Evans Data Survey: JavaScript Dominates EMEA Development
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[January 31, 2008]

Evans Data Survey: JavaScript Dominates EMEA Development

(Wireless News Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge)
JavaScript is the preferred computer language in Europe, the Middle
East and Africa, according to a new survey of developers in that region
by Evans Data Corp.

Over 60 percent of developers use JavaScript and that usage has
outstripped all 3GL and scripting language use, including Java itself.
Part of the language s growth is due to the increased use of AJAX, a
popular technique for creating web applications with JavaScript. AJAX
is used by 38 percent of developers a 30 percent increase in the last
year, according to EDC.

Web 2.0 is a powerful dynamic that is sweeping the Internet, said John
Andrews, president and CEO of Evans Data Corp. We re seeing a lot of
excitement about rich Internet apps, mashups, and AJAX in all regions,
but especially so in EMEA, and this is spurring the growth in
JavaScript use.

The survey of 350 professional software developers in EMEA was
conducted in November 2007 and has a confidence level of 5.24 percent.
The survey covered every major area of development: Platform use,
migrations, languages, web services, SOA, OSS, technology adoption,
tools and more. Other findings include:

- Two-thirds of EMEA developers report that at least some of the
applications they ve worked on are multi-threaded. Additionally, half
are either currently working on a multi-threaded app or expect to
within six months.

- A third of EMEA developers are currently working on projects
involving virtualization or expect to be within six months.
Consolidation and cost savings are the major reasons for virtualization.

- Almost half of EMEA developers said they use agile development
techniques some of the time.

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((Distributed on behalf of 10Meters via M2 Communications Ltd -
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Copyright ? 2008 Wireless News

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