Who Uses ColdFusion Anymore?

Posted By: Mark Aplet 3 Comments April 19, 2010

I went to a web development meeting a few days ago and when I mentioned during the introductions that I was a ColdFusion developer the reaction from others in the room was that of amazement. I think they were amazed that the language still existed. I'm not surprised really. It's actually a common reaction from developers.

Someone in the room asked, "Does anyone even use ColdFusion anymore?" I know that I see ColdFusion powered sites all the time, but for the life of me I could not recall a single site that used it other than MySpace. And honestly, that's not a shining example of a good CF site. Feeling a bit embarrassed that I could not recall some decent sites on the spot, I felt I needed to do a bit of research and compile a list ColdFusion powered sites. If for no other reason that to answer this simple question when asked.

So here is a list more popular sites that I know to run ColdFusion. If your wanting to find a more comprehensive list, GotCFM.com has a pretty large database of sites.

 

  1. AT&T (portions)
  2. Bank of America (portions)
  3. Boeing (portions)
  4. California Department of Toxic Substance Control
  5. California Department of Water Resources
  6. California Dept of Developmental Services
  7. CarFax
  8. Dallas Cowboys
  9. Doctors Without Borders
  10. Duke University
  11. eBags
  12. Ebay (portions)
  13. Energy Star
  14. Foot Locker
  15. Gamepro
  16. Georgia Tech Savannah
  17. Guitar Center
  18. Hasbro Toys
  19. HP (portions)
  20. Logitech
  21. Macworld UK
  22. Massey University
  23. Merrill Lynch (portions)
  24. MMORPG
  25. MySpace
  26. NASA (portions)
  27. Ohio University
  28. Pottery Barn
  29. QuickBooks Online
  30. Scientific American
  31. Section 508
  32. See's Candy
  33. The Economist 
  34. U.S. Bank
  35. Ultimate Fighting Championship
  36. University Of Amsterdam UVA
  37. University of Maryland
  38. US Dept of State
  39. Virginia College
  40. Vodafone

Tags: ColdFusion · Opinions & Rants

3 comments so far ↓

  • 1 Sean Schroeder // Jun 1, 2010 at 2:58 PM
    Mark,

    There are a few more you can add to your list...some highlights from the Mura CMS site:

    http://www.getmura.com/index.cfm/overview/who-uses-mura/

    Speaking of which, when you gonna port some of your Mango Blog themes to Mura? ;)
  • 2 Mark Aplet // Jun 1, 2010 at 3:08 PM
    Some great companies listed there Sean. I should be learning to skin Mura soon. Once I get the hang of it, I will probably create some custom themes for it since it's a CMS and not a blog platform. I can probably port some of the themes over to Mura too for those that want that blog look from their CMS.

    Come to think about it. Next time there is a topic on skinning Mura please let me know, I would like to sit in on that conversation. Having never used Mura outside of a demo, I have no idea how templates are built for it.
  • 3 ppshein // Sep 19, 2010 at 8:27 AM
    Dun worry. CF reputation will be building up soon because of Railo.

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