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web developer survey update – help wanted!

By Alix Franquet

Posted on November 9, 2009 in MDN

Two weeks ago we announced the launch of the Mozilla Developer Network. We also asked for your help through this short survey for Web developers. The questions were meant to understand who you are, what you’re interested in, and what resources would be most useful to you on MDN. We’re happy to report that we have received over 3,600 responses so far, so thank you!

Here’s a Sneak Peek at the Data:

HTML/CSS/Javascript are the winning combination, PHP is a close 4th. After that, technology choices are quite fragmented.

Dev survey - nov8 - what technologie do you use

The most popular tools for development are a collection of Firefox add-ons, including Firebug and Web developer, and… text editors! Each developer has a favorite, from vi or emacs to TextMate or Notepad++.

Dev survey - nov 8 - what tools do you use

Either Web developers live mostly in the US and in France, or this is where the most active Mozilla developer outreach is happening. We think it’s the latter, for France we call it the “Paul and Tristan effect”!

Dev survey - nov 8 - where are you located

What Are We Missing?

Please help us get more responses from around the world so we can understand the needs of Web developers everywhere.

We would also love to get more participants who are working in corporate environments, especially on intranets. And we’d like to hear more from those of you who are working (willingly or not) with proprietary technologies.

How Can You Help?

We’d like to get 5,000 responses before we close the survey, so help us spread the word to other Web developers: tweet about it and send the survey link to your friends!

Once we have enough responses, we’ll publish the results on this blog. You can also follow the latest Mozilla Developer Network updates on Twitter at @mozhacks.

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20 comments

  1. Colin

    So, what do the red * mean on the survey?

    I can’t see any definition of what they actually refer too?

    November 9th, 2009 at 10:17

  2. WebDevHobo

    Nobody using Netbeans to develop their PHP websites? Impossible.

    November 9th, 2009 at 11:46

  3. Drugoy

    All the RuNet (Russian part of Internet) developers are using Firefox+Firebug extension for web development, so sign-in Russia to your pie-diagram.

    November 9th, 2009 at 17:58

  4. Tharaka Devinda

    Keep it up. I will distribute the survey among my friends who are onto web development.

    November 10th, 2009 at 06:42

  5. HALIMI Jean-Philippe

    What a surprise for the French results :p

    November 10th, 2009 at 15:52

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    November 11th, 2009 at 06:23

  7. Felipe Plets

    I sent to my friends and I have published on my blog: http://www.pletax.com/index.php/2009/11/ajude-a-construir-a-rede-de-desenvolvedores-mozilla/

    Let’s increase Brazilian participation! =)

    November 11th, 2009 at 09:05

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    November 11th, 2009 at 20:44

  9. Serogia

    I agree with Drugoy
    Should we think that “Other” part of your pie-diagram (36%) is Russia and Belarus? =)

    November 12th, 2009 at 08:26

  10. Serogia

    “Other (36)%” – must be USSR

    November 12th, 2009 at 11:17

  11. Serogia

    “Other (36%)” – must be USSR?

    November 12th, 2009 at 11:19

  12. aghast

    More than 20% of “developers” using Dreamweaver, a WYSIWYG tool that generates tablesoup? No Rubyists but 70% still using Personal Home Page???

    November 18th, 2009 at 14:12

  13. Matt Wood

    Who on earth are the 2-3% of web developers who don’t use HTML?!

    November 21st, 2009 at 11:28

  14. Loreto Parisi

    As a web developer, I got an interesting statistics in the fact that 27% of Web Developers uses Apple Safari Inspector as Development Tool.
    Since I’m from Italy, I would like to see more details for thata 36% – Other in the Where Are You Located stats.

    Cheers,
    LP

    November 27th, 2009 at 05:04

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