coldfusion: a dying platform? i think not.

while surfin around the web one day, i stumbled across a question/answer thread Linked In.  generally, i watch the questions being asked so i can see if my services can be utilized somewhere.  one question caught my eye, since it dealt with a topic i am very familiar with.  coldfusion. 

for those of you who don't know, coldfusion is one of the first web related programming languages, not to mention a complete application platform for developing and delivering powerful and scaleable applications and websites.  its hard to tell im a coldfusion developer, huh?

the question struck a nerve.  "what is your opinion on the current, professional standing on CF and what do you think the future will hold for it and its vast community of users?"  the thread instantly took a bad turn, with the .NETers chiming in about this and that.  their main contention being that coldfusion is a dead language.  it really urks me when the drag and drop programmers out there think their language is superior, without ever coding in anything but.   

we code in a little bit of everything here at brice cheddarn.  coldfusion is our favorite, with PHP coming in a close second.  we have done sites in ASP, and currently dabble with a little .NET here and there.  we are fluent in all versions of SQL, proficient in XML, XSLT and javascript, and we are just getting acquainted with AJAX and Ruby on Rails.  since we have dabbled in several languages, we can give a fairly objective opinion.  so, when we saw the q and a getting negative against coldfusion, we had to speak our mind.  and shortly there after, some of my other CFers come out of the wood work and helping demonstrate how ridiculous the .NETers are.  get a clue, drag and droppers.

if you want to find out more about coldfusion, here are some resources.  read up, cause our mission here is to let the world know how powerful coldfusion really is.

http://www.sitepoint.com/article/making-case-coldfusion/
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/coldfusion/
http://www.forta.com/cf/links/
http://www.sitepoint.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=214

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