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Mashery API Developer Pulse Results!May 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

CafePress Flickr

Best Buy/Remix

Foursquare

What are most helpful to you as developers?

Question 2

0

200

400

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%


Question 2

SDK Toolkits

Clear API License terms in plain English

Code Samples

Docs

Other

Do you build services and apps with APIs...

Question 3

0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160

For your employer

For your employer: 1 to 5

For your employer: 6 to 30

For your employer: 30+

For your own personal projects

For both


Question 3

0

100

200

300

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%


Question 4

My employer pays me to

Fun, Fame & Glory

Make extra money outside of my day job

Other

What programming languages are you using?

Question 5


% 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%


Question 5

JavaScript

PHP

Flash/Flex

Java

Ruby

.Net/VB Objective C Python

What platforms do you build applications for?

Question 6


% of Responses

Online/browser 445 41%

Mobile 346 32%

Online/widget 165 15%

Desktop (Silverlight, AIR) 94 9%

Hardware 34 3%


Question 6

Online/Widget

Mobile

Online/browser

Desktop (Silverlight, AIR)

Hardware