Developers Trust Node.js
When Building Their APIs
THE NUMBER OF NODE
PROFESSIONALS IS GROWING FAST!
There are ...
200%
1,288
Node.js
MEETUPS
npm download volume is
greater during the workweek
with more than
611,150
MEMBERS
who participate in
Node Meetups worldwide
There are over
340,000
LinkedIn members
who have listed Node as a skill
(Source: meetup.com/topics/nodejs/)
More Node development is
happening on company time
vs personal time
According to indeed.com Node jobs are growing faster than other languages
% Growth
Node
Node is central to Digital Business
and the API Economy: In 2016,
Node.js will become the
predominant technology in most
software architectures, driven by
a need for a universal stack
written in a single language.
Java
Ruby
Objective-c
Source: Forrester, 2015-11-19
2006
2014
Speed
innovation
70% +
Enhance
productivity
developers say
Node.js helps
them achieve
their objectives!
Speed
deployment
Simplify
development
Don't Get Left Behind!
The projected growth of Node.js
shows a shifting market!
Web apps
Mobile apps
60%
of developers were using
Node.js for web apps
Realtime web apps
40%
40%
using it for
mobile apps
26%
planning on using
in the next year
using it for
realtime web apps
27%
33%
planning on using
in the next year
planning on using
in the next year
Source: “Node.js Developer Research: Findings From Quantitative Interviews With Developers”, IBM Market Development and Insights
Developers See Value in these
Node.js Capabilities When
Creating and Managing APIs:
Build a library of
reusable components
77%
Monitor, profile, and
debug on local machine
72%
Integrated toolkit to
debug and deploy APIs
Use OpenAPI-Spec
(Swagger)
71%
53%
At least half
Almost half
of Node developers
monitor and debug
Node APIs locally.
of Node.js developers use
Node delivered via Cloud,
and another quarter plan
on using Cloud in the next
12 months!
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Data for this infographic was captured in September 2016.
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