Developer website Stack Overflow has released the results of its annual developer survey. Highlights of the findings include the following:
- The most popular programming languages are JavaScript, HTML, CSS, SQL and Java.
- The most loved programming languages are Rust, Kotlin, Python, TypeScript, Go and Swift.
- The most dreaded programming languages are Visual Basic 6, Cobol, CoffeeScript, VB.NET and VBA.
- The most wanted languages are Python, JavaScript, Go, Kotlin and TypeScript.
- The most loved tools and frameworks are TensorFlow, React and Torch/PyTorch.
- The most dreaded tools and frameworks are Cordova, Xamarin, Hadoop and Angular.
- The most wanted tools and frameworks are React, Node.js, TensorFlow and Angular.
- The most loved platform is Linux, closely followed by serverless.
- The most popular development environments are Visual Studio Code, Visual Studio and Notepad++.
- Only 15.9 percent of developers are actively looking for a new job, but 59.8 percent are open to new opportunities.
- 85.5 percent of developers use Agile software development methodologies.
- 87.2 percent of developers use Git.