2018 NODE.JS USER STUDY DETAILED REPORT OF FINDINGS May 2018 Node.js is emerging as a universal development framework for digital transformation with a broad diversity of applications. With nearly 10 million Node.js users, three in four users are planning to increase their use of Node.js in the next 12 months. Node users continue to report positive business impact, including improving developer productivity and satisfaction and lowering cost. 2 Major highlights 1. Node.js is continuing to have a positive impact on users particularly around developer productivity and satisfaction; when asked to describe Node.js, respondents use mostly positive terms like "fast", "easy", "awesome", "powerful", "flexible" and even "fun". 2. The coming year will likely see continued growth for Node.js. Most users expect to increase their usage, particularly in Latin America and EMEA. 3. A differentiated strategy by region may be called for given Node's global presence and the varying needs and approaches by region. Among other things, there are key differences in business profile, deployment locations, language & resource usage, priorities (e.g., around package managers or LTS), educational needs and experiences, all of which may call for different approaches worldwide. 4. It is becoming increasingly important to users to manage different packages for multiple environments but having access to multiple registries is not particularly important outside Latin America. npm is by far the most widely used package manager, but Yarn is gaining in popularity in many segments. 5. Recent improvements around education have registered with users as evidenced by improved scores for ease of learning Node.js, and for the availability and quality of resources. But more could be done, particularly in meeting the needs of some segments (APAC, EMEA and new users) and in some topic areas (Managing Node.js in Production and Node.js and Security). 3 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY EMEA 44% US / Canada 32% Latin / South America 7% APAC 18% SOURCE: Q4, Q7 4 International presence BUSINESS / PERSONAL PROFILE 46% 6% 6% 5% 4% 1% English Spanish German French Portuguese Mandarin . . . 26% 10% 6% 6% 5% 4% 1% Collectively, respondents span 100+ countries and speak at least 60 languages Fewer than half consider English their primary language PRIMARY LANGUAGE SPOKEN top mentions WHERE RESIDE top mentions Professional profile BUSINESS / PERSONAL PROFILE Typical respondent is a developer in a small (<100 employees) firm, with 5 years professional experience Although many have 10+ years total development experience, respondents are somewhat less experienced overall in this wave 5 11% 25% 64% Other Manager Developer / Tech Developer / Tech Software Engineer* 23% Backend Engineer 9% Frontend Engineer 8% Sr. Backend Engineer 8% Sr. Frontend Engineer 6% Hobbyist programmer 4% Manager Tech Lead 9% Architect 6% C Level* 5% Engineering Director 2% Engineering Manager 2% Other Student / intern 7% Research / analyst 1% 60% 19% 8% 13% # EMPLOYEES IN COMPANY 48 ee's 33% 36% 31% PROFESSIONAL DEVEL. EXPERIENCE 5.3 yrs <3 yrs 3-9 yrs 10+ yrs TOTAL DEVEL. EXPERIENCE 19% 38% 43% 8.3 yrs <3 yrs 3-9 yrs 10+ yrs Median <100 100- 999 1K- 4.9K 5K+ PROFESSIONAL TITLE DEMOGRAPHICS Experience with Node.js SOURCE: Q17, Q20, Q21 6 NODE.JS USAGE PROFILE The typical respondent has been using Node.js for just over 2 years, and spends more than half of their development time with Node.js YEARS USING NODE.JS % OF TIME SPENT USING NODE.JS medians % of Professional Development Time % of Total Development Time 55% 60% 43% 23% 35% < 2 yrs 2 - <3 yrs 3+ yrs Median Years 2.3 Business impact NODE.JS IMPACT & GETTING INVOLVED As last year, many users say that Node.js has had a positive impact on their business chiefly through increased developer productivity and satisfaction Reduced development costs and increased application performance are also important outcomes tied to Node.js Perhaps not surprisingly, longer-tenured users are far more likely than novices to report an impact from Node.js SOURCE: Q54 7 68% 62% 56% 48% 24% 22% 13% 7% 6% Increased developer productivity Improved developer satisfaction Reduced development costs Increased application performance Increased up time Helped recruit developers Helped increase customer satisfaction Helped increase customer engagement No impact < 2 yrs 2+ yrs Increased developer productivity 58% 74% Improved developer satisfaction 51 68 Reduced development costs 45 62 Increased application performance 42 51 Increased uptime 19 27 Helped recruit developers 15 27 No impact 9 4 HOW NODE.JS HAS IMPACTED YOUR BUSINESS IMPACT BY YEARS USING NODE.JS top impacts 32% 21% 11% 8% 5% 5% 1% 1% Amazon Web Services On-Premise Infrastructure Heroku Digital Ocean Google Cloud Platform Microsoft Azure IBM Bluemix Red Hat Openshift 29% 21% 12% 6% 4% 3% 1% 1% Where code is deployed NODE.JS USAGE PROFILE AWS is the primary place where respondents deploy code for production, and it seems to be growing for use in development On-Premise infrastructure is also widely used, but has dropped for use in production since last year SOURCE: Q28, Q29, Q30 8 Primary 49% 33% 25% 21% 16% 11% 3% 3% Total Primary FOR PRODUCTION FOR DEVELOPMENT On-Premise Infrastructure Amazon Web Services Heroku Digital Ocean Microsoft Azure Google Cloud Platform IBM Bluemix Red Hat Openshift Web Apps Enterprise Hobbyist Big Data/Analytics Embedded Systems Mobile Apps Games / gaming Tooling Automation Types of development work NODE.JS USAGE PROFILE Majority are spending time developing web apps, particularly in full stack or front-end positions A notable minority also engage in enterprise and/or hobbyist work Those outside the traditional development areas are more likely to be working on embedded systems SOURCE: Q24 9 85% 43% 36% 13% 8% 1% 1% 1% < < < Back-End Full Stack Front-End Other Web Apps 82% 92% 89% 66% Enterprise 47 43 35 40 Hobbyist 32 41 35 37 Big Data/Analytics 13 14 7 13 Embedded Systems 8 7 3 19 Hobbyist ONLY 2 2 3 10 TYPE OF WORK by primary development focus TYPES OF DEVELOPMENT WORK SPEND TIME ON top mentions Databases Front-end Frameworks / Libraries Node.js Frameworks Load Balancing Containers / Cloud Native CI Messaging Systems Tools / technologies used NODE.JS USAGE PROFILE A range of tools are used with Node.js, primarily: databases, libraries, and Node.js frameworks Back-End and Full Stack developers most likely to use a range of tools Messaging systems and CI are less commonly used than other tools and usage has dropped since last year SOURCE: Q27 (net categories) 10 96% 87% 82% 62% 58% 41% 15% Back-End Full Stack Front-End Other Databases 98% 97% 89% 92% Front-end Frameworks 83 93 94 69 Node.js Frameworks 84 90 67 59 Load Balancing 65 68 48 44 Containers / Cloud 62 61 48 45 CI 40 45 40 27 Messaging 21 15 4 12 TYPES OF TOOLS / TECHNOLOGIES USED WITH NODE.JS in past 12 months TYPES OF TOOLS by Primary Development Focus 23% 20% 8% 3% 1% 48% 20% 12% 9% 4% 48% 34% 15% 8% 1% 73% 21% 13% 11% 8% 53% 41% 26% 26% 21% 67% 62% 40% 39% 34% Front-End Frameworks Node.js Frameworks Load Balancing Containers / Cloud Native CI Messaging Systems Databases Tools / technologies used NODE.JS USAGE PROFILE A range of tools are used, though one or two tools dominate within each category Usage of many tools has dropped while some have increased, including Angular 2, Vue, GraphQL, Docker and Kubernetes SOURCE: Q27 11 < 13% 3% 1% 1% < Jenkins Travis Circle Codeship Shippable Docker AWS Lambda Kubernetes Google Cloud Func* Azure Functions Nginx Pm2* Apache HTTP* HA Proxy Apache Traffic Sv Express GraphQL Hapi KOA Restify React jQuery Angular Angular2 Vue JSON File Mongo DB MySQL Redis PostgreSQL RabbitMQ ZeroMQ ActiveMQ NSQ SPECIFIC TOOLS / TECHNOLOGIES USED in past 12 months MAC OS Windows Ubuntu Debian-based Linux Distr Enterprise Linux & Fedora Arch Linux 41% 24% 21% 5% 3% 3% 4% 12% 39% 21% 14% 2% Primary OS / Distro NODE.JS USAGE PROFILE Ubuntu is the primary OS / Distro used in production, while MAC OS is primary in development Use of Windows in both production and development has increased since last year, particularly in US/CA, EMEA and in smaller companies (among other segments). SOURCE: Q41, Q42 12 In Production In Development PRIMARY OS / DISTRO USED top mentions Languages used SOURCE: Q25, Q33 13 LANGUAGES USED 3 other languages are used on average besides Node.js typically JavaScript and then Python, Java or PHP More than a third are using ES2017 or above OTHER LANGUAGES USED (PAST 12 MONTHS) PRIMARY JAVASCRIPT LANGUAGE VERSION (6 MONTHS) JavaScript Python Java PHP .Net C++ Go C Ruby Swift 93% 37% 35% 31% 20% 16% 16% 15% 14% 9% 27% 32% 35% 6% ES2017 or above ES2016 ES2015 (ES6) or below Don't know 90% 76% 71% 70% 57% 53% 50% 42% 40% 31% 31% 29% 23% 20% Rust Node Go JavaScript Swift Scala Python C++ R C Java .net PHP Ruby Expected change in other languages LANGUAGES USED Use of other languages will also increase among current users including Rust, Go, and JavaScript Usage of PHP and Ruby appears to be on the decline although many of those in Asia/Pacific plan to increase their usage of PHP SOURCE: Q25, Q26, among those who use respective brand and who provided an answer 14 Decrease 3% 3% 10% 3% 18% 21% 16% 23% 24% 28% 38% 33% 48% 43% Increase Use Now 6% 100% 16% 93% 9% 4% 37% 16% 5% 15% 35% 20% 31% 14% EXPECTED CHANGE IN USE OVER NEXT 12 MONTHS among users of each language* Other languages used in addition to Node.js LANGUAGES USED Language usage varies somewhat by region and development focus PHP is less popular in US / CA and among those outside of traditional programming areas Despite being less likely to use JavaScript and PHP, those "other" developers use more languages on average (closer to 4), including C++ and C SOURCE: Q25 Top mentions in past 12 months 15 US / CA Full Stack Front-End Other JavaScript 93% 93% 89% 96% Python 39 35 35 39 Java 34 36 30 48 PHP 23 37 29 38 .Net 22 20 19 19 C++ 20 16 13 8 Go 18 14 15 20 C 16 13 15 15 Ruby 20 12 8 11 Average # 3.3 3.2 2.8 3.3 Back-End Full Stack Front-End Other JavaScript 92% 95% 94% 84% Python 36 38 33 41 Java 36 34 35 39 PHP 31 35 29 21 .Net 21 19 21 26 C++ 15 15 13 33 Go 17 17 11 15 C 15 13 10 28 Ruby 12 14 14 16 Average # 3.2 3.2 2.9 3.6 BY REGION BY PRIMARY DEVELOPMENT FOCUS Package manager usage PACKAGE MANAGERS npm is, by far, the most widely used package manager but Yarn is gaining in popularity in many subgroups Respondents search for packages almost entirely on npmjs.org or through Google / search engine, which are gaining popularity in APAC and among other developers SOURCE: Q47/Q48 (including blank/no answer) 16 60% 13% 1% 1% 1% < 38% 32% 1% 1% 1% 1% < < PACKAGE MANAGER USAGE WHERE PACKAGES ARE SEARCHED FOR npmjs.org Google / other search engine npmS.IO / npm npmsearch.com StackOverflow / other commun. GitHub npm Yarn Bower JSPM Duo Informal coding education SOURCE: Q18 *Single response question, but allowed multiple responses in 'other specify' in 2017; not trendable 17 LEARNING NODE.JS The primary way respondents are gaining informal coding education is via online courses without an instructor particularly outside US/CA. While not widely used, tutoring is more popular in APAC than in other regions. 38% 9% 4% 5% 2% 2% 2% 31% Online course (no instructor) NodeSchool Tutoring Node.js meetup workshop Udemy Books / reading Self-taught None / no answer INFORMAL CODING EDUCATION Google / YouTube NodeBots Code School Code Academy Coding Bootcamp Online tutorials NodeTogether NodeGirls Node.js documentation PluralSight github Freecode Camp Blogs/articles OTHER SOURCES mentioned by 1% or fewer Node.js Skills Acquisition LEARNING NODE.JS Nearly all respondents learned Node.js in English which is non-native for more than half of respondents In certain regions including EMEA and (especially) Latin America a vast majority of respondents learned Node.js in a non-native language SOURCE: Q7/Q8 18 53% 57% 51% 56% 48% 8% 77% 57% 97% 2017 Back-end Full Stack Front-end Other US/CA EMEA APAC Lat Amer PRIMARY DEV. FOCUS REGION 98% 99% 99% 99% 91% 97% 97% 97% 100% TOTAL Learned in English LEARNED NODE.JS IN NON-NATIVE LANGUAGE Ease of learning Node.js LEARNING NODE.JS About half of respondents say it was generally easy to learn. Very few complain that it is difficult Surprisingly, those in Latin America who are most likely to have learned in a non-native language are particularly upbeat about ease of learning Newer users are less enthusiastic than those using it 2+ years suggesting that more could be done to improve the learning experience SOURCE: Q34, among those with an opinion; blanks excluded. * Top 3/Bottom 3 box on scale from 1 'extremely difficult' to 10 'extremely easy'. 49% 50% 51% 42% 47% 47% 50% 46% 58% 43% 54% 2017 Back-end Full Stack Front-end Other US/CA EMEA APAC Lat Amer < 2 yrs 2+ yrs 3% 2% 3% 4% 10% 3% 4% 2% 4% 4% 3% PRIMARY DEV. FOCUS REGION TOTAL YRS USING NODE.JS Difficult Easy 19 EASE OF LEARNING NODE.JS by subgroup Resources used LEARNING NODE.JS Respondents use many resources when learning a new language documentation and StackOverflow chief among them Tutorial videos are also widely used While documentation and StackOverflow are still top, newer Node.js users are more likely than others to also use free & paid online courses and tutorial videos SOURCE: Q37, among those who provided a response (no answer excluded) *Not trended by subgroup 20 84% 72% 58% 56% 40% 28% 25% 18% 15% 15% 12% 11% Meet-up coding events Workshops (independ-ent of conf's) Enterprise tooling Enterprise services Biz case study podcasts Biz case study webinars < 2 yrs 2+ yrs Documentation 80% 88% StackOverflow 71 72 Free online courses 66 52 Tutorial videos 62 52 Publications 39 40 Paid online courses 35 24 Conference talk videos 19 29 Technical podcasts 16 19 Meetup talk events 10 17 Conferences 11 18 Documentation StackOverflow Free online courses Tutorial videos Publications Paid online courses Conference talk videos Technical podcasts Meet-up talk events Conferences Technical webinars Case studies RESOURCES RELY ON MOST WHEN LEARNING NEW LANGUAGE / FRAMEWORK / RUNTIME ENVIRONMENT OTHER RESOURCES used by 8% or less RESOURCES USED BY YEARS using Node.js Methodology BACKGROUND This report presents selected findings from the 2018 Node.js User Survey. The primary objective of the research was to profile Node.js users and identify potential areas of improvement. The findings will be used for program development, marketing and PR/external communications. The study was conducted online from Oct 5, 2017 to January 7, 2018 via a self-administered survey. The survey was fielded worldwide in English and Chinese to encourage maximum response. The survey link was distributed by the Node.js Foundation through a number of channels including email, Twitter, conferences, blogs and word of mouth (meet-ups). A total of 1,626 individuals responded to at least some questions in the survey.* To ensure data integrity and unbiased interpretation, data analysis and reporting was conducted by Research Collaborative, an independent market research firm. Numbers may not total to 100% due to rounding * Due to skip logic or missed questions, the number of responses for individual questions may be considerably lower 21 Thank you For more information: Contact [presenter] +1 (xxx) xxx-xxxx xxxxxxxx@yyyyy.zzz 22 2019 NODE.JS USER STUDY DETAILED REPORT OF FINDINGS May 2018 Appendix Overview / methodology BACKGROUND This report presents selected findings from the 2018 Node.js User Survey. The primary objective of the research was to profile Node.js users and identify potential areas of improvement. The findings will be used for program development, marketing and PR/external communications. The study was conducted online from Oct 5, 2017 to January 7, 2018 via a self-administered survey. The survey was fielded worldwide in English and Chinese to encourage maximum response. The survey link was distributed by the Node.js Foundation through a number of channels including email, Twitter, conferences, blogs and word of mouth (meet-ups). A total of 1,626 individuals responded to at least some questions in the survey.* ^ To ensure data integrity and unbiased interpretation, data analysis and reporting was conducted by Research Collaborative, an independent market research firm. Numbers may not total to 100% due to rounding * Due to skip logic or missed questions, the number of responses for individual questions may be considerably lower. ^ For a population of 10M, a sample size of 384 is needed for a confidence level of 95% and confidence interval of +/- %5. See https://www.surveysystem.com/sscalc.htm 24 Business / personal profile SECTION HIGHLIGHTS As with last year, the typical Node.js user is male, age 31 and college educated. A majority are developers, in small (<100 employees) companies, with 5+ years of professional development experience. Although many have 10+ years total development experience, this year's respondents are less experienced in terms of total development experience. Respondents come from across the globe, but most are in US/CA or EMEA. Collectively, respondents speak over 60 languages, but for nearly half English is primary. The mix of countries has changed somewhat since last year with fewer from US and China and more from India and Canada. There are considerable differences in personal and business characteristics, with those from US/CA older, more experienced, and from larger companies than users elsewhere. 25 Personal characteristics BUSINESS/PERSONAL PROFILE The typical Node.js user is male, age 31, college educated and white. Respondents are slightly older in this wave, but gender and education are unchanged. SOURCE: Q9, Q10, Q11, Q14 * Ethnicity asked as open end this year, closed end last year; not trendable 26 22% 46% 32% 31.0 < 25 25-34 35+ Male 94% Female 5% Other 1% 62% 18% 5% 5% White/ Caucasian Asian Black/ African American Hispanic/ Latino RESPONDENT AGE ETHNICITY* Median Age: High school or less 16% Some college 10% College degree 51% Grad degree 21% Other 2% GENDER EDUCATION Profile by region BUSINESS/PERSONAL PROFILE There are notable differences in business and personal profile by region. Those in the US/CA are older, more experienced and work in larger companies than their peers around the globe. EMEA respondents are particularly highly educated. The profile of APAC respondents has changed in many respects vs. last wave perhaps not surprising given the drop in China as a percentage of APAC respondents this year. APAC respondents are relatively new to development. SOURCE: Q1, Q3, Q7, Q9, Q14. Q15 27 US/CA EMEA APAC LatAm Co size (median # ee's) 99 24 24 40 Prof'l dev experience (median yrs) 7.5 5.3 3.7 4.4 Prof'l dev experience (10+ yrs) 42% 29% 18% 28% Developers 60% 67% 64% 70% Managers 29% 23% 24% 24% US/CA EMEA APAC LatAm English primary language 92% 21% 42% 1% Age (median) 33 31 29 30 Age (% 35+) 41% 31% 20% 24% Male 91% 95% 97% 96% Have grad degree 15% 28% 20% 8% BUSINESS CHARACTERISTICS by region PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS by region Node.js usage profile SECTION HIGHLIGHTS As with last year, the typical user has been working with Node.js over 2 years, and spends more than half of his development time using it. The vast majority are developing web apps. Most respondents are primarily back-end or full stack development-focused, and they use Node.js more regularly at work than others do. Relatively few users are primarily focused on "other" non-traditional development areas*, but those who are tend to be older and more highly educated than others. Users are deploying through a range of channels, but AWS is most widely used for production and On-premise or AWS for development. Heroku seems to be growing in popularity in APAC and Latin America. More than 4 in 5 back-end and full stack developers are using Node.js frameworks; Express is tops, but Graph QL is increasingly prevalent this wave. Most are using a transpiler and module bundler (especially full stack and front-end developers). Babel is the preferred transpiler, but Typescript is growing. Webpack continues to dominate the module bundler space. Ubuntu is the primary OS/Distro used in production, and MAC OS in development but Windows seems to be growing in popularity for both (especially in US/CA and EMEA). 28 *Including DevOps, Desktop Apps, Mobile, IoT and Security Back-end (including APIs) Full Stack Front-end Ops/DevOps Desktop Applications Mobile IoT Security 37% 39% 14% 2% 2% 2% 2% 1% Development focus NODE.JS USAGE PROFILE Three in four Node.js users are focused primarily on back-end or full stack development There has been a slight drop in this wave in those who have any focus on back-end development US / CA respondents are more focused on full stack than back-end Ops / DevOps is really only a focus in US / CA although even here, it is not widely focused on SOURCE: Q22, Q23 29 Primary Focus 69% 61% 49% 22% 19% 20% 12% 6% NET Focus US/CA EMEA APAC LatAm Back-end 32% 38% 43% 42% Full Stack 42 39 38 41 Front-end 15 14 13 11 Ops / DevOps 3 1 <1 1 Desktop Apps 2 2 2 1 Mobile 2 2 2 2 IoT 1 2 1 2 Security <1 1 <1 0 Primary Development Focus by Region < DEVELOPMENT FOCUS title PRIMARY DEVELOPMENT FOCUS by region Profile by development area NODE.JS USAGE PROFILE There are some differences in users' business and personal characteristics based on development focus. Full stack developers have been using Node.js the longest, and along with back-end developers, spend the most time with it. Those outside of the three traditional development areas tend to be older and more highly educated than others. SOURCE: Q1, Q3, Q4, Q7, Q9, Q10, Q15, Q17, Q20 30 Back- end Full Stack Front- end Other Co size (median # ee's) 54 37 79 44 Prof'l dev experience (median yrs) 4.7 6.0 5.6 6.1 Prof'l dev experience (10+ yrs) 31 32 29 38 Developers 69% 61% 71% 50% Managers 25% 28% 19% 32% Years using Node.js (median) 2.2 2.5 2.3 2.2 % Prof Dev time Use Node.js (median) 61% 62% 27% 39% Back- end Full Stack Front- end Other English primary language 43% 48% 44% 48% Age (median) 31 31 31 35 Male 94% 95% 95% 91% Have grad degree 22% 19% 18% 29% US/CA 27% 34% 35% 39% EMEA 46% 43% 45% 45% APAC 19% 16% 15% 10% Latin America 8% 8% 6% 4% "Other" includes: Ops/Dev Ops, Desktop Applications, Mobile, IoT and Security BUSINESS CHARACTERISTICS by primary development focus PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS by primary development focus Where deploy code NODE.JS USAGE PROFILE EMEA respondents are less likely than others to use AWS, preferring on-premise infrastructure. US/CA respondents are also likely to be deploying via on-premise infrastructure Heroku is growing in both APAC and Latin America, and is one of the top choices for deployment for development in Latin America SOURCE: Q28, Q30 ^ Attribute wording change; interpret trend cautiously * Items added to pre-list in 2017; not trended 31 For Production For Development US/CA EMEA APAC LatAm Amazon Web Services 37% 23% 42% 40% On-Premise Infrastructure 20 27 11 12 Heroku 11 11 12 16 Digital Ocean* 7 9 7 7 Google Cloud 4 5 5 6 Microsoft Azure^ 5 4 7 5 IBM Bluemix 2 1 1 3 Red Hat Openshift^ 1 1 2 1 Depl not req'd 5 7 4 4 US/CA EMEA APAC LatAm On-Premise Infrastructure 32% 32% 20% 22% Amazon Web Services 24 17 27 20 Heroku 9 12 16 20 Digital Ocean* 5 6 7 5 Google Cloud 3 4 4 1 Microsoft Azure^ 3 4 7 4 IBM Bluemix 1 1 1 4 Red Hat Openshift^ 1 1 1 1 Depl not req'd 16 16 14 13 WHERE PRIMARILY DEPLOY NODE.JS CODE by region Where deploy code NODE.JS USAGE PROFILE Deployment also varies somewhat based on development focus. AWS is widely used by back-end, full stack and front-end developers, but less so for others. Heroku is relatively popular among full-stack developers. SOURCE: Q28, Q30 ^ Attribute wording change; interpret trend cautiously * Items added to pre-list in 2017; not trended 32 Back-end Full Stack Front-end Other Amazon Web Services 36% 33% 29% 16% On-Premise Infrastructure 23 20 24 20 Heroku 10 14 9 8 Digital Ocean* 5 11 8 5 Google Cloud 5 5 4 5 Microsoft Azure^ 5 4 4 9 IBM Bluemix 2 1 0 3 Red Hat Openshift^ 1 1 1 2 Depl not req'd 4 3 13 13 Back-end Full Stack Front-end Other On-Premise Infrastructure 29% 29% 33% 25% Amazon Web Services 24 22 17 10 Heroku 12 14 9 7 Digital Ocean* 3 8 7 4 Google Cloud 3 4 2 4 Microsoft Azure^ 5 3 2 7 IBM Bluemix 1 1 1 2 Red Hat Openshift^ 1 1 1 2 Depl not req'd 15 12 20 27 For Production For Development WHERE PRIMARILY DEPLOY NODE.JS CODE by primary development focus Transpilers and bundlers NODE.JS USAGE PROFILE Most respondents use a transpiler and module bundler particularly front-end and full stack developers. Use of transpilers has risen since last year; Babel is most common, but use of Typescript is on the rise. Webpack seems to be solidifying its notable lead among module bundlers. SOURCE: Q31, Q32 33 69% 57% 78% 89% 47% 2017 Back-end Full Stack Front-end Other PRIMARY DEV. FOCUS USE A TRANSPILER 77% 69% 86% 93% 53% 2017 Back-end Full Stack Front-end Other PRIMARY DEV. FOCUS USE A MODULE BUNDLER Primary OS / distro NODE.JS USAGE PROFILE Distro use varies somewhat by region, with Ubuntu more popular in APAC and Latin America, and MAC OS more popular in US / CA Debian-based Linux, while not widely used anywhere for development, is somewhat popular in EMEA and Latin America in production SOURCE: Q41, Q42 34 US/CA EMEA APAC LatAm 6% 3% 3% 3% 12 12 14 3 37 37 45 41 14 26 16 28 16 11 15 17 3 3 2 1 US/CA EMEA APAC LatAm 50% 35% 40% 33% 22 27 23 15 15 21 27 37 4 6 4 5 4 3 3 3 2 4 3 4 MAC OS Windows Ubuntu Debian-based Linux Ent. Linux & Fedora Arch Linux In Production In Development PRIMARY OS / DISTRO USED by region Primary OS / distro NODE.JS USAGE PROFILE Primary distro varies somewhat by development focus Ubuntu is most popular among back-end and full stack developers, while Windows is more popular among front-end and "other" developers (where it is the #1 choice for both production and development) SOURCE: Q41, Q42 35 Back-End Full Stack Front-End Other 3% 3% 8% 6% 8 9 18 29 42 41 30 25 19 24 19 15 17 12 14 9 3 2 3 2 Back-End Full Stack Front-End Other 36% 47% 48% 26% 21 21 29 39 26 20 14 20 5 5 2 6 6 3 1 0 4 2 4 3 MAC OS Windows Ubuntu Debian-based Linux Ent. Linux & Fedora Arch Linux In Production In Development PRIMARY OS / DISTRO USED by primary development focus Languages Used SECTION HIGHLIGHTS Node.js users are using a range of other languages besides Node.js more than 3 on average, including primarily JavaScript, Python, Java and PHP. A third are using ES2017 or above three times as many as in last year. APAC users use fewer languages on average than others, while those outside traditional development areas use more particularly C++ and C. Most expect to increase their use of Node.js over the next 12 months and the number is rising. Growth will likely come from outside the US/CA particularly in Latin America or EMEA. Use of other languages is also expected to increase including Rust, Go and JavaScript. Usage of Ruby has dropped, and users are far more likely to say they will "decrease" usage than increase over the next 12 months. PHP is less popular in US/CA and among "other" developers; and, many of those who use it say they will decrease usage over the next 12 months. Go and Swift may be stealing the attention of Node.js users many of those who plan to maintain/decrease with Node.js will increase with Go or Swift in the next 12 months. 36 3% 2% 3% 3% 2% 4% 2% 3% 0% Expected change in Node.js usage LANGUAGES USED Three quarters of respondents say they plan to increase their use of Node over the next 12 months up from 2016 The rise in increased usage is attributable to back-end developers and those in EMEA, although Latin American respondents are most likely to say they will increase their usage SOURCE: Q26, among Node.js users who provided an answer 37 76% 77% 74% 78% 75% 70% 77% 80% 88% 2017 Back-end Full Stack Front-end Other US/CA EMEA APAC Lat Amer Decrease TOTAL Increase PRIMARY DEV. FOCUS REGION Stay same 22% 21% 24% 19% 22% 27% 21% 17% 12% EXPECTED CHANGE IN USE OF NODE.JS OVER NEXT 12 MONTHS by subgroup t ange in e.js usage ES USED r quarters of respondents say they plan to increase their us of Node over the next 12 months up from 2016 The rise in increased usage is attributable to back-end developers and those in EMEA, although Latin American respondents are most likely to say they will increase their usage .j sers who provided an answer r I r I S F NODE.JS VER NEXT 12 MONTHS by subgroup 2% 8% 3% 19% 19% 23% 43% 35% 37% 51% 3% 13% 3% 14% 26% 33% 38% 35% 49% 51% 3% 2% 13% 30% 30%* 35% 77% 76% 71% 43% 41% 41% 30% 28% 24% 18% 74% 70% 70% 53% 42% 30% 26% 31% 20% 24% 78% 72% 52% 34% 30%* 28% Node Go JavaScript Python C++ C Java .net Ruby PHP Expected change in other languages LANGUAGES USED Planned usage does not vary considerably across the three main developer segments except that back-end developers are particularly likely to decrease their use of Java and front-end developers are less likely to decrease their use of PHP. SOURCE: Q25, Q26, among those who use respective brand and who provided an answer * Sample size small (n<50) **Sample size too small to report (n<30) 38 Will increase Will Decrease ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** Back- End Full-Stack Front-End EXPECTED CHANGE IN USE OVER NEXT 12 MONTHS among users of each language* JavaScript 93% Python 36% Java 38% PHP 35% .Net 21% C++ 15% Ruby 14% Go 14% C 14% Swift 9% Rust 5% JavaScript 94% Python 40% Java 30% PHP 21% .Net 21% C++ 20% Ruby 14% Go 21% C 16% Swift 9% Rust 8% 9% 14% 45% 57% 24% 23% 51% 10% 21% 23% Expected change in other languages LANGUAGES USED Those who plan to increase their use of Node.js will be increasing their use of a number of other languages as well Many of those who will hold steady/decrease with Node.js will be increasing their focus on Go or Swift SOURCE: Q25, Q26, among those who use respective brand and who provided an answer 39 24% 76% Expected Change 8% 33% 15% 8% 19% 26% 9% 67% 25% 50% OTHER LANGUAGES: STEAD/DECREASE NODE.JS Increase Use of Node.js Same/Decrease Use of Node.js Decrease Increase % Use Expected Change 92% 56% 35% 27% 32% 48% 25% 72% 33% 60% 85% OTHER LANGUAGES: INCREASE NODE.JS Decrease Increase % Use * * * * <1% 17% 36% 47% 36% 23% 42% 10% 30% 16% 4% EXPECTED CHANGE IN USE OVER NEXT 12 MONTHS Package Managers SECTION HIGHLIGHTS npm is by far the most widely used package manager, but Yarn is gaining in popularity. Node users search for packages primarily on ptmjs.org or Google/search engines; the use of Google/search engines has increased since last year. It is becoming increasingly important to users to manage different packages for multi environments. Those in APAC and Latin American regions are most likely to see this as a priority. Availability of multiple registries is not widely seen as important in certain segments like EMEA, US/CA and small companies. Latin America is the only area where having multiple registries is an important priority. 40 npmjs.org '16 '17 Google/other search engine '16 '17 NPMS.IO/NPM '16 '17 npmsearch.com '16 '17 StackOverflow/other commun. '16 '17 GitHub '16 '17 NPM '16 '17 Yarn '16 '17 Bower '16 '17 JSPM '16 '17 Duo '16 '17 Package Manager Usage PACKAGE MANAGERS NPM is, by far, the most widely used package manager but Yarn is gaining in popularity in many subgroups. Respondents search for packages almost entirely on npmjs.org or through Google/search engine, which are gaining popularity in APAC and among other developers. SOURCE: Q47/Q48 (including blank/no answer) 41 Package Manager Using 61% 60% 9% 13% 1% 1% 1% 1% 0% 1% Where Search For Packages < < 27% did not check anything for either question 35% 38% 28% 32% 3% 1% 2% 1% 1% 1% 1% 1% Especially. . . US/CA 64% Yarn is growing across most regions . . . US/CA EMEA APAC LatAm 14% 14% 10% 12% BckEnd FullStk FrEnd Other 13% 16% 19% 10% . . .Within some development areas. . . <100ees 100-999 1000+ 13% 14% 13% . . .And in smaller companies Search engines are growing in APAC US/CA EMEA APAC LatAm 34% 31% 32% 31% BckEnd FullStk FrEnd Other 36% 36% 39% 37% . . .And other development areas < < < Managing different packages PACKAGE MANAGERS It is becoming increasingly important to be able to manage different packages for multi environments the rise most evident among full stack developers and those in US / CA These rises notwithstanding, managing different packages is particularly important to those in APAC and Latin America SOURCE: Q49, among those with an opinion; blanks excluded. * Top 3/Bottom 3 box on scale from 1 'not at all important to 10 'extremely important'. 42 44% 44% 45% 44% 38% 41% 40% 52% 57% 2017 Back-end Full Stack Front-end Other US/CA EMEA APAC Lat Amer 17% 18% 15% 15% 26% 20% 20% 8% 5% TOTAL Important* Not Important* PRIMARY DEV. FOCUS REGION IMPORTANCE OF MANAGING DIFFERENT PACKAGES FOR MULTI ENVIRONMENTS e.g., react vs react-native or cli Availability of Multiple Registries PACKAGE MANAGERS The availability of multiple registries is not widely seen as important at least not outside Latin America. EMEA respondents, and those in companies with fewer than 100 employees are least likely to value access to multiple registries. SOURCE: Q50, among those with an opinion; blanks excluded. * Top 3/Bottom 3 box on scale from 1 'not at all important to 10 'extremely important'. **Sample size small (n<50) 43 32% 33% 33% 30% 28% 32% 25% 40% 55% 27% 37% 38% 2017 Back-end Full Stack Front-end Other US/CA EMEA APAC Lat Am** <100 100-999 1000+ Not Important* 28% 26% 30% 26% 31% 30% 34% 18% 8% 31% 24% 24% TOTAL Important* PRIMARY DEV. FOCUS REGION # EMPLOYEES IMPORTANCE OF AVAILABILITY OF MULTIPLE REGISTRIES e.g., react vs react-native or cli Learning Node.js SECTION HIGHLIGHTS The main way Node.js users learn a new language is through online courses without an instructor, especially outside the US/CA Nearly all users learned Node.js in English but for more than half, it was not their native language. EMEA and Latin American users are most likely to have learned in a non-native language. There has been a rise in those who say it is easy to learn Node.js, and improvement in scores for availability and quality of resources in several topic areas. Latin American users, despite having learned in non-native language, give particularly high scores for availability, quality and overall ease of learning. There are some differences perceptions by subgroup, with APAC and EMEA having some concerns, and mid-size companies perhaps faring better than others. Newer Node.js users are less enthusiastic about availability and quality of resources than longer term users, although most are still positive. Documentation and StackOverflow are the main sources users rely on when learning a new language but free online courses and tutorial videos are also important and something users would like more of (especially new users and those in Latin America. 44 JavaScript General Node.js programming ES2016 and beyond Asynchronous programming Node.js for front-end engineering Managing Node.js in production Node.js and security Learning resources LEARNING NODE.JS There have been notable improvements in access to and/or quality of learning resources particularly for General Node.js programming and Asynchronous programming Still, more needs to be done to improve ratings for resources around managing Node.js in production and Node.js and security for both areas, high negative scores are a red flag SOURCE: Q35, Q36, among those who provided a rating. *Top 3/Bottom 3 on scale from 1 'poor e.g., impossible to find/access' to 10 'excellent e.g. easy to find/access' ^ Top 3/Bottom 3 on scale from 1 'poor' to 10 'excellent' 45 85% 74% 67% 51% 45% 25% 18% 1% 2% 2% 4% 6% 15% 25% 71% 64% 60% 46% 42% 28% 25% 2% 3% 4% 6% 8% 15% 21% Availability Poor* Excellent* Quality Poor^ Excellent^ AVAILABILITY / QUALITY OF LEARNING RESOURCES Learning resources LEARNING NODE.JS Perceptions of availability of resources vary considerably by region with those in Latin America generally more upbeat, but those in APAC and EMEA having concerns in some specific topic areas 46 69% 69% 58% 70% 51% 50% 48% 61% 49% 45% 36% 47% 25% 22% 26% 39% 20% 14% 19% 31% US/CA EMEA APAC LatAm US/CA EMEA APAC LatAm US/CA EMEA APAC LatAm US/CA EMEA APAC LatAm US/CA EMEA APAC LatAm Poor* 2% 2% 3% 1% 4% 4% 7% 4% 5% 6% 11% 8% 16% 14% 19% 10% 24% 25% 30% 24% Excellent* SOURCE: Q35 among those who provided a rating. *Top 3/Bottom 3 on scale from 1 'poor e.g., impossible to find/access' to 10 'excellent e.g. easy to find/access' ES2016 & Beyond Asynchronous Programming Node.js for Front-end Engineering Managing in Production Node.js & Security AVAILABILITY OF LEARNING RESOURCES BY REGION selected resources Learning resources LEARNING NODE.JS A similar pattern exists with regard to quality: Latin America respondents are more pleased with quality while APAC and (less so) EMEA have concerns 47 63% 59% 53% 64% 49% 45% 41% 58% 43% 42% 34% 52% 29% 24% 33% 42% 26% 23% 24% 33% US/CA EMEA APAC LatAm US/CA EMEA APAC LatAm US/CA EMEA APAC LatAm US/CA EMEA APAC LatAm US/CA EMEA APAC LatAm 4% 3% 4% 5% 6% 4% 9% 4% 8% 6% 9% 12% 17% 14% 16% 16% 20% 20% 25% 22% Poor^ Excellent^ SOURCE: Q36 among those who provided a rating. ^Top 3/Bottom 3 on scale from 1 'poor' to 10 'excellent' ES2016 & Beyond Asynchronous Programming Node.js for Front-end Engineering Managing in Production Node.js & Security AVAILABILITY OF LEARNING RESOURCES BY REGION selected resources Learning resources LEARNING NODE.JS Respondents in mid-size companies perceive greater access to some learning resources than those in larger and smaller firms, but perceived quality is only marginally better To the extent there has been an improvement in perceptions of availability of resources, it's coming from midsize and smaller companies 48 65% 75% 68% 50% 59% 46% 24% 31% 21% <100 100-999 1000+ <100 100-999 1000+ <100 100-999 1000+ Poor* 2% 1% 1% 5% 3% 5% 15% 16% 14% Excellent* SOURCE: Q35, Q36, among those who provided a rating. *Top 3/Bottom 3 on scale from 1 'poor e.g., impossible to find/access' to 10 'excellent e.g. easy to find/access' ^ Top 3/Bottom 3 on scale from 1 'poor' to 10 'excellent' 58% 65% 59% 45% 52% 46% 27% 33% 28% <100 100-999 1000+ <100 100-999 1000+ <100 100-999 1000+ Poor^ 5% 3% 2% 7% 4% 4% 17% 14% 14% Excellent^ Availability Quality # E M P L O Y E E S # E M P L O Y E E S # E M P L O Y E E S # E M P L O Y E E S # E M P L O Y E E S # E M P L O Y E E S ES2016 & Beyond Asynchronous Programming Managing in Production Managing in Production ES2016 & Beyond Asynchronous Programming AVAILABILITY / QUALITY OF LEARNING RESOURCES BY CO SIZE selected resources Learning Resources LEARNING NODE.JS Newer Node.js users give lower scores than others on availability in several topic areas While still low, their higher negative ratings are worthy of note 49 82% 87% 69% 78% 62% 71% 45% 55% < 2 yrs 2+ yrs < 2 yrs 2+ yrs < 2 yrs 2+ yrs < 2 yrs 2+ yrs Poor* 1% 1% 4% 1% 3% 1% 6% 3% Excellent* SOURCE: Q35, Q36, among those who provided a rating. *Top 3/Bottom 3 on scale from 1 'poor e.g., impossible to find/access' to 10 'excellent e.g. easy to find/access' NOT TRENDED BY SUBGROUP ^ Top 3/Bottom 3 on scale from 1 'poor' to 10 'excellent' Poor^ Excellent^ YRS USING Node.js YRS USING Node.js YRS USING Node.js YRS USING Node.js 73% 70% 61% 65% 57% 62% 46% 47% < 2 yrs 2+ yrs < 2 yrs 2+ yrs < 2 yrs 2+ yrs < 2 yrs 2+ yrs 3% 2% 5% 2% 6% 3% 8% 4% YRS USING Node.js YRS USING Node.js YRS USING Node.js YRS USING Node.js < Availability Quality JavaScript Gen'l Node.js Programming Asynchronous Programming ES2016 & Beyond AVAILABILITY / QUALITY OF LEARNING RESOURCES BY USING NODE.JS selected resources JavaScript Gen'l Node.js Programming Asynchronous Programming ES2016 & Beyond Resources used LEARNING NODE.JS To the extent users want more learning resources, documentation, free online courses and tutorial videos top the list Consistent with their current usage, new Node.js users are particularly likely to want free online courses and tutorial videos 50 Documentation Free online courses Tutorial videos Case studies Conferences Meet-up coding events Conference talk videos Paid online courses Technical podcasts Meet-up talk events Technical webinars Enterprise tooling Workshops (indep of confs) Enterprise services Biz case study podcasts Biz case study webinars Other Resources (used by < 5%) SOURCE: Q38, including no answers *Not trended by subgroup < 2 yrs 2+ yrs Documentation 33% 34% Free online courses 42 27 Tutorial videos 30 25 Case studies 15 16 Conferences 12 16 Meet-up coding events 14 12 Paid online courses 14 10 Technical podcasts 12 12 34% 33% 27% 15% 14% 13% 12% 12% 12% 11% 10% 7% 7% RESOURCES WOULD LIKE MORE OF top mentions RESOURCES WOULD LIKE MORE OF BY USING NODE.JS* top mentions Resources used LEARNING NODE.JS Latin American users are particularly open to new learning resources particularly around free online courses, tutorial videos, conferences and (increasingly) conference talk videos Front end developers are less likely than others (and than last wave) to want more meet-up events SOURCE: Q38, including no answers 51 US/CA EMEA APAC LatAm 34% 34% 34% 36% 32 31 36 46 27 24 30 39 14 12 15 29 11 16 22 21 13 10 17 17 11 9 14 17 15 10 12 17 12 10 11 22 Documentation Free online courses Tutorial videos Conferences Case studies Meet-up coding events Meet-up talk events Technical podcasts Conference talk videos Back-End Full Stack Front-End Other 40% 38% 35% 34% 39 38 38 35 31 35 27 23 18 18 12 10 19 17 16 15 16 15 9 13 13 14 8 10 18 14 10 7 14 13 11 12 By Region By Primary Development Focus RESOURCES WOULD LIKE MORE OF top mentions Node.js Versions & LTS SECTION HIGHLIGHTS Most Node.js users use a version manager typically Nvm. Just over half use LTS release line, but use of current release line is increasing particularly among Full stack and "other" developers, and in smaller companies. It is important to most users to have LTS for Node.js, although it is somewhat less important to those in small companies or in EMEA. There has been a drop in those who say the LTS schedule support timeframe is 'clear', down to just half of users. Those least likely to see as clear are front-end developers, APAC and those in smaller companies. New users are less likely to use a version manager, and are more likely to use Apt-Get than their more seasoned peers. Importantly, only a minority of new users report a good understanding of the LTS schedule/support timeframe. 52 Release Line SOURCE: Q39 53 NODE.JS VERSIONS & LTS More than half of users rely on LTS release line but that number is slipping Current is particularly popular among small companies, and newer Node.js users 55% 43% 2% 2017 Current LTS Other 52% 12% 11% 9% 8% 5% Nvm Apt-get N Docker Homebrew Nvm-Windows Version managers NODE.JS VERSIONS & LTS Three in four Node.js users say they use a Node.js version manager typically NVM SOURCE: Q43 54 76% Use Version Manager Nodenv Nave Nodebrew Nodist Other Version Managers (used by 1% or less). 2017 USE A NODE.JS VERSION MANAGER NODE.JS VERSION MANAGER USED top mentions, among those who use any LTS support NODE.JS VERSIONS & LTS It is important to most users to have LTS for Node.js Users in EMEA and smaller companies are less likely to see it as a priority, but even here, more than half say it is important SOURCE: Q40, among those with an opinion; blanks excluded. * Top 3/Bottom 3 box on scale from 1 'not at all important' to 10 'extremely important' Question new in 2017/not trended 55 61% 65% 61% 54% 56% 65% 57% 62% 69% 57% 63% 70% Total Back-end Full Stack Front-end Other US/CA EMEA APAC Lat Amer < 100 100-999 1000+ Not important* 12% 10% 11% 16% 13% 10% 14% 9% 11% 13% 8% 9% Important* PRIMARY DEV. FOCUS REGION # EMPLOYEES IMPORTANCE OF HAVING LONG TERM SUPPORT (LTS) FOR NODE.JS LTS support NODE.JS VERSIONS & LTS While many say the LTS Schedule / Support timeframe is clear, that number has dropped significantly since last year overall and across multiple segments APAC users, front-end developers and those in small companies are least likely to see LTS schedule / support timeframe as clear SOURCE: Q45, Among those with an opinion (Blanks excluded) *Top 3/Bottom 3 box on scale from 1 'very confused' to 10 'perfectly clear' 56 51% 53% 51% 40% 57% 52% 54% 40% 57% 47% 57% 56% 2017 Back-end Full Stack Front-end Other US/CA EMEA APAC Lat Amer < 100 100-999 1000+ Confusing* 8% 5% 9% 10% 12% 8% 7% 11% 8% 10% 6% 5% Clear* PRIMARY DEV. FOCUS REGION # EMPLOYEES IMPORTANCE OF LTS SCHEDULE / SUPPORT TIMEFRAME FOR VARIOUS VERSIONS by subgroup Understanding newer Node.js users NODE.JS VERSIONS & LTS Newer Node.js users are less likely than their more seasoned peers in their use of version manager, and are more likely to use Apt-Get While it is not as important to them to have LTS support, most novice users still do want it, and their understanding of the schedule/support timeframe is weak 57 69% 80% < 2 yrs 2+ yrs SOURCE: Q40, Q43, Q45 * Top 3/Bottom 3 box on scale from 1 'not at all important' to 10 'extremely important' NOT TRENDED BY SUBGROUP ^ Top 3/Bottom 3 box on scale from 1 'very confused' to 10 'perfectly clear' YRS USING Node.js NVM 48% 55% Apt-Get 19% 8% N 9% 12% 55% 66% < 2 yrs 2+ yrs Important* Not important* 13% 10% 37% 60% < 2 yrs 2+ yrs 11% 6% Clear^ Confusing^ USE VERSION MANAGER IMPORTANCE OF HAVING LTS FOR NODE.JS UNDERSTANDING OF LTS SCHEDULE / SUPPORT TIMEFRAME Node.js Impact & Getting Involved SECTION HIGHLIGHTS Users are very upbeat and excited about Node.js with words like "fast" "easy" "awesome" "simple" "powerful" and "fun" widely used to describe Node.js Node.js is continuing to have a positive impact on many users primarily through increased productivity and satisfaction, reduced development costs and increased app performance. The impacts may not be immediately clear however: new users are less likely to report positive impacts in many areas. While it's not the most widely felt benefit, users in US/CA are more likely than others to say Node.js.js has helped with recruiting. Despite their positive perceptions, few have been contributing to open source projects for Node.js. There is growing interest in getting involved, however: nearly a third say they are interested in contributing and nearly half say they might be open to mentoring others (both up from last year). Those most interested in being involved include users in Latin America, APAC, and back-end and full stack developers. The main barriers are time and inexperience but some Node.js users don't know how to contribute, or feel the community is not welcoming. 58 Words to describe Node.js NODE.JS IMPACT & GETTING INVOLVED In their own words, respondents used mostly positive adjectives to describe Node.js They particularly like that it is fast, simple, easy, yet powerful and flexible. SOURCE: Q53 59 Business impact NODE.JS IMPACT & GETTING INVOLVED Users in Latin America are particularly likely to note positive impacts particularly around productivity, application performance and uptime Node.js has helped with recruiting in the US/CA more than other regions SOURCE: Q54 60 US/CA EMEA APAC LAT AM Increased developer productivity 68% 66% 69% 78% Improved developer satisfaction 64 60 60 65 Reduced development costs 60 51 61 56 Increased application performance 43 47 53 63 Increased uptime 22 23 24 40 Helped recruit developers 34 18 18 12 No impact 7 6 3 3 HOW NODE.JS HAS IMPACTED YOUR BUSINESS top impacts Groups working with NODE.JS IMPACT & GETTING INVOLVED Consistent with last year, relatively few Node.js users reports contributing to open source repositories Github, npm and Express are most widely contributed to SOURCE: Q19 61 10% 8% 6% 3% 3% 3% https:/github.com/node.js Npm Express Gulp Lodash Async Request NodeSchool Browserify I18n Libuv Streams Nodebots Node-serialport 2% or fewer mention. . . Most Widely Mentioned: ...nodejs/nodejs.org 3% ...nodejs/LTS 2% ...nodejs/v8 2% ...nodejs/http2 1% ...nodejs/build 1% ...nodejs/node-gyp 1% ...nodejs/TSC 1% OPEN SOURCE REPOSITORIES / GROUPS / PROJECTS IN NODE.JS CONTRIBUTE TO Groups working with NODE.JS IMPACT & GETTING INVOLVED Users in Asia / Pacific region are more likely to contribute to many groups 62 US/CA EMEA APAC LatAm 12% 7% 12% 9% 5 7 14 9 4 5 11 6 2 3 5 4 2 3 6 4 1 3 6 4 1 1 4 3 SOURCE: Q19 https:/github.com/node.js Npm Express Gulp Lodash Async Browserify Back-End Full Stack Front-End Other 10% 10% 5% 12% 6 7 8 12 6 7 4 7 3 3 4 4 2 3 3 3 3 3 1 4 2 1 2 2 By Region By Primary Development Focus OPEN SOURCE REPOSITORIES / GROUPS / PROJECTS IN NODE.JS CONTRIBUTE TO Interest in getting involved NODE.JS FOUNDATION & GETTING INVOLVED Encouragingly, there has been a rise in the number of Node.js users who are interested in contributing to the project and/or mentoring others Those most interested in being involved include users in Latin America and APAC, and back-end and full stack developers While time and lack of skill are, by far, the primary barriers to contributing, some are held back because they don't know HOW to contribute SOURCE: Q58, Q59, Q60 63 31% Yes 45% Yes / Maybe INTEREST IN CONTRIBUTING TO OPEN SOURCE NODE.JS PROJECT INTEREST IN MENTORING OTHERS