Key Facts
- The survey started on the 21st of August 2012.
- It ended on the 1st of September 2012.
- About ~1,700 coders applied. Thanks a lot again!
Worth mentioning
You can see all this yourself on the results page. Don't miss the filter on the bottom right. Choose a filter to see the other answers only from one group.
- It's a mans world. Surprised to learn that nearly 90% of all coders are men.
- The least interesting question was the one for the backend frameworks only about 50% answered this.
- Older developers/designers earn more money and have Macs.
- Dreamweaver is still popular (mostly under Designers) – dubiously.
Data from Google Analytics
- Google Chrome is THE developer browser (~50%) followed by Firefox (~20%).
- Facebook was the traffic source № 1 (~80%) followed by twitter (~10%)
- Visitors stayed around ~3:20 minutes on the site.
- Most visitors came from the US (~20%) followed by Germany (~15%).
- The hottest city was Berlin followed by Bangalore(!).
- Around 15% of all visitors used a mobile device (site is mobile optimized).
Lessons learned
- Coverage by media & bloggers was not very high.
- No partner was interested in a referrer link. Maybe this was a bit too open?
- The biggest referrer was Smashing Magazine.
- Some good feedback came in after the survey started (too late).
The Idea
We have been asking ourselves how the common web developer works. So we have been poking around for a survey. But no valid data has been available. So we just did this little poll you see here. The approach is »Curious, not serious«.
The Coders´ Survey on GitHub
We have built a simple little survey CMS for the »Coders´ Survey«. It's based on the Slim framework and features a creepy web based backend to enter your questions. Feel free to rip, mix and burn it. Fork this on GitHub.