Apple Developer Survey Screenshot

7 points·JoelMcCracken··7 comments

While looking to view the WWDC videos as referenced on HN, I got to see this little gem from the developer survey.

http://twitpic.com/1xmhje/full

What is interesting is the way the items are grouped. For example, as far as the survey is concerned, programming in perl, php, and python are equivalent.

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It's more odd to me that AJAX and Javascript are grouped in with Ruby and Rails.

Javascript and AJAX could be in the same item, but they are not specifically related to Ruby/Rails, at least no moreso than they are related to anything else on there.

Well, of course, thats part of the whole thing. In my mind, the person is saying that Using(ajax) iff Using(rails), and that python, perl, and php on the web are all the same thing. The same goes for C#, except I guess it means you're a corporate guy. For Java, I assume it means you're from a corporate history of using Java.

They should probably use .NET or ASP.NET as technology options because C# is not a technology, is a programming language. (I noted this a week ago when I signed up as a Apple Developer)

Yes, well, there is a certain amount of silliness that comes from thinking someone would be programming with something _other_ than C# for the web with .net. But yes, I do agree.

(Full disclosure: while an intern I wrote an application in VB.net for PennDOT to help manage all of the random light poles throughout the state. I wouldn't say it was my proudest moment.)

The more interesting aspect is that Javascript and Ruby are equivalent. At least perl/php/python are related.

And Apple pays far too much attention to detail for this not to be deliberate somehow...

IDK why you were downvoted, this is absolutely true.

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