Friday, October 18, 2013

Really? Java developers love writing non-Java


October 18, 2013








I asked -- and the people responded! Fun fact No. 1: Apparently only 28 percent of Java developers write Java full time.


My survey may not be a truly scientific poll, but I was able to grab a good sampling of folks in the Java group on Google+ along with people in my Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook networks. Many of those folks in turn retweeted and reposted, so I actually know a only few of the people who responded. Throwing out duplicates and errors didn’t significantly affect the results.


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How do these responses track with your experiences? I'd love to know.



Are you still doing exclusively Java?








Yes, only Java2727%
No, mix of Java and other things7273%

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What other JVM languages are you using?
































Groovy3832%
Scala2421%
JavaScript (Rhino/Nashorn)2118%
JRuby98%
Jython76%
PHP (Quercus, etc.)65%
Clojure65%
Other54%
Erjang11%
OCaml00%


What surprised me is that at 33 percent, Groovy was the top JVM language. I had expected Scala, which came in second at 20 percent, to rule the roost. Note: The numbers don't add up to 100 percent because developers could and did pick multiple languages.




Source: http://podcasts.infoworld.com/d/application-development/really-java-developers-love-writing-non-java-228905?source=rss_infoworld_top_stories_
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