The results are in! 23,540 developers across the globe took the 2023 State of JavaScript survey, which ran from November 22 to December 12, 2023. The Devographics team released the results a few days ago (June 20, 2024). So, what’s trending in the web development ecosystem?
Most of us are using TypeScript all or most of the time. Unsurprisingly, developers feel the biggest missing feature in JavaScript is static typing.
On the frontend, the trend toward server-rendered and server-first patterns continues. More developers are using partial hydration, islands, and server-rendered components. Cross-browser inconsistencies are still one of the biggest pain points for frontend developers.
On the backend, Express is very much alive and kicking despite what some talking heads on social media may tell you. Obviously, most of us are still using Node, but Bun was the technology with the most write-in responses. Bun is awesome, and I don’t say that just because it runs on my ARM64 Linux box, unlike Deno.
In the tools and testing arena, Vite was the clear winner, being awarded Most Adopted Technology, Highest Retention, and Most Loved. The technology developers are most interested in is Vitest, but people still love Jest regardless. One of my long-time favorite tools, esbuild, has seen a significant uptick in adoption rates, coming in second behind Vite for Most Adopted Technology. And while we all still have to use webpack, it’s nobody’s favorite.
View all the sliced and diced data on every trend in the JavaScript/TypeScript ecosystem at https://2023.stateofjs.com/en-US/.
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