C

Key takeaways & Fun facts

Java

Swift & Objective-C

Databases

Demographics & Methodology

Python

Scala

Team tools

Raw data

C++

PHP

JavaScript

DevOps

Ruby

Kotlin

The C questions were only shown to the developers who chose C as one of their three primary programming languages.

Which C standards do you regularly use?

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Which IDE / editor do you use the most?

Which unit-testing frameworks do you regularly use, if any?

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This question was only answered by respondents who either write or use unit tests.

Developers are abandoning special unit-testing frameworks: the share of respondents who do not use any has grown by 18% compared to 2017.

Which project models or build systems do you regularly use, if any?

Question with checkboxes. Sum of shares may be more than 100%.

CMake has become the 2nd most popular choice among C developers, pushing Visual Studio project down to the 3rd position compared to 2017.

Which compilers do you regularly use?

Question with checkboxes. Sum of shares may be more than 100%.

Key takeaways & Fun facts

Java

Swift & Objective-C

Databases

Demographics & Methodology

Python

Scala

Team tools

Raw data

C++

PHP

JavaScript

DevOps

Ruby

Kotlin

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