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Ask SN: Is Cold Fusion a dead programming language?
391 sats \ 16 comments \ @BlokchainB 16 Jan devs
At my fiat mining job we have a lot of web applications that are programmed in Adobe Cold Fusion. One thing I noticed is not a single bitcoin application I ever came across uses this programming language.
So I must ask is cold fusion dead? Should I be putting pressure on the dev team switch into something a bit more modern?
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129 sats \ 0 replies \ @k00b 16 Jan
I've never heard of it which would mean it's dead, newly born, or used for very niche applications.
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2010 sats \ 3 replies \ @kepford 16 Jan
Depends on what you mean by dead. I learned CF in the early 2000s and even then it wasn't used much outside of gov/education.
Should I be putting pressure on the dev team switch into something a bit more modern?
100%, though it has nothing to do with modern. It has to do with what you can run it on. License requirements and most importantly finding devs that know it and enjoy using it.
I don't know a single dev that writes CF anymore. Its owned by Adobe and I NEVER see it listed in reports on programming languages. I don't see it as a requirement in job postings. I don't know a single company that uses it.
I was curious so I used Google Trends and you can see the trend over the past 20 years.
I would NEVER write an app with this language. There are so many better options.
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55 sats \ 2 replies \ @BlokchainB OP 16 Jan
Great answer thank you!
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85 sats \ 0 replies \ @kepford 16 Jan
Hey, I hope you can talk some sense into them.
To me besides functionality one of the biggest factors if you are a mid to large company with a language is hiring. Can you hire good devs to fill the roles.
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79 sats \ 0 replies \ @kepford 16 Jan
My pleasure. FWIW at the time as a new dev I liked CF but I didn't know much and quickly found the value in the many open source ecosystems. Wordpress and mainly the Drupal opened my eyes to the power of open source code and collaboration. Changed my life really.
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184 sats \ 0 replies \ @BTC_Bellzer 16 Jan
From a former tech headhunter, it's dead
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46 sats \ 0 replies \ @0xIlmari 17 Jan
Never heard of it.
And Adobe is one of the worst companies to be vendor-locked with, so you should absolutely champion a transition into an open standard, if at all possible.
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60 sats \ 0 replies \ @sasasuina 17 Jan
Never heard of it. So I’m guessing it’s long dead, rotting away, and buried under a thick layer of dust. 😄
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69 sats \ 0 replies \ @jeguebra 17 Jan
oh boy, that is old, very old
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100 sats \ 0 replies \ @Coinsreporter 16 Jan
However still used in legacy systems and government applications, adine has announced an end to it's life.
Thank you for being part of the exciting journey of Adobe ColdFusion Builder.
As Adobe continues to focus on ColdFusion Builder extension for Visual Studio Code as the IDE for Adobe ColdFusion, we have decided to End of Life (EOL) Adobe ColdFusion Builder on Oct 1, 2024.
https://helpx.adobe.com/coldfusion/kb/coldfusion-builder-eol-faq.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @SimpleStacker 16 Jan
I've never heard of it. What were some of its advantages over other languages back when it was starting off?
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @NovaRift 16 Jan
https://www.fosterwebmarketing.com/blog/coldfusion-the-powerful-development-platform-that-drives-dss.cfm
There’s this persistent myth out there that ColdFusion is a “dead” scripting language. It comes up every once in a while, usually after some kind of clickbait video goes viral with the proclamation. Everyone else jumps on the bandwagon, and the myth gets revived and circulated in the name of clicks. And, each time, we see a big uptick in the number of alarmed questions we get about the scripting language we prefer to use and why.
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2010 sats \ 3 replies \ @e0ce06e368 16 Jan outlawed
stackers have outlawed this. turn on wild west mode in your /settings to see outlawed content.