{"id":26165,"date":"2018-03-16T12:59:28","date_gmt":"2018-03-16T12:59:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/udsenterprise.com\/developers-prefer-linux\/"},"modified":"2025-06-26T07:30:40","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T07:30:40","slug":"developers-prefer-linux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/udsenterprise.com\/en\/developers-prefer-linux\/","title":{"rendered":"Developers prefer Linux"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The answers are different when asking about the <strong>operating system<\/strong> that they use <strong>to work<\/strong>. Approximately half said that they mainly use <strong>Windows<\/strong> and the rest is divided equally between macOS and Linux.<\/p>\n<p>As for the <strong>most used<\/strong> programming languages, <strong>JavaScrip<\/strong> is placed at the top for the sixth consecutive year. <strong>Python<\/strong> has climbed positions surpassing C#, which makes it the programming language that has grown fastest in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>Between frames and libraries <strong>Node.js<\/strong> and <strong>AngularJS<\/strong> are still the most used technologies, and the field of databases is led by <strong>MySQL<\/strong> and <strong>SQL Server<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Visual Studio Code<\/strong> has surpassed Visual Studio as the most popular development environment tool in general, although there are differences in tool options depending on the type and role of the developer. Those who write code for <strong>mobile applications<\/strong> prefer <strong>Android Studio<\/strong> and <strong>Xcode<\/strong>, while <strong>DevOps<\/strong> and <strong>system administrators<\/strong> choose <strong>Vim<\/strong>, and the <strong>data scientists<\/strong> usually choose <strong>IPython<\/strong>, <strong>Jupyter<\/strong>, <strong>PyCharm<\/strong> and <strong>RStudio<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Stack Overflow is one of the most popular websites to help developers, and since 2011, thousands of developers have been asked by this website about their favorite technologies, coding habits, work preferences, how they learn and share and so on in order to develop an annual study designed to <strong>raise the employers&#8217; awareness on the role of developers and their needs<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>You can consult the results of the complete study <a href=\"https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/questions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Linux<\/strong> is the <strong>best operating system to develop<\/strong> computer programs. 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