked domain available > for > > > > sale. > > > > > > > > Arg!... Thanks Dave. http://freeagent.riaforge.org > > > > > > > > Now if I can figure out how to type. ;) > > > > > > > > -- > > > > s. isaac dealey :: AutLabs > > > > Creating meaningful employment for people with Autism > > > > http://www.autlabs.com > > > > ph: 817.385.0301 > > > > > > > > http://onTap.riaforge.org/blog > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:331117 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
