Mashery API Developer Pulse ResultsMay 5, 2010
What are the best API’s out there for developers?
Question 1
•Total Registration Survey Size – 502
Selections# of
Responses% of
Responses
Google 283 34%Twitter 183 22%Amazon 107 13%Other 105 13%Yahoo 49 6%Facebook 38 5%CafePress 26 3%Flickr 14 2%Best Buy
../Remix 12 1%Foursquare 11 1%
Amazon
Other
Yahoo
CafePressFlickr
Best Buy/Remix
Foursquare
What are most helpful to you as developers?
Question 2
Selections# of
Responses% of
Responses
Code Samples 357 33% Clear API License terms ..in plain English 267 25%
SDK Toolkits 244 23% Docs 182 17% Other 22 2%
•Total Registration Survey Size – 542
Question 2
SDKToolkits
Clear APILicense termsin plain English
Code Samples
Docs
Other
Do you build services and apps with APIs...
Question 3
•Total Registration Survey Size – 550
Question 3
Why do you work with APIs?
Question 4
Selections# of
Responses% of
Responses
Fun, Fame & Glory 267 37%
My employer pays me to 257 36%
Make extra money outside of my day job 120 17%
Other 70 10%
•Total Registration Survey Size – 530
Question 4
My employerpays me to
Fun, Fame & Glory
Make extramoney outsideof my day job
Other
What programming languages are you using?
Question 5
Selections# of
Responses% of
Responses
JavaScript 346 24%
PHP 339 24%
Flash/Flex 206 15%
Java 153 11%
Ruby 122 9%
.Net/VB 95 7%
Objective C 86 6%
Python 69 5%
Other 0 0%
•Total Registration Survey Size – 530
Question 5
JavaScript
PHP
Flash/Flex
Java
Ruby
.Net/VBObjective C
Python
What platforms do you build applications for?
Question 6
Selections# of
Responses% of
Responses
Online/browser 445 41%
Mobile 346 32%
Online/widget 165 15%
Desktop (Silverlight, AIR) 94 9%
Hardware 34 3%
•Total Registration Survey Size – 540
Question 6
Online/Widget
Mobile
Online/browser
Desktop (Silverlight, AIR)
Hardware
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