Stack Overflow’s Survey 2017 vs 2018

Not so long ago Stack Overflow released the results of their annual developer survey.

This year, they had more than 100,000 respondents, while in 2017 this number was 64,000. Amazing! It is the world’s largest developer survey fow now.

Here I compiled some points from “Technology” part. So now lets see what the software development profession looks like in 2018 comparing to 2017.

2017

1 Programming languages

For the sixth year in a row, JavaScript is the most commonly used programming language. Python has risen in the ranks, surpassing C# this year, much like it surpassed PHP last year.

20182017

2 Frameworks, libraries and tools

Node.js and AngularJS just swithched their places, continuing to be the most commonly used technologies in this category, with React and .Net Core also important to many developers.

20182017

3 Databases

Like last year, MySQL and SQL Server are the most commonly used databases.

20182017

4 Platforms

Linux and Windows Desktop or Server are the most common choices that respondents say they have done development work for this year.

2017

5 Most loved languages

For the third year in a row, Rust is the most loved programming language among respondents, followed close behind by Kotlin, a language that was asked about for the first time on the survey this year. This means that proportionally, more developers want to continue working with these than other languages.

20182017

6 Most loved frameworks, libraries and tools

TensorFlow, one of the fastest growing technologies on Stack Overflow, is most loved by developers. React is the framework developers say they most want to work with if they do not already.

20182017

7 Development environment

Visual Studio Code just edged out Visual Studio as the most popular developer environment tool for web developers.

20182017

8 Top paying technologies

And the most inteteresting point. Who is a rich cat here? Globally, respondents who use F#, Ocaml, Clojure, and Groovy earn the highest salaries, with median salaries above $70,000 USD. Think about that! ))

2018

Written by Natalia Kukushkina

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