Daniel, just to clarify there’s no question that it will be called Builder (CF Builder).  I’d noted that below a few months ago. My sense was that Yodeler was asking then about the timing. It had been talked about (by Adobe) already earlier in late 2020, but it did not come out with CF2021 (in Nov 2020). So that’ why I answered more about the timing, and what may be holding them up.

But yes, all signs are that it will be called CF Builder (and be based on VS Code). Until then, everyone can just start using VS code (who is not) and use the available CFML extension for it. It may not even be that the first release from Adobe will exceed what some appreciate about those.

Thanks.  It would be nice if they would be transparent about it.  Are they working on it?  What kinds of features are they working on?  Are they making progress?  Is it still important?  I’m not looking for a specific release date, but some news on a semi regular basis would be nice.

They do need to come out with a version that has most of the features of the Eclipse version, otherwise it’s kind of like what’s the point.  If they don’t, then they would have to commit to supporting both versions for a while until the VSCode version has enough features.

I really hate silence for a prolonged period.  It erodes faith in the company and the product.

Well, there are just situations where their transparency falls down, either when they don’t offer much of any at all (as in this case), or in the recent updates to CF2021 and 2018 (where they had a prerelease, but the updates that came out last week were not those we had been working with in the prerelease).

But then I can report also that there was very little activity/interaction from the community in the prerelease, so perhaps they are again feeling damned if they do, damned if they don’t. Not making excuses: just sharing observations.

I agree that prolonged silence is deadly to a segment of the community. That said, there’s another (perhaps larger) segment who are just going about their day and not paying any attention to the timing of such things: they’ll look into it when it comes out, and until then they may not notice or care.

You are right that for those still using CFB2018, they would expect Adobe to update it. I’m not aware that they have specifically STOPPED updating it. While there may not have been an update in a while, it may be that there’s nothing compelling to update. (That’s not to deny that there are always bugs to be fixed. We could expect that at least those would be attended to.)

Again, I don’t speak for Adobe. But I do speak on their behalf as a fellow observer of things, sometimes offering a counterpoint to assertions some may make. It’s not to be merely argumentative, but to help readers to see that there may be another take.

More than anything, I’m sure you’d rather hear from Adobe. 🙂 We can only hope they may speak up.

Hey Charlie any word on this? Coming soon?

I’ve not heard a peep.