More Developers Use Linux than Mac, Report Shows

TL;DR

The traditional annual survey from developer resource Stack Overflow reveals, as noted by Thurrot, that Microsoft Windows is the most widely used operating system among developers who took part in the poll.Linux isn’t that far behind in work-share with 40 percent of developers noting they use Linux in their work life (40 percent say they also use Linux for personal use as well).Meanwhile Linux (in a roundabout way) also takes fourth spot as 14 percent saying they leverage Microsoft’s Windows Subsystem for Linux as part of their job.It factors in the work needs of the most respondents if combining those who use Linux natively, and those use it inside of Windows.Other StatsOther interesting stats revealed by the survey (the whole thing is worth reading, should you have a moment):Top 5 Most Popular IDEs:- Microsoft Visual Studio Code (75%)- Microsoft Visual Studio (32%)- IntelliJ (28%)- Notepad++ (28%)- Vim (23%)Top 5 Most Popular Programming Languages- JavaScript (65%)- HTML/CSS (55%)- SQL (49%)- Python (48%)- TypeScript (35%)Additionally, Rust was crowned most loved programming language (while MATLAB took the inverse prize of most dreaded language to work with)."

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