High Satisfaction Among JavaScript Developers

The outcomes of the 2022 State of JavaScript Survey have been launched. What do they inform us concerning the ever-expanding JavaScript ecosystem and the builders who use it?

The State of JavaScript Survey has been carried out yearly since 2016. It has grown 12 months on 12 months and in accordance with Sacha Greif, who was its co-founder and has been concerned in all seven iterations, in 2022 the survey acquired 39,472 responses, virtually double the variety of the earlier 12 months. Not all of the respondents answered all of the questions – though over 70% answered no less than 90% of them which is a reasonably spectacular completion price.

In addition to taking a look at developer’s satisfaction with the JavaScript ecosystem and their data of its options, a subject we’ll cowl in a future merchandise, the survey gives attention-grabbing insights into how JavaScript is used and for what functions.

One new chart ion this 12 months’s report reveals that TypeScript is now the predominant flavour of JavaScript. Once you get rid of the 10278 respondents who did not reply this query, 28% of “JavaScript” builders use TypeScript 100% of the time in comparison with 11.1% who by no means use it:

Regardless of having seen TypeScript’s rise in recognition over time because it was launched I’ve to confess I discover this an eye fixed opener.

Nearly all of survey respondents use Java Professionally – 85% in comparison with 7% utilizing it as a scholar and eight% as a passion. By way of Trade Sector the software program trade itself comes prime, with adopted by Ecommerce & Retail. Right here the chart is truncated at Scholar however past that comes there is a lengthy tail together with some surprises like Journey (2.4%), Hospitality (1.2%) and Agriculture (1.2%).

JavaScript is overwhelmingly used for internet improvement with 98% of those that answered the query deciding on Frontend Growth and 65% Backend Growth. This was a “choose all of the choices that apply” query so Cell and Desktop apps, with 27% and 20% respectively had been solutions you might need anticipated. I am lower than satisfied about utilizing JavaScript for Embedded Apps, chosen by 997 builders, and Machine Studying, chosen by 661.

Given the vary of makes use of for JavaScript it comes as no shock that builders additionally use different languages. Python, utilized by 47.2%, comes prime which solely goes to bolster the concept that Python has turn into very talked-about. PHP which has historically underpinned internet improvement comes second with 28.8%, intently adopted by Java at 26.7%. The upcoming Rust and Go simply outdo C# whereas Kotlin and Dart are new entrants to the highest twelve non-Javascript languages used alongside it.

Over 300,000 survey respondents answered the last word query:

Fewer than 5% had been both Sad or Very Sad; 18.8% had been impartial and 75.3% had been Completely happy or Very Completely happy which will be thought-about a superb outcome for such a prevalent programming language.