State of JavaScript 2024.

A few days ago, the results from the 2024 State of Javascript Survey, which examined new trends and technologies in web development, were published. The poll, funded by Google and other partners, received 14,015 replies.

The highlights of the report are:

✅ Most adopted JavaScript syntax feature is <>𝗡𝘂𝗹𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗖𝗼𝗮𝗹𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴

✅ With 82% of respondents, 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗻𝘁-𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗼𝗿𝘆. It is followed by Vue.js (51%), Angular (50%), and Svelte (26%), which is gaining traction.

✅ 𝗩𝗶𝘁𝗲, a local development server for modern web apps, took multiple prizes as the most adopted technology, with 69% of people using it.

✅ 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗮 𝗳𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗡𝗲𝘅𝘁.𝗷𝘀, which offers server-side rendering and static website development for React-based web apps. Although they are becoming more popular, newcomers like Remix, Astro, and SvelteKit still only account for somewhat less than 20% of respondents when it comes to usage.

✅ The mono repo tools are a varied collection of solutions that appear to be evenly utilized. Except for 𝗽𝗻𝗽𝗺, where retention has remained steady, interest in and using the various tools generally falls.

✅ 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗝𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗦𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗻𝗱 (68% of responses), indicative of its enduring appeal and robust ecosystem. Nest is now at 29%.

✅ Out of all the JavaScript runtimes, 𝟵𝟭% 𝗼𝗳 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗡𝗼𝗱𝗲.𝗷𝘀. With 1894 mentions, Bun, at 16%, received the most write-ins.

✅ 𝗣𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗻 is mainly used together with JavaScript (39%), followed by PHP (29%) and Java (23%).

✅ 𝗧𝘆𝗽𝗲𝗦𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗲, as 67% of respondents say they use TypeScript more than JavaScript, while the largest group consisted of people who only write TypeScript.