Re:Ask HN: Why no Coldfusion love?
by larrykubin on Friday January 23, 2015 @05:22PM
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It was the first technology I learned for database driven web development in 2003 and I got plenty done with it at the time. It really made it easy to get started since it was simple to write and understand. But when I changed positions and stopped working in a "ColdFusion shop", I learned PHP and Python, and haven't seen a need to check back in to see how ColdFusion is doing over the past 10 years. I began freelancing, and people often want things like Wordpress and Drupal customizations, or for you to install a bulletin board, or want you to know Django or Flask. The demand for ColdFusion developers just isn't there so that knowledge has mostly been erased from memory.
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I think if the average web developer, who had never tried CF, took a look at how easy it is to interact with DBs in CF....they'd probably be a bit shocked at how stupid easy it is. Definitely a strong point.
Even if it's just for personal play, you should look at CF again. A lot has happened in 10 years :) I'm biased since I'm involved in these projects, but I think ColdBox MVC, ContentBox CMS, and CommandBox CLI & package manager are great examples of of how CF can be modern and productive today.