Julia Developer Survey 2024

Dear Participant,

You are invited to participate in the sixth annual Julia User and Developer survey. The results of this survey will be presented at JuliaCon 2024 this summer and will also be made publicly available online. The survey is developed, administered and analyzed by JuliaHub with input from the Julia community. We value your time and appreciate your participation. This survey consists of approximately 40 questions and is expected to take no more than 10-15 minutes to complete.

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. Which of the following languages have you used regularly or frequently during the past year? Please select all that apply.

JuliaPythonBash, Shell, PowerShellC, C++MATLABRSQLJavaJavaScriptRustMathematicaFortranTypescriptC#GoOctaveNone of the aboveOther
2. Which of the following languages do you plan to use regularly or frequently during the next year? Please select all that apply.

JuliaPythonBash, Shell, PowerShellC, C++MATLABRSQLJavaJavaScriptRustMathematicaFortranTypescriptC#GoOctaveNone of the aboveOther

3. How much do you like each of the following languages? If you don’t know or have not used a language, please leave it blank.

	One of my favorite languages	Like	Neutral	Dislike
Julia
Python
Shell, Bash, PowerShell
C, C++
MATLAB
R
SQL
Java
JavaScript
Rust
Mathematica
Fortran
Typescript
C#
Go
Octave

4. Which of the following 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 modifiedComposableEase of installationPackage managerSolves the two language problemMultiple dispatchGPU computingDistributedType systemSpecific package(s)Integrates well with other language(s)Editor and IDE support (Emacs, Vi, Juno, VS Code)One-based indexingMetaprogrammingNone of the aboveOther
5. Which of the following 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 JuliaJulia community of developers is talented and activeMIT licenseEasy to create packagesJulia community of developers is warm and welcomingEasy to get help and information onlineEasy to contribute to the languageLots of great teaching and learning resources available onlineGreat documentationNone of the aboveOther
6. Which of the following are the TECHNICAL aspects or features you like LEAST about Julia? Please select all that apply.

Slow compile times - for example, it takes too long to generate the first plotConfusing or overly verbose error messagesCannot generate self contained binaries or libraries such as .exe, .dll, .so, etc.Immature, not ready for use in productionPoor editor and IDE supportPoor linter, poor syntax checking compared to statically typed languagesI require packages, libraries or tools that are only available or are more complete in another languageThe debugger is too slow, and/or not fully-featuredWriting high performance code is difficult and requires specialized knowledgeSlow garbage collectionBugsOne-based indexingNo built-in support for mutable, fixed size arraysNo built-in support for interfaces or traitsDoes not integrate well with other language(s)None of the aboveOther
7. Which of the following are the NON-TECHNICAL aspects or features you like LEAST about Julia? Please select all that apply.

There are not enough Julia users in my field or industryMy company, university, clients or other organizations I work with do not allow or support JuliaOnline tutorials and documentation are outdated or insufficientI am more comfortable in another languageThe Julia community is not active enoughThe Julia community is too closed and not welcoming enoughThe Julia community is not diverse enoughI feel that the Julia developer team does not communicate its plans or intentions clearly enoughThe Julia community is too conservative and too reluctant to make useful changes to the languageNone of the aboveOther
8. Why did you start using Julia? Please select all that apply.

Julia seems like the language of the futureJulia solves the two language problemFaster for the work I am doingI like learning new languagesPreferable syntax to other languagesI heard about Julia from friends or colleaguesBetter packages for the work I am doingBecause colleagues in my field use Julia and I want to collaborate with themBecause my instructor or a course I wanted to take uses JuliaElegance of JuliaNone of the aboveOther
9. Where do you interact with the Julia community? Please select all that apply.

GitHubDiscourse (discourse.julialang.org)SlackZulipDiscordStack OverflowRedditX, formerly known as TwitterLinkedInMastodonJuliaCN Discourse (discourse.juliacn.com)Julia ForemYouTubeNone of the aboveOther
10. Which of the following best describe your use of Julia? Please select all that apply.

I use Julia for development as part of a teamI use Julia in production for a business critical taskI use Julia for work individuallyI use Julia for researchI use Julia for teachingI use Julia because it is required for classes at my universityI use Julia for hobby programmingNone of the aboveOther
11. Which of the following types of Julia packages have you created or contributed to? Please select all that apply.

Open source and registered in the Julia general registryOpen source and not registered in the Julia general registryPrivate and not registered in the Julia general registryNone of the aboveOther
11.2. IF OPEN SOURCE CREATOR OR CONTRIBUTOR: In which of the following capacities do you contribute to Julia?

Paid programmerWrite Julia as a component of other paid work (such as research for academics)Part paid, part voluntaryCompletely voluntaryPrefer not to sayNone of the above
11.3. IF OPEN SOURCE CREATOR OR CONTRIBUTOR: How many volunteer hours do you spend working on open source Julia projects or the Julia community per week?

None1-10 hours11-20 hoursMore than 20 hoursPrefer not to say
12. When did you first start using Julia? ENTER YEAR (2009-2024)
13. What percentage of the programming you do is in Julia?

0%1-19%20-39%40-59%60-79%80-99%100%Don't do any programming
14. How robust is the current Julia package ecosystem?

VerySomewhatNot veryNot at allDon't know
15. Which editors or IDEs do you use frequently? Please select all that apply.

VS CodePlutoJupyterJupyterLabJunoNano / PicoRStudioVi / Vim / NeovimEmacsSublime TextNotepad++IntelliJ (or other Jetbrains product)KateNone - I write all my code in the Julia REPLOther
16. What types of AI assistance do you use frequently with Julia? Please select all that apply.

GitHub CopilotChatGPTOther Web-based generative AINone of the aboveOther
17. Which cloud solutions, if any, do you use together with Julia? Please select all that apply.

Local clusterJuliaHubAmazon Web Services, AWSGoogle CloudMicrosoft AzureGoogle ColabREPL.itMyBinderNone of the aboveOther
18. How helpful and collaborative is the Julia community?

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

2024 (Eindhoven)2023 (Boston)2022 (Online)2021 (Online)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
20. How do you download and install Julia? Please select all that apply.

Binaries from JuliaLang.orgI compile Julia from sourceJuliaUpFrom my Linux distributionFrom Homebrew cask on MacOfficial Docker containerNone of the aboveOther
21. With which operating system(s) do you use Julia most frequently? Please select all that apply.

Linux/x86WindowsWindows with WSLmacOS/x86macOS/ARMChromeOSLinux/ARMLinux/PPCFreeBSDOther
22. Which kind of parallelism, if any, do you use together with Julia? Please select all that apply.

Tasks/coroutinesJulia multi-threading (Threads)Other multi-threading (e.g., Polyester.jl)GPU computingJulia distributed computing (Distributed)Other distributed computing (e.g., MPI.jl, UCX.jl)Large-scale parallel computing (>100 nodes)None of the aboveOther
23. 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 systemApple M-series GPUAMD GPUIntel GPUDistributed cluster of GPUsQuantum computerNone of the aboveOther
24. What resources have you found most useful when learning Julia for the first time or when learning how to do something in Julia? Please select all that apply.

Julia manualYouTube tutorialsJuliaCon presentationsJulia booksJuliaAcademyOnline coursesWebinarsExercism Julia trackUniversity coursesNone of the aboveOther
25. Which of the following do you use? Please select all that apply.

Data scienceModeling and simulationStatisticsOptimizationMachine learningScientific machine learningArtificial intelligenceAutomatic differentiationScriptingVisualizationDifferential equationsGraphicsControlsSignal processingImage processingSupercomputingComputer visionProbabilistic programmingNone of the aboveOther
The following questions will help us to better understand the demographics of the Julia community.
26. Which of the following best describes you? Please select all that apply.

Academic - student, researcher, instructor, scientistProfessional - analyst, engineer, developer, researcher, manager, scientistHobbyistNone of the above
26.1.a IF ACADEMIC: Which of the following best describes you? Please select all that apply.

Graduate studentPostdoctoral researcher or fellowFacultyInstructorUndergraduate studentHigh school studentResearcherResearch software engineerSystem administratorNone of the aboveOther
26.1.b IF ACADEMIC: What is your primary field of study or research?

Computer scienceMathematicsStatisticsPhysicsBiology, life sciencesElectrical engineeringMechanical engineeringIndustrial engineeringEconomicsGeosciencesAstronomyMedicine, pharmaceuticalsAerospace engineeringFinanceCivil engineeringEducationClimate scienceChemistryChemical engineeringBusinessHumanitiesPolitical scienceSociologyNone of the aboveOther
26.2.a IF PROFESSIONAL: Which of the following best describes you? Please select all that apply.

Engineer, developerResearcherAnalystManagerProduct managerNone of the aboveOther
26.2.b IF PROFESSIONAL What is the primary industry in which you work?

Software, ITEngineeringFinanceAerospace, aviationAutomotiveEnergyConsultingLife sciences, health care, pharmaceuticalsTelecommunicationsGovernmentManufacturingTransportationRetailLogisticsSemiconductorsEcommerceAutomationAgricultureMiningNone of the aboveOther
27. What type of improvements to Julia would make you more likely to recommend Julia to other people?

More statistical functionalityMore web development functionalityMore machine learning functionalityReduced startup time (time to first X)OtherNo improvements are necessaryThere is nothing that would make me likely to recommend Julia to other peopleDon’t know
28. How many years of programming experience do you have?

01-56-1011-1516-2021-2526-30More than 30Don’t know, prefer not to answer
29. What is your age?

Under 1515-1718-2223-2930-3536-4041-4546-5051-5556-6061-6566-70More than 70Don’t know, prefer not to answer
30. What is the country or region where you currently live or work?
31. What is the country where you are originally from?
32. In what language(s) are you fluent? Please select all that apply.

AfrikaansAlbanianAmerican Sign LanguageAmharicArabicBengaliBosnianBulgarianChineseCroatianCzechDanishDutchEnglishEstonianFarsiFinnishFrenchGeorgianGermanGreekGujaratiHausaHebrewHindiHungarianIcelandicIgboIndonesianItalianJapaneseKannadaKazakhKoreanLithuanianLuxembourgishMacedonianMalayMarathiMalayalamMongolianNepaliNorwegianOriyaOromoPashtoPolishPortuguesePunjabiRomanianRussianSerbianShonaSlovakianSlovenianSpanishSwahiliSwedishTagalogTamilTeluguThaiTurkishUkrainianUrduVietnameseYorubaZuluPrefer not to answer
33. Which of the following best describe your race or ethnicity? Please select all that apply.

White, Caucasian, EuropeanAsian, Asian-AmericanLatin American, Latino, HispanicBlack, African, African-American, Caribbean BlackMiddle Eastern, Arab, Persian, TurkishAmerican Indian, Alaska Native, Inuit, First Nations, MétisNative Hawaiian, Pacific IslanderAustralian AboriginalMaoriPrefer not to answer
34. What is your gender?

ManWomanNon-binaryPrefer not to answer
35. Do you identify as LGBTQIA+?

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

AgeGenderGender identityLanguage(s) or language proficiencyReligionRace, ethnicity, national originDisabilitySexual orientationEducation levelParents’ education levelIncome or socioeconomic statusPolitical or ideological beliefsI do not identify as underrepresented in science or computingPrefer not to answerOther
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The following questions will help us to better understand the demographics of the Julia community.