In May of this year, the 14th annual Stack Overflow Developer Survey began. Last week, Stack Overflow published the survey results based on responses from over 65,000 developers. Participating developers provided info about coding, technologies, tools they use, and more.
Some of the results were not surprising, such as JavaScript remaining the most popular programming language in the world. Another interesting result from the survey concerns the usage of AI tools in development. Over 76% of all respondents use or plan to use AI tools in their development process this year, an increase from last year. Also, 70% of professional developers do not perceive AI as a threat to their jobs.
2024 Stack Overflow Developer Survey Highlights:
- PostgreSQL is the most popular database for the second year in a row, with over 49% of respondents using it. Microsoft SQL Server was ranked 4th in the survey.
- AWS is the most used cloud platform, followed by Azure and Google Cloud with 27.8% and 25.1% usage, respectively.
- Node.js is the most popular web framework, with React close behind. Microsoft’s ASP.NET Core was ranked 7th.
- Raspberry Pi is the most popular platform in embedded development.
- .NET is the most used among other frameworks.
- Docker is the most popular tool among developers for compiling, building, and testing.
- Visual Studio Code is the most popular IDE, with over 73.6% usage, followed by Visual Studio.
- Microsoft Teams is the most used chat platform.
- Windows remained the most popular OS for developers, across both personal and professional use.
- ChatGPT is the most popular AI tool among developers. GitHub Copilot is ranked 2nd on the list.
- API and SDK documents are the documentation source of choice for 90% of developers.
You can review the full results of the 2024 Stack Overflow Developer Survey here.
