Ninety-eight per cent of developers use open source at work

Open source scales new heights each day. But a new study that surfaced online claims over 98 per cent of developers use open source tools at work.

Git repository manager GitLab has conducted a survey that revealed some interesting facts about open source adoption. The survey, conducted with a developer group, claimed that of the 98 per cent of developers who prefer open source usage at work, 91 per cent opt for the same development tools for work and personal projects. Moreover, 92 per cent of the group consider distributed version control systems (Git repositories) as crucial for their everyday work.

Among all the preferred programming languages, JavaScript comes out on top with 51 per cent of respondents. It is followed by Python, PHP, Java, Swift and Objective-C. Also, 86 per cent of developers feel security is a prime factor for judging the code.

“While process-driven development techniques have been successful in the past, developers are searching for a more natural evolution of software development that fosters collaboration and information-sharing across the life cycle of a project,” said Sid Sijbrandij, CEO and co-founder of GitLab, in a statement.