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Mashery, the leading provider of API (Application Programming Interface), polled more than 550 mobile and Web application developers at the South by Southwest Interactive (SXSWi) event in March, 2010 to track trends in API.
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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