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A survey for JavaScript programmers

JavaScript Developer Survey

This survey is for http://dailyjs.com. You can fork it and send a pull request if you want to change or add questions.

What type of JavaScript do you write?

Multiple choice.

• Browser
• Server
• Native (Windows 8, Appcelerator)
• Hybrid Apps (Cordova/PhoneGap)
• Mobile
• Other

Where do you use JavaScript? (multiple choice)

Multiple choice.

• At work
• Side projects
• Other

How long have you been writing JavaScript?

Radio.

• One year or less
• Two years
• Three to five years
• Five to 10 years
• More than 10 years

Do you use a language that compiles to JavaScript?

Radio.

• Yes
• No

Which compile-to-JavaScript languages do you use, if any?

Multiple choice.

• CoffeeScript
• ClojureScript
• Dart
• TypeScript
• Other

What JavaScript stylistic choices do you prefer?

Multiple choice.

You can find examples for each of these descriptions here: style.md.

• No semicolons
• Semicolons
• Commas at the beginning
• Commas at the end
• Functions and loops with no spaces
• Functions and loops with one space
• Functions and loops with two spaces
• Indentation with spaces
• Indentation with tabs

Which EcmaScript 5 features do you use?

Multiple choice.

• Object.create
• Object seal and freeze methods
• Use bind method on functions
• New Array methods like forEach
• Getters and setters
• Strict mode

Unit Testing: Do you write tests?

Radio.

• Yes
• No
• Sometimes / Not enough / Not too much / When needed

Unit Testing: What environment do you run unit tests in?

Multiple choice.

• Manually in-browser
• Node.js
• PhantomJS
• SlimerJS
• Testling
• Other

Unit Testing: What unit testing libraries do you use?

Multiple choice.

• QUnit
• Jasmine
• Karma
• Mocha
• node-tap / tape
• Nodeunit
• Vows
• YUITest
• Other

Unit Testing: Do you run tests on a Continuous Integration system?

Radio.

• Yes
• No

Unit Testing: Which Continuous Integration system do you use?

Multiple choice.

• Jenkins
• Hudson
• Travis CI
• Bamboo
• CruiseControl
• TeamCity
• Other [specify]

Static Analysis: Do you use any tools for verifying code quality?

Multiple choice.

• JSLint
• JSHint
• Google Closure Compiler
• YUI Compressor
• No tools
• Other

How do you handle client-side dependencies?

Multiple choice.

• Bower
• Component
• npm
• Plain old files
• Volo
• Other

What's your preferred build script solution?

Multiple choice.

• Make
• npm scripts
• Grunt
• Gulp
• Browserify
• Other

Front-End Frameworks: What frameworks do you use?

Multiple choice.

• Agility
• AngularJS
• Backbone.js
• CanJS
• DerbyJS
• Dojo
• Ember
• Ext
• Flight
• Ionic Framework
• KendoUI
• Knockout
• Meteor
• MooTools
• jQuery 1.x
• jQuery 2.x
• React
• Sammy
• WinJS
• YUI
• None
• I use modules instead of frameworks
• Other

Project Development: What is your IDE or Editor of choice for JavaScript projects?

Multiple choice.

• SublimeText
• TextMate
• Notepad++
• IntelliJ
• Dreamweaver
• NetBeans
• SpringSource
• Eclipse
• jEdit
• Vim or vi clone
• Visual Studio
• Emacs
• Other

Project Development: What is the OS you are using for your development?

Multiple choice.

• Linux
• Mac
• Windows
• Other

Back-end Connectivity: What cloud based services are you using for your apps?

Multiple choice.

• Amazon Web Services
• Azure App Service
• Google Play Services
• Flurry
• Crashlytics
• HockeyApp
• Fabrics
• Crittercism
• Parse
• Facebook
• Firebase
• Office 365
• Salesforce
• SAP
• Oracle Mobile Cloud Service
• Auth0
• Other [specify]

Project Discovery: How do you find reusable code, libraries and tools?

Multiple choice.

• search.npmjs.org
• GitHub
• Google Code
• Social Bookmarking Sites
• News Sites
• Search Engines
• Bitbucket
• SourceForge
• DailyJS
• Echo JS
• Twitter / IRC / Asking friends
• Other

Project Hosting: Preferred hosting for your own JavaScript projects

Multiple choice.

• GitHub
• Google Code
• Bitbucket
• Other

Community: how do you learn about JavaScript offline?

Multiple choice.

• conferences - general web development
• conferences - JS specific
• meetups / groups - general web development
• meetups / groups - JS specific

CDN: Which service do you use to serve third-party libraries?

Multiple choice.

• Google Ajax Libraries
• Microsoft Ajax Content Delivery Network
• jQuery CDN
• CloudFlare
• MaxCDN
• Browserify CDN / wzrd.in
• Other

IE: What's the minimum version of Internet Explorer you target?

Radio.

• IE 7
• IE 8
• IE 9
• IE 10
• IE 11
• N/A

ES6: Are you using ES6 features in your code right now?

Radio.

• Yes
• No

ES6: If you are using ES6 features, Which polyfill/tools you are using to target browsers yet to support ES6 ?

Multiple choice.

• Traceur
• es6ify
• 6to5
• Other

ES6: If you are using ES6 features, Which features do you currently use or planning to use in next 6 months ?

Multiple choice.

• Arrow Functions
• Classes
• Default
• ES6 APIs - Array, Math, Number, String, Object APIs
• Generators
• Iterators
• Modules
• Promises
• Proxies
• Rest
• Spread
• String Templates
• Subclassable Built-ins
• Symbols
• Let, Const & Block Scoping

Other than JavaScript, what are your primary development languages?

Multiple choice.

• C/C++/Objective-C
• C#/.Net
• Python
• Java
• Ruby
• Lisp
• Clojure
• Erlang
• Go
• Scala
• Perl
• PHP
• Other