Julia Developer Survey 2020

Dear Participant,

You are invited to participate in the second annual Julia user and developer survey. The results of this survey will be presented in time for JuliaCon 2020 this summer and will also be made publicly available online. We value your time and appreciate your participation. This survey consists of 31-35 questions and is expected to take no more than 10-15 minutes to complete.

You can complete this survey in English, Chinese, Japanese or Spanish. Please select your preferred language in the top right corner of the survey.

Your participation is voluntary and anonymous, and no personal information will ever be shared.

Please feel free to forward to colleagues and friends who are Julia users.

Thank you for your participation!

Sincerely,

Jeff Bezanson, Stefan Karpinski, Viral Shah and Alan Edelman

Julia Co-Creators

1. How frequently do you use each of the following languages?

	Great deal	Some	None
Julia
Bash, Shell, PowerShell
C
C++
C#
Clojure
Elixir
Fortran
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Kotlin
Lisp
Lua
Maple
Mathematica, Wolfram
MATLAB
Octave
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
SAS
Scala
SQL
Stata
Swift
Typescript

2. How much do you like each of the following languages?

	One of my favorite languages	Like	Neutral	Dislike	Don’t know, no opinion
Julia
Bash, Shell, PowerShell
C
C++
C#
Clojure
Elixir
Fortran
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Kotlin
Lisp
Lua
Maple
Mathematica, Wolfram
MATLAB
Octave
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
SAS
Scala
SQL
Stata
Swift
Typescript

3. Thinking only about the TECHNICAL aspects or features of Julia, what are the TECHNICAL aspects or features you like MOST about Julia? Please select all that apply.

Speed, performanceEase of useOpen source – code is available and can be modifiedSolves the two language problemMultiple dispatchOne-based indexingDistributed / GPU computingEditor and IDE support (Emacs, Vi(m), Juno, VS Code)Integrates well with other language(s)Specific package(s)There are no technical aspects or features that I like about JuliaOtherDon’t know
4. Thinking only about the NON-TECHNICAL aspects or features of Julia, what are the NON-TECHNICAL aspects or features you like MOST about Julia? Please select all that apply.

Free – don’t have to pay to use JuliaMIT licenseEasy to contribute to the languageEasy to create packagesEasy to get help and information onlineLots of great teaching and learning resources available onlineJulia community of developers is talented and activeJulia community of developers is warm and welcomingLearning a new language - I like learning new languagesThere are no non-technical aspects or features that I like about JuliaOtherDon’t know
5. Thinking only about the TECHNICAL aspects or features of Julia, what are the TECHNICAL aspects or features you like LEAST about Julia? Please select all that apply.

BugsNot stable enoughImmatureIt takes too long to generate the first plotSlow compile timesDoesn’t have all the packages I needPackages aren’t as mature or as well maintained as I needPoor editor and IDE supportThe debugger is too slow, and/or not fully-featuredCannot generate self contained binaries or libraries such as .exe, .dll, .so, etc.Package manager is confusing, difficult or doesn’t do what I expect it to doOne-based indexingDoes not integrate well with other language(s)I require packages, libraries or tools that are only available or are more complete in another languageI do not feel Julia is well suited to certain tasksThere are no technical aspects or features that I dislike about JuliaOtherDon’t know
6. Thinking only about the NON-TECHNICAL aspects or features of Julia, what are the NON-TECHNICAL aspects or features you like LEAST about Julia? Please select all that apply.

I don’t like learning a new languageThere are too many things I don’t know how to do in JuliaInsufficient documentationOnline tutorials and documentation that are outdatedMy colleagues, company or collaborators use other languagesThere are not enough Julia users in my field or industryMy company, university, clients or other organizations I work with do not allow or support JuliaThere are not enough Julia users in generalJulia community is not active enoughJulia community is too closed and not welcoming enoughNot enough teaching and learning resources available onlineI am more comfortable in another languageI have more experience with another languageI enjoy exploring other languagesThere are no non-technical aspects or features I dislike about JuliaOtherDon’t know
7. Thinking about the tasks for which you use Julia, if you weren’t using Julia for these tasks, what programming language would you be using? Please select all that apply.

Bash, Shell, PowerShellCC++C#ClojureElixirFortranGoHaskellJavaJavaScriptKotlinLispLuaMapleMathematica, WolframMATLABOctavePerlPHPPythonRRubyRustSASScalaSQLStataSwiftTypescriptOtherNoneDon’t know
8. Why did you start using Julia? Please select all that apply.

Because my instructor or a course I wanted to take used Julia for instructionBecause colleagues in my field use Julia and I want to collaborate with themI heard about it from friends or colleagues and I wanted to try it outFaster for the work I am doingPreferable syntax to other languagesBetter packages for the work I am doingI need or want a specific featureI like learning new languagesIt seems like the language of the futureDon’t know
9. Which of the following best describe your use of Julia? Please select all that apply.

I use Julia in production for a business critical taskI use Julia for development as part of a teamI use Julia for work individuallyI use Julia for researchI use Julia for teachingI use Julia because it is required for classes at my universityNone of the aboveDon't know
10. When did you first start using Julia? ENTER YEAR (2012-2020)
11. What percent of the programming work you do is in Julia?
12. What are some of your favorite Julia packages? Please select all that apply.

Convex.jlCuArrays.jlCUDA.jlCxx.jlCxxWrap.jlDataFrames.jlDifferentialEquations.jlDistributions.jlDocumenter.jlFFTW.jlFlux.jlForwardDiff.jlGadfly.jlGLM.jlIJulia.jlImages.jlJavaCall.jlJuliaDB.jlJuMP.jlKnet.jlLightGraphs.jlMakie.jlMKL.jlMLJ.jlOnlineStats.jlOptim.jlPackageCompiler.jlPardiso.jlPlots.jlPyCall.jlRCall.jlRevise.jlStatsPlots.jlStatsFuns.jlTensorFlow.jlTensorOperations.jlTuring.jlUnicodePlots.jlYao.jlZygote.jlNoneDon't know

13. Which of the following types of Julia packages have you contributed to, created or developed? Please mark all that apply.

	Created, developed	Contributed to, but did not create or develop	Neither created/developed nor contributed
Open source and registered in the Julia General Registry
Open source but not registered in the Julia General Registry
Private and registered in a private registry
Private and not registered in a private registry
Deprecated or abandoned

14. Which editors or IDEs do you use frequently? Please select all that apply.

JunoAtom (without Juno)VS Code with Julia pluginVS Code without Julia pluginEmacsVi / VimSublime TextIntelliJKateJupyterLabNotepad++None - I write all my code in the Julia REPLOtherDon't know
15. Which cloud or HPC solutions, if any, do you use together with Julia? Please select all that apply.

JuliaBoxAmazon Web Services / AWSCoCalcGoogle CloudGoogle ColabMicrosoft AzureREPL.itOther cloud providerLocal clusterNoneDon’t know
16. How helpful and collaborative is the Julia community?

VerySomewhatNot veryNot at allOtherDon't know
17. Have you attended or do you plan to attend JuliaCon? Please select all that apply.

2020 (Online)2019 (Baltimore)2018 (London)2017 (Berkeley)2016 (Boston)2015 (Boston)2014 (Chicago)Will likely attend in the futureWould like to attend, if funds, schedule and location permitUnlikely to attend JuliaCon in futureDon’t know
18. How did you download/install the Julia version you most frequently use?

I compile Julia from sourceBinaries from JuliaLang.orgJuliaProOfficial Docker containerFrom my Linux distributionFrom Homebrew cask on MacOther package managerDon’t know
19. With which operating system(s) do you use Julia most frequently? Please select all that apply.

WindowsmacOSLinux/x86Linux/ARMLinux/PPCFreeBSDDon’t know
20. Which hardware accelerators, if any, do you use together with Julia? Please select all that apply.

Nvidia GPU (released in the last 2 years)Nvidia GPU (Older than 2 years)Multiple Nvidia GPUs in one boxDistributed cluster of GPUsAMD GPUGoogle TPUGoogle TPU PodNoneDon’t know
The following questions are for statistical purposes only.
21. Which of the following best describes you? Please select all that apply.

Academic - student, researcher, instructor, scientistProfessional - analyst, engineer, developer, researcher, manager, scientistNone of the aboveDon’t know
21.1.a IF ACADEMIC: Which of the following best describes you? Please select all that apply.

Graduate or postgraduate student or researcherInstructorUndergraduate student or researcherResearch software engineerOtherDon’t know
21.1.b IF PROFESSIONAL: Which of the following best describes you? Please select all that apply.

Engineer, developerResearcherAnalystManagerProduct managerOtherDon’t know
21.2.a IF PROFESSIONAL What is the primary industry in which you work?

Aerospace, aviationPharmaceuticalsLife sciences, health careEngineeringConsultingEcommerceEnergyFinanceGovernmentLogisticsManufacturingRetailSemiconductorsSoftware, ITTransportationTelecommunicationsOtherDon’t know
21.2.b IF ACADEMIC: What is your primary field of study or research?

Aerospace engineeringAstronomyBiologyBusinessChemical engineeringChemistryCivil engineeringClimate scienceComputer scienceEconomicsEducationElectrical engineeringFinanceGeosciencesHumanitiesLawMathematicsMechanical engineeringMedicinePhysicsPolitical scienceSociologyOtherDon’t know
22. Which of the following do you use as a part of your work? Please select all that apply.

Artificial intelligenceComputer visionData scienceDifferential equationsGenetic data processingGraphicsImage processingMachine learningModeling and simulationOptimizationRoboticsSignal processingStatisticsSupercomputingVisualizationOtherDon’t know
23. How many years of professional experience do you have?
24. What is your age?
25. What is the country or region where you currently live or work?
26. What is the country where you are originally from?
27. In what language(s) are you fluent? Please select all that apply.

AfrikaansAlbanianAmerican Sign LanguageAmharicArabicBengaliBosnianBulgarianChineseCroatianCzechDanishDutchEnglishEstonianFarsiFinnishFrenchGeorgianGermanGreekGujaratiHausaHebrewHindiHungarianIcelandicIgboIndonesianItalianJapaneseKannadaKazakhKoreanLithuanianLuxembourgishMacedonianMalayMarathiMalayalamMongolianNepaliNorwegianOriyaOromoPashtoPolishPortuguesePunjabiRomanianRussianSerbianShonaSlovakianSlovenianSpanishSwahiliSwedishTagalogTamilTeluguThaiTurkishUkrainianUrduVietnameseYorubaZuluOther
28. Which of the following best describes your race or ethnicity?

White, Caucasian, EuropeanAsian, including East Asian, South Asian, Southeast Asian, Central AsianLatin American, Latin, HispanicBlack, African, African-American, CaribbeanMiddle Eastern, Arab, Persian, TurkishPrefer not to answerOther
29. Are you a:

ManWomanOtherPrefer not to answer
30. Do you identify as LGBTQ?

YesNoPrefer not to answer
31. Do you identify as underrepresented in science or computing because of your:

AgeGenderReligionRace, ethnicity, national originDisabilitySexual identityEducation levelParents’ education levelIncome or socioeconomic statusI do not identify as underrepresented in science or computingPrefer not to answer
Should be Empty:

The following questions are for statistical purposes only.