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%

Google

Twitter

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