What Software devs are Saying in late 2022?

SlashData's 23rd Developer Nation global survey results!?

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What Software devs are Saying??

Hey Guys,

This is going to be a very short post.

I wanted to summarize this rather large survey by SlashData. SlashData's 23rd Developer Nation global survey ran from June to August 2022 and reached more than 26,000 developers from 163 countries.

It’s data o’clock time, at least to see the results of this major software developer survey.

So let’s get into it:

Executive Summary

During a time of plentiful jobs and unique opportunities software engineers are thriving. However their strategy is changing in late 2022.

SlashData has released its 23rd State of the Developer Nation report, and it’s good news for Rust, Kotlin, Java, and Python.

Software developers are spending less time experimenting with new tools and frameworks and sticking to what what they know – although the blockchain seems to be generating growing interest from coding communities.

Specializing in What You Know

The study found that web developers are settling for a smaller number of frameworks than they may have done in the past, with researchers suggesting that developers are experimenting less and sticking with what they know and what works.

React

The study found that web developers are settling for a smaller number of frameworks than they may have done in the past, with researchers suggesting that developers are experimenting less and sticking with what they know and what works.

JavaScript Larger than Life

JavaScript remains the largest programming language community, SlashData found. According to its research, there are an estimated 19.6 million developers worldwide using JavaScript every day in everything from web development and mobile apps to backend coding, cloud and game design.

Java Community growing fast

Java, meanwhile, is growing rapidly. In the last two years, the size of the Java community has more than doubled from 8.3 million to 16.5 million, SlashData found. For perspective, the global developer population grew about half as fast over the same period.

Rust and Kotlin Becoming Mainstream

Despite this huge growth, Kotlin and Rust are the two fastest-growing language communities, the report found: both programming languages more than doubled in size during the past two years.

Is Web 3 Coding worth it?

Blockchain technologies have applications in a wide range of industries, the report said, particularly in finance, logistics, and government. As such, SlashData's 2022 survey sought to understand where developers' interests lie, and why.

Not into NFTs

Of the three blockchain technologies covered in the report, non-fungible tokens (NFTs) were found to be of least interest to developers: 58% showed "no interest" in NFTs, which SlashData said was "likely due to its perception as a novelty".

Real Blockchain Projects

The report found that one-quarter (25%) of developers currently work on, or are learning about, blockchain applications other than cryptocurrencies. Developers with six to 10 years of experience in software development are the most likely to be working on blockchain projects, SlashData found.

Low Software Dev Adoption levels in Web 3

Overall, only 9% of developers involved in SlashData's survey were involved in blockchain technologies. This could be due to the early stage of the technology. As more learning materials are made available to lower the barriers of entry, developers might be able to get involved in blockchain earlier in their careers, SlashData said.

Software Engineer Student Goals

SlashData also looked into the factors that motivate young people to get into computer programming and what they want from their careers.

Most of the student developers surveyed identified solving problems as their top career aspiration (32%). This was followed by the desire to become an expert in a domain or technology (29%), building innovative products or services (27%), and working on challenging projects (26%).?

The Solid Big Four

In unrelated rankings, developers who learn JavaScript, Python, Java, and PHP look to be pretty safe in their choice of programming languages for now, at least according to developer analyst RedMonk's most recent popularity rankings.?

What do you think?

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