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JavaScript is the most commonly used programming language among people who answered this survey . It is astounding to me that people assume the SO survey is representative of all software developers, when in reality it's not even representative of all SO users, let alone everyone who writes software.
JavaScript is the most commonly used programming language among Full Stack-Overflow Developers. ;)
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Thus, misleading title. Should be "JavaScript is the most commonly used programming language by people who also use Stack Overflow." Doesn't quite roll as nicely off the tongue, huh.
*by People Who Took a Stack Overflow Survey.
JavaScript is the most commonly used programming language among people who answered this survey . It is astounding to me that people assume the SO survey is representative of all software developers, when in reality it's not even representative of all SO users, let alone everyone who writes software.
This comment convinced me to flag the post, similar to the way I try to flag all posts with headlines that misinterpret or misstate scientific findings. We shouldn't reward authors who choose to twist facts in order to get clicks.
JavaScript is the most commonly used programming language among people who answered this survey . It is astounding to me that people assume the SO survey is representative of all software developers, when in reality it's not even representative of all SO users, let alone everyone who writes software.
This comment convinced me to flag the post, similar to the way I try to flag all posts with headlines that misinterpret or misstate scientific findings. We shouldn't reward authors who choose to twist facts in order to get clicks.
When really, it's just that they answered this particular online poll on this website popular in the USA.
"JavaScript, the most poorly documented language on earth." Because, well, it probably is. You don't go to a central JavaScript reference guide, you google for stuff. Or maybe you're unemployed and have time to answer polls on websites.
Does Excel count as a programming environment? If it does, I'd like to see if that outranks JS (my guess is that it does).
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This comment convinced me to flag the post, similar to the way I try to flag all posts with headlines that misinterpret or misstate scientific findings. We shouldn't reward authors who choose to twist facts in order to get clicks.
The headline is a quote from the Stack Overflow survey.
My gripe is with clicking on something that isn't what it says it is, not with whether or not the original survey was written up in a flawed way.
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*by People Who Took a Stack Overflow Survey.
This is the largest developer survey out there. VisionMobile may be No. 2 and also has JavaScript as the highest.
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This comment convinced me to flag the post, similar to the way I try to flag all posts with headlines that misinterpret or misstate scientific findings. We shouldn't reward authors who choose to twist facts in order to get clicks.
The source survey is here: http://stackoverflow.com/research/developer-survey-2016 "It's official, USA has the most programmers on earth" When really, it's just that they answered this particular online poll on this website popular in the USA. "JavaScript, the most poorly documented language on earth." Because, well, it probably is. You don't go to a central JavaScript reference guide, you google for stuff. Or maybe…
I do agree that this survey is not at all representative, which is why I decided to flag OP.