Happy Birthday ColdFusion

It's hard to believe that ColdFusion is 13 years old this year.  In the web world, that's ancient.   But despite all the up and coming new languages, ColdFusion has proven it is still a major player in the world of dynamic websites.

Simon Whatley writes a great article about how ColdFusion is largely mis-understood that explains ten ways how and why CF is still a major player after all these years:

"The weakness of every programming language does not lie with the language itself per se — albeit it can have an important influencing factor — but rather with the ability, or indeed inability, of the developer to leverage the language in the most efficient and optimal way.

ColdFusion, like every other programming language has had and I’m sure still does have its fair share of poor developers; those people simply working with it as a means-to-an-end, rather than those passionate about the language, those people programming without understanding the fundamentals of programming or the implications of their poorly written code. This is apparent from .NET to Java, ColdFusion to Ruby, JavaScript to ActionScript.

Let’s not dilly-dally, bicker or insult one another about which is best, which one is dying and which one is not worth the computer it is compiled on. What is important is to understand the merits of each language and decide which one best suits the application, not only in technical terms, but also in terms of time-to-market, cost of development, availability of a skilled workforce etc.

ColdFusion, whether rightly or wrongly in some people’s opinion, can sit proudly amongst its peers and provide a truly compelling alternative.  Here’s how (in no particular order)...

1)Low Total Cost of Ownership, 2) Rapid Application Development, ..."

Let’s not Dilly-Dally: ColdFusion has its Merits - Article and the complete list.

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