I wish they had a separate Query Language list - it’s weird seeing SQL sit between Python and Typescript…
I also think it would be a good way to introduce more people to non-SQL query languages (like Quel, PRQL, ISBL, jq, Alpha (even though it’s still not been implemented), SaneQL, EdgeQL, and many more), because it generally feels like it’s the only query language available ever… Which it’s not.
Would Nushell qualify as a query language?
- jq vs Nushell syntax docs
At the same time, it’s a scripting and programming language. Statements and commands are chained to query data.
I wonder why Ada is at the bottom of the pay table?
A few thoughts:
- Most “popular” programming language should probably be “most used”. Whether people like it is a different metric
- Microsoft SQL Server is #4 in used SQL servers? I can only imagine it’s because their are so many windows computers
- jQuery is still used? I thought it was dead 😮
- CMake is on the “embedded technologies” list along with gcc, clang, and cargo. how are those “embedded technologies”? they can be used for anything…
- .NET is the most used framework? Wat? Was this mostly shared by Microsoft engineers and game devs?
- Linux is split into distros - why not group them as “linux”? By the numbers that’d make nearly 40% of devs using Linux…
- GDscript is now at 65% admired - dunno if it was even on the list last year?
- Admired vs Desired feels like wrong terminology? I kind of get what they want to say, but not really. I was expecting Used vs Desired
In total, this survey doesn’t seem representative, but maybe it’s because I work with backend engineers and have friends who avoid frontend and mostly use Linux. Something just seem very questionable (like all the microsoft technologies being so high up). Seems to me like respondents are a specific type of person who would answer such a survey. I also wasn’t aware of the survey at all and wonder how people even know about it.
I also wasn’t aware of the survey at all and wonder how people even know about it.
The StackOverflow gave a notification. IIRC they sent out emails as well. It was shared on Lemmy too.
I don’t find the results that questionable at all. Feels like you have a strong niche bias. Which is fine, as long as you don’t assume you know better than a global survey on a popular industry platform.
There could be bias, but I don’t see it being that big. Microsoft is very popular in the enterprise field.
Most “popular” programming language should probably be “most used”. Whether people like it is a different metric
They do have an admired/desired category.
