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JetBrains dev report: TypeScript is the fastest growing programming language

since being recognized as 1 One of the fastest growing programming languages ​​in last year’s developer report by development tools specialist JetBrains was Microsoft’s TypeScript. of The fastest growing language of the year.

The rise of TypeScript is the first significant finding of the report the company cited in its January 16th blog announcement. It has tripled in the last 6 years. ”

Known for its IDEs and other development tools for the .NET developer community, JetBrains publishes an annual report. This year is based on the responses of his 29,269 developers worldwide who participated in his July survey from May 2022. In addition to programming languages, we examine tools, technologies, demographics, fun facts, and developer lifestyles.

“TypeScript’s share has almost tripled in six years, growing from 12% in 2017 to 34% in 2022,” said the company’s State of Developer Ecosystem 2022.

The programming languages ​​section of that report garnered a lot of interest, with the fast-rising and oft-cited TypeScript shining here (in popularity rankings), but the ubiquitous JavaScript on which it is based. There seems to be no catch-up. The reason is that most of these research-based reports have a large presence in web developers, and browsers have always had the highest use of JavaScript. The chart below shows how TypeScript has overtaken his four other languages ​​(C, PHP, C#, and C++) in the last six years chasing JavaScript.

Another chart further shows that TypeScript has steadily climbed over the years, starting with a 12% share of answers to the above question in 2017, and up to 34% in 2022.

“Will JavaScript eventually replace it?” the report pondered. “We are rapidly catching up to JavaScript, but JavaScript usage remains steady and high. 92% of TypeScript developers use JavaScript, and 40% choose it as one of their primary languages. increase.”

Indeed, for its usage issues, TypeScript ranks in the top 5, behind Python, Java, and HTML/CSS (the latter of which JetBrains recognizes is not a programming language, but is included anyway). is in

JetBrains’ observation of JavaScript’s growing popularity and questioning whether it can catch it reflects the love-hate relationship that developers so often find against JavaScript, which it claims has some drawbacks. Despite being recognized, we are basically forced to use JavaScript for web development (despite Microsoft’s JavaScript-free Blazor approach).

Because of this love-hate relationship, JavaScript is both the most popular language and the “least liked” language (according to what is most frequently mentioned). This is not unusual for reports like this.

For example, in Stack Overflow’s massive annual developer report series, JavaScript is typically one of the most popular and beloved languages, but it also ranks high on the “most scary” questions. For example, SO’s June 2022 report found that JavaScript was “loved” by 61% of respondents, but was also said to be “feared” by 39% ( visual studio magazine Article “TypeScript Vaults Crack Stack Overflow Top 5 Before Java”). For TypeScript, those numbers are 73% and 27%.

The JetBrains report also found that half of all developers surveyed plan to adopt a new programming language. The two most popular are Go and Rust, followed by Kotlin, TypeScript, and Python.

As such, TypeScript is popular, loved by more developers than JavaScript, and feared by fewer (according to SO), but seems destined to never overtake JavaScript.

why? good question.

back to topic can To illustrate, here are other key findings from the new report presented by JetBrains:

• Technologies developers see as promising: AI/ML, Rust, JavaScript, Go, Kotlin, Blockchain.
• Programming languages ​​on the decline: PHP, Ruby, Objective-C, and Scala.
• Telecommuting remains an option for the majority of developers, with 76% choosing to work primarily from a home office.
• 50% of developers practice remote collaborative programming.
• 69% of survey respondents who are employed are satisfied with their jobs, but only 57% are satisfied with their salaries. The most important factor in evaluating work is the feeling that something can be achieved.
• 73% of developers experience burnout at some point in their career.
• The most common way to get a job is through a referral from a friend. His 30% of survey respondents got a job this way.
• Dogs are more popular than cats among developers. Weft!

According to the methodology, the report is based on inputs from 29,269 developers from 187 countries and territories, including two responses reported from Antarctica. Data were weighted according to several criteria described in the report.