Overall Survey Results:


State of the CF Union Survey


1Required What version of ColdFusion do you use (check all that apply)?
 
Answer
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Number of
Responses		Response
Ratio
CF 9
   
337 45.9%
CF 8
   
594 81.0%
CF 7
   
258 35.1%
CF 6/MX
   
69 9.4%
CF 5 or Earlier
   
39 5.3%
Open BlueDragon
   
27 3.6%
BlueDragon Commercial
   
9 1.2%
Railo
   
169 23.0%
 Totals733100%

2What type of ColdFusion are you running?
 
Answer
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Number of
Responses		Response
Ratio
Enterprise
   
401 54.7%
Standard
   
288 39.2%
N/A
   
40 5.4%
No Responses
   
4<1%
 Totals733100%
3What CF Server OS are you using?
 
Answer
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Number of
Responses		Response
Ratio
Windows
   
579 78.9%
Unix
   
150 20.4%
No Responses
   
4<1%
 Totals733100%
4What frameworks do you use? (Check all that apply)
 
Answer
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Number of
Responses		Response
Ratio
Fusebox
   
258 49.0%
Model Glue
   
118 22.4%
Mach II
   
89 16.9%
ColdBox
   
112 21.2%
Coop
   
2 <1%
FW/1
   
78 14.8%
CFWheels
   
51 9.6%
LightFront
   
5 <1%
onTap
   
2 <1%
Other
   
95 18.0%
 Totals526100%
5What CFC frameworks do you use (check all that apply)?
 
Answer
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Number of
Responses		Response
Ratio
ColdSpring
   
255 95.1%
LightWire
   
35 13.0%
 Totals268100%
6Which persistence frameworks do you use (check all that apply)?
 
Answer
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Number of
Responses		Response
Ratio
Transfer
   
128 57.1%
Reactor
   
47 20.9%
CF9 hibernate
   
118 52.6%
 Totals224100%
7What CF features do you use for code reuse (check all that apply)?
 
Answer
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Number of
Responses		Response
Ratio
CFCs
   
677 93.1%
User defined functions
   
508 69.8%
CF custom tags
   
499 68.6%
CF includes
   
602 82.8%
 Totals727100%
8 
How many years have you used ColdFusion?
 
Answer
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Number of
Responses		Response
Ratio
None
 
0 0.0%
Less than 1 year
   
12 1.6%
1 - 2 years
   
22 3.0%
3 - 5 years
   
128 17.4%
6 - 10 years
   
278 37.9%
10 + years
   
287 39.1%
No Responses
   
6<1%
 Totals733100%
9 
How many years have you used OO?
 
Answer
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Number of
Responses		Response
Ratio
None
   
78 10.6%
Less than 1 year
   
71 9.6%
1 - 2 years
   
152 20.7%
3 - 5 years
   
241 32.8%
6 - 10 years
   
108 14.7%
10 + years
   
75 10.2%
No Responses
   
81.0%
 Totals733100%
10Other languages/environments you use (check all that apply)?
 
Answer
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Number of
Responses		Response
Ratio
Flex
   
290 49.6%
AIR
   
149 25.5%
.Net
   
141 24.1%
Java
   
267 45.7%
PHP
   
239 40.9%
Ruby
   
44 7.5%
Python
   
32 5.4%
Groovy
   
29 4.9%
Other
   
77 13.1%
 Totals584100%
11Databases you use (check all that apply)?
 
Answer
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Number of
Responses		Response
Ratio
SQL Server
   
598 82.0%
Oracle
   
240 32.9%
Access
   
196 26.8%
MySQL
   
479 65.7%
PostgreSQL
   
67 9.1%
Other
   
34 4.6%
 Totals729100%
12What do you use for source code control (check all that apply)?
 
Answer
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Number of
Responses		Response
Ratio
Don't do source control
   
159 22.1%
ZIP up folders
   
45 6.2%
Visual Source Safe
   
71 9.8%
Subversion
   
450 62.5%
Git
   
63 8.7%
Other
   
101 14.0%
 Totals719100%
13What tools/IDEs do you use (check all that apply)?
 
Answer
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Number of
Responses		Response
Ratio
ColdFusion Builder
   
330 45.2%
CFEclipse
   
463 63.5%
TextMate w/CFML bundle
   
49 6.7%
CF Studio
   
69 9.4%
Homesite
   
117 16.0%
Dreamweaver
   
378 51.8%
IntelliJ IDEA
   
11 1.5%
Other
   
66 9.0%
 Totals729100%
14How many CF developers at your organization?
 
 Number of
Responses
  709
15How many total employees at your organization?
 
 Number of
Responses
  709
16How often do you attend Adobe User Group meetings?
 
Answer
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Number of
Responses		Response
Ratio
11-12 times per year
   
73 9.9%
6-10 times per year
   
93 12.6%
2-5 times per year
   
156 21.2%
once per year
   
139 18.9%
never
   
261 35.6%
No Responses
   
111.5%
 Totals733100%
17Which conferences do you attend? (check all that apply)
 
Answer
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Number of
Responses		Response
Ratio
CFUnited
   
319 62.1%
MAX
   
154 30.0%
CF.Objective()
   
103 20.0%
Scotch on the Rocks
   
55 10.7%
Other
   
97 18.9%
 Totals513100%
18What are your current ColdFusion challenges? (check all that apply)
 
Answer
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Number of
Responses		Response
Ratio
server crashing
   
101 14.6%
security holes
   
75 10.8%
learning new version
   
236 34.2%
integrating with legacy apps
   
166 24.0%
too much work, too little time
   
456 66.1%
bugs in ColdFusion
   
53 7.6%
maintaining someone else badly written code
   
318 46.1%
Other
   
117 16.9%
 Totals689100%
19Please enter the information indicated below.
 
AnswerNumber of
Responses
First Name 604
Last Name 603
Company Name 540
Work Phone 456
Email Address 602
Address 1 482
Address 2 110
City 504
State/Province
(US/Canada)		 537
Postal Code 515

   
20Any additional comments?
 
 Number of
Responses
  129
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