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| Type | Article |
| Author | stackoverflow.co |
| Date | None |
| URL | https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2024/technology#admired-and-desired |
| Note created | Aug 4, 2026 |
ChatGPT is used by twice as many developers as its next closest alternative, GitHub Copilot. ChatGPT has a popular free option that developers observably like.
JavaScript, Python and SQL are all highly-desired and admired programming languages, but Rust continues to be the most-admired programming language with an 83% score this year.
Ruff is a new addition to technologies listed in the survey this year, and developers love it: 84% of those that use Ruff want to continue using it.
Markdown wins the popularity contest with developers this year! Not only do users say they admire it more this year than last (84% vs. 82%), but Markdown also received the highest admired score of all technologies on our survey this year.
22% of Microsoft Azure users and 24% of AWS users would like to use Google Cloud next year. Google Cloud users would like to use tools that are lesser known next year, such as Supabase, Vercel, and Cloudflare.
74% of respondents used Visual Studio Code this past year, and of those that may want to try a different IDE next year are only interested in Vim or Neovim. Vim and Neovim users are mostly interested in staying put.
Obsidian users have no desire to try any other asynchronous tools next year, and nine different groups of asynchronous tools users would like to switch to see why next year.
27% of Microsoft Teams users would like to use Slack next year, but the feeling is not mutual: less than 2% of Slack users reported wanting to use Microsoft Teams next year.
Nim, Erlang, and Apex developers all saw an increase in the median reported salary in 2024. All other developer technologies reported a decrease in median salary.