ColdFusion used to work this way:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_ColdFusion

What surprised me is that when I went to look at the Wikipedia page for CF, apparently its latest release was this year! I haven’t heard anybody mention it in a very long time.

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bdcravens 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

I was active in the ColdFusion/CFML community for a long time, and still run some production code in it. It certainly isn't popular, but just carries on quietly, powering a lot of internal applications you'll never hear about. Many run the open source version of it (Lucee).

	▲	tootubular 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		Indeed it does. I maintain one such application while an in-progress rewrite develops. Gotta say, it's not been that bad and the Lucee docs have served me well, but for whatever reason I tend to be pleased/impressed by all kinds of tech, even when popular opinion is negative about it.

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freedomben 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

With how deeply embedded cold fusion was in many gigantic corporations I've worked with, I would not be surprised if it stays alive for decades to come because nobody ever can port off of it.

	▲	bdcravens 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		Don't remember the full context, but I heard a few years ago from Adobe that they could never sell another license to the private sector and government licenses would be self-sustaining.

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pjmlp a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Same with Dreamweaver, many aren't aware it is still around.

https://www.adobe.com/products/dreamweaver.html

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lisbbb 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I worked at a major university that used ColdFusion. They had one guy furiously writing all these websites that were total one-offs. They didn't use source control. Every project was a copy of his original. If there was a bug, he had to update dozens of projects instead of maintaining common source across those dozens of sites. He was totally insane and making bank.

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Tostino 13 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

The company which bought my last startup, their main product (Trade Promotion Management tool) was in CF.

Definitely a little talked about language, but it does get some use.

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conception 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Lucee took over and is still active (ish).

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CPLX 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Apparently some here are quite active with it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46211559

Also longtime internet celebrity and occasional HN poster Pud built the wildly successful Distrokid service with it.