Key takeaways from StackOverflow Developer Survey Results 2019
Developer Q & A site Stack Overflow performs an annual survey every year to find out more about the programmer community, This includes everything from their favorite technologies to their job preferences.Results have just been published & here we take look at Key takeaways from StackOverflow Developer Survey Results 2019.
For previous year Survey results,check out here.
Quick Snapshot
- #1.JavaScript remains the most widely used programming language
- #2.jQuery and AngularJS are most commonly used technologies
- #3.MySQL and Postgresql are the most commonly used databases.
- #4.Linux and Windows are the most common choices for Platforms
- #5. Clojure, F# and Go earn the highest salaries
- #6.Developers in India are the most likely to say their organizations are using blockchain technology.
- #7.More than 70% of developers are employed full-time.
#1.JavaScript remains the most widely used programming language
Followed by web technologies such as HTML (#2),CSS (#3) & SQL (#4),Python (#5).Python has become the fastest-growing major programming language and has risen in the ranks of programming languages, edging out Java this year.

#2.jQuery and AngularJS are most commonly used technologies
Followed by React(#3), ASP.Net (#4) and Express (#5)

#3.MySQL and Postgresql are the most commonly used databases.
Also checkout #5 is MongoDB and #11 is Azure CosmosDB

#4.Linux and Windows are the most common choices for Platforms
Followed by #3 is Docker and #5 is AWS

#5. Clojure, F# and Go earn the highest salaries
Globally, developers who use Clojure, F# and Go earn the highest salaries, with median salaries above $70,000 USD.

#6.Developers in India are the most likely to say their organizations are using blockchain technology.
Most respondents said their organizations are not using or implementing blockchain technology, and the most common use reported is outside of currency. Developers in India are the most likely to say their organizations are using blockchain technology.

#7.More than 70% of developers are employed full-time.
Developers in the United States are somewhat less likely to work as independent contractors or freelancers while Germany has an unusually high proportion of developers working part-time.
In all of these locations, more than 70% of developers are employed full-time.

You can also access the data sets from previous years.
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