Transforming Information Into Knowledge
Transforming Information Into Knowledge
44% of developers said they already use AI tools in their development process, and another 26% plan to do so soon. When this group was asked what specific AI-powered developer tools they use, 55% mentioned GitHub Copilot, while 13% use Tabnine and 5% use Amazon Web Services CodeWhisperer. The other seven tools included in the survey were used by no more than 2%.
Overall, developers in the survey were using an average of 5.4 of the 36 languages that researchers asked about. Survey participants identified — in descending order — JavaScript, Python, Java, HTML/CSS and Typescript as their most commonly used programming or markup languages.
Just under half of the active developers worldwide (49%) reported that they use Java, compared with 39% who said so in Q3 2020 — an increase of 26%.
Stitch Data analyzed everyone on LinkedIn that said they are a data engineers. They found that many were originally a developer, with 42 percent being a software engineer in their last job. This makes sense, as big data training specialist Jesse Anderson says a data engineer’s primary language should […]
I just heard DJ Patel, the guy who created LinkedIn’s data team talk about creating data science teams. Besides mentioning Python in passing, he didn’t talk about software skills or statistics competency. Instead, he said being a creative problem solver was the most important prerequisite. Here […]