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Programmers Survey
- ennovates 15y agoNice use of google docs I say
- sologoub 15y agoThe subject really shouldn't say "(google.com)" in it... very misleading. Initially, I had thought this was posted by Google, but then saw the content/url and realized it's google docs.
- estel 15y agoSurely there's been a sufficient trend of posts, particularly more recently with a number of Google+ links, that google.com is no longer seen as being indicative of anything?
- sologoub 15y agoYeah, I'm being slow to adjust...
- lubutu 15y agoThis is why I think the subdomain should be included...
- sologoub 15y agoAgreed!
- barryhunter 15y agoWho/what/where will be publishing results?
- akarambir 15y agoafter submitting the survey click on view previous results. Alternatively click https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewanalytics?formkey=dFJjc0dXaDdYeGlfTHlMbDc0VGQyd3c6MQ https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewanalytics?formkey=dF...
- aeroevan 15y agoWhat if I don't use Ubuntu but I do use Linux?
- granite_scones 15y agoThen you choose "Other UNIX Based".
- technomancy 15y agoThe fact that it lists Minix as an OS choice but not (say) Fedora makes me wonder if it's supposed to be a joke, but if so it's way too subtle for me.
- pmiller2 15y agoMinix 3 isn't (intended to be) a joke. It's supposed to be a reliable, self-healing, UNIX-like operating system.
- technomancy 15y agoI understand that, but placing it on a "what OS do you use daily to develop with" while leaving out far more popular OSes gives a distinct "it's a pretty obscure OS; you probably haven't heard of it" hipster vibe.
- klodolph 15y agoNote that it says "Unbuntu", not "Ubuntu"...
- mtogo 15y agoIt's especially strange since Ubuntu is not an operating system (though it includes GNU/Linux, which is). Pretty sure the whole survey is a joke/satire. Edit: Now 100% sure that it's satire, since it's actually spelled "Unbuntu".
- madamepsychosis 15y agoSelf reported results, right? Not very reliable. edit: I meant, as in some people choose to respond so the sample is biased.
- evo_9 15y agoHere's the results page if you want to see it without taking (or retaking) the survey: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewanalytics?formkey=dFJjc0dXaDdYeGlfTHlMbDc0VGQyd3c6MQ https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewanalytics?formkey=dF...
- Inufu 15y agoWhere's Scala?
- ww520 15y agoJust a note. Result will be skewed for the HN crowd. Know the audience and context for bias.
- tejaswiy 15y agoYou have Win mobile, WebOS and no Blackberry? :) Or does Blackberry just go into Java-based application?
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- ozten 15y agoI don't think much time was spent putting this survey together... Unbuntu - Like Ubuntu but... less so. "Which technologies" has a blank option after MySQL, maybe that is for NoSQL ;) Probably someone's school work. They are going to be excited about the number of participants.
- Rickasaurus 15y agoI can't fill this out without an F# option.
- danellis 15y agoSo many missing languages. No Scala? No Erlang? Trends aren't going to be identified if the up-and-comers can't even be entered.
- mtogo 15y agoI think this is a satire: * The survey lists it's purpose as identifying trends in software development. Hardly, as this will outline just what a small subset of trends on HN (and HN is just a tiny, itty bitty subset of all softwate development). Since HN is primarily web and mobile development, you won't learn about any trends in game development, for example. * 'Unbuntu' listed as an Operating System. Misspelling aside, Ubuntu is not an operating system. * GNU/Linux not listed as an operating system. Especially among developers, it's a popular choice and i'm surprised to see something like ChromeOS listed while GNU/Linux isn't. * PHP and Javascript listed in both "alternate technologies" and in programming languages. * MySQL but no other databases. I'd venture a guess to say that Postgres is just as common among HN users, if not more common, than MySQL. * No blackberry under mobile phones while Symbian and WebOS are listed? * Minix as an operating system..? * Only two web frameworks listed under additional technologies. Not the biggest problem, but a bit funny. * I'm unaware of Ada being used for anything currently.
- teoryn 15y agoHow is Ubuntu not an operating system?
- sologoub 15y agoIt's a flavor of Linux? This survey seems half-assed....
- irahul 15y ago> It's a flavor of Linux? That doesn't disqualify it from being an operating system.
- alnayyir 15y agoIt's not an operating system, it's a distribution of software other people wrote that comprises an operating system. It's not even an original distribution of Linux at that, it's just downstream Debian plus some crappy GUI apps. --- Ubuntu user
- ori_b 15y agoSeems like it's only applicable to a very narrow subset of developers. Pretty much the only question that I could check anything off for was the first one. I don't develop for mobile, and I don't use any of the listed tech for web apps.
- jamesRaybould 15y agoDo you want my work information or my personal projects information? Because they are very very different...
- isurfbecause 15y agoShucks, no ColdFusion haha