The following apply to me: (multiple choice) 4,201 (67%) I program at work in Go 3,935 (63%) I program in Go outside of work 3,381 (54%) I program at work in another language 1,001 (16%) I manage a programming team 506 (8%) I am a student 113 (2%) Other 27 (0%) No response
I've used Go for: (single choice) 686 (11%) Less than 3 months 1,588 (26%) 3 - 12 months 1,338 (21%) 13 - 24 months 1,678 (27%) 2 - 4 years 809 (13%) 4+ years 102 (2%) I've never used Go 25 (0%) No response
I work in the following areas: (multiple choice) 3,807 (61%) Web development 2,319 (37%) Systems programming 2,250 (36%) DevOps 1,969 (32%) Network programming 1,751 (28%) Databases 848 (14%) Security 777 (12%) Finance/Commerce 724 (12%) Data Science 696 (11%) Mobile 694 (11%) Desktop/GUI applications 647 (10%) Embedded devices/Internet of Things 581 (9%) Academic/Scientific/Numeric 581 (9%) Machine Learning/Artificial Intelligence 334 (5%) Gaming 381 (6%) Other 111 (2%) No response
I write the following in Go: (multiple choice) 4,071 (65%) API/RPC services (returning non-HTML) 3,921 (63%) A runnable/interactive program (CLI) 3,027 (49%) Web services (returning HTML) 2,766 (44%) Agents and daemons (e.g, monitoring) 2,394 (38%) Libraries or Frameworks 2,038 (33%) Automation/scripts (e.g, deployment, configuration management) 2,030 (33%) Data processing (pipeline, aggregation) 167 (3%) I don't write in Go 176 (3%) Other 70 (1%) No response
I write in Go: (single choice) 3,019 (48%) As part of my daily routine 1,802 (29%) Weekly 557 (9%) Monthly 679 (11%) Infrequently 118 (2%) I've never written in Go 51 (1%) No response
Rank the following languages in terms of your expertise 5,540 (30, 27, 17, 9, 6%) Go 3,638 (9, 16, 15, 11, 7%) JavaScript 3,369 (13, 12, 12, 10, 7%) Python 2,706 (11, 8, 8, 9, 7%) Java 2,402 (7, 8, 8, 8, 8%) C 2,020 (2, 5, 9, 10, 7%) Bash 1,631 (4, 4, 5, 7, 6%) C++ 1,475 (7, 5, 4, 4, 4%) PHP 1,042 (4, 3, 4, 3, 3%) C# 1,034 (4, 3, 3, 3, 3%) Ruby 460 (1, 1, 1, 2, 2%) Perl 284 (0.5, 0.6, 0.8, 1, 1%) Scala 278 (0.2, 0.4, 0.8, 1, 2%) Rust 260 (0.3, 0.5, 0.7, 1, 1%) Swift 223 (0.1, 0.2, 0.8, 1, 1%) Lua 185 (0.1, 0.5, 0.7, 0.8, 0.8%) Kotlin 139 (0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.6, 1%) Haskell 139 (0.2, 0.2, 0.4, 0.8, 0.6%) Clojure 136 (0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.8%) R 124 (0.1, 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.7%) Erlang 24 (0.0, 0.1, 0.0, 0.1, 0.1%) Julia 726 (3, 2, 3, 2, 2%) Other 173 (2.8%) No response
Rank the following languages in terms of your preference 5,728 (65, 18, 6, 2, 1%) Go 3,156 (7, 18, 12, 8, 4%) Python 2,463 (3, 9, 12, 8, 7%) JavaScript 1,827 (2, 7, 8, 7, 6%) C 1,764 (2, 6, 7, 7, 6%) Java 1,240 (1, 4, 5, 5, 5%) C++ 1,196 (0.6, 3, 6, 5, 5%) Bash 939 (2, 4, 4, 3, 2%) Rust 924 (2, 4, 4, 3, 2%) C# 859 (2, 4, 3, 3, 2%) Ruby 757 (0.8, 3, 3, 3, 3%) PHP 455 (1, 2, 2, 2, 0.9%) Kotlin 414 (0.7, 1, 2, 2, 1%) Swift 383 (1, 1, 1, 2, 1%) Haskell 335 (0.8, 1, 1, 1, 0.9%) Scala 305 (0.6, 1, 1, 1, 0.9%) Perl 279 (0.3, 0.8, 1, 1, 0.8%) Erlang 250 (0.1, 0.5, 1, 1, 1%) Lua 248 (0.6, 0.8, 1, 0.9, 0.6%) Clojure 113 (0.1, 0.4, 0.4, 0.5, 0.4%) R 71 (0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.3, 0.2%) Julia 709 (2, 3, 3, 2, 1%) Other 241 (3.9%) No response
20162017The following apply to me: (multiple choice)4,201 (67%)I program at work in Go3,935 (63%)I program in Go outside of work3,381 (54%)I program at work in another language1,001 (16%)I manage a programming team506 (8%)I am a student113 (2%)Other27 (0%)No responseThe following apply to me: (multiple choice)2,386 (66%)I program in Go outside of work2,235 (62%)I program at work in Go2,004 (56%)I program at work in another language618 (17%)I manage a programming team337 (9%)I am a student78 (2%)Other10 (0%)No response
20162017I work in the following areas: (multiple choice)2,272 (63%)Web development1,359 (38%)Systems programming1,251 (35%)DevOps1,169 (33%)Network programming1,006 (28%)Databases533 (15%)Mobile490 (14%)Desktop/GUI applications457 (13%)Security435 (12%)Data Science417 (12%)Finance/Commerce394 (11%)Embedded devices/Internet of Things379 (11%)Academic/Scientific/Numeric228 (6%)Gaming238 (7%)Other74 (2%)No responseI work in the following areas: (multiple choice)3,807 (61%)Web development2,319 (37%)Systems programming2,250 (36%)DevOps1,969 (32%)Network programming1,751 (28%)Databases848 (14%)Security777 (12%)Finance/Commerce724 (12%)Data Science696 (11%)Mobile694 (11%)Desktop/GUI applications647 (10%)Embedded devices/Internet of Things581 (9%)Academic/Scientific/Numeric581 (9%)Machine Learning/Artificial Intelligence334 (5%)Gaming381 (6%)Other111 (2%)No response
20162017I write the following in Go: (multiple choice)2,247 (63%)A runnable/interactive program2,174 (60%)API/RPC services1,886 (52%)Web services1,583 (44%)Agents and daemons1,417 (39%)Libraries or Frameworks1,209 (34%)Data processing1,120 (31%)Automation/scripts107 (3%)I don't write in Go137 (4%)Other45 (1%)No responseI write the following in Go: (multiple choice)4,071 (65%)API/RPC services3,921 (63%)A runnable/interactive program3,027 (49%)Web services2,766 (44%)Agents and daemons2,394 (38%)Libraries or Frameworks2,038 (33%)Automation/scripts2,030 (33%)Data processing167 (3%)I don't write in Go176 (3%)Other70 (1%)No response