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State of JavaScript 2023

Features

This year we put special emphasis on identifying developer pain points with JavaScript. As one might expect, the lack of native typing and browser inconsistencies led their respective charts, each affecting nearly a third of developers.

Syntax Features

0%
16%
32%
48%
64%
80%
1

18,155
2

13,947
3

7,820
4

7,087
5

4,882
6

3,713
7

🚫 None

1,948
0%
16%
32%
48%
64%
80%
% respondentov otázky
22,610
96%
Which of these syntax features have you used?

String Features

0%
15%
29%
44%
59%
73%
1

16,157
2

9,741
3

5,385
4

🚫 None

4,318
0%
15%
29%
44%
59%
73%
% respondentov otázky
22,044
94%
Which of these String features have you used?

Array Features

0%
10%
20%
29%
39%
49%
1

6,122
2

6,078
3

5,274
4

3,186
5

2,204
6

🚫 None

9,989
0%
10%
20%
29%
39%
49%
% respondentov otázky
20,343
86%
Which of these Array features have you used?

Async Features

0%
15%
29%
44%
59%
74%
1

16,053
2

9,334
3

9,293
4

🚫 None

2,781
0%
15%
29%
44%
59%
74%
% respondentov otázky
21,789
93%
Which of these async features have you used?
We asked members of the JavaScript community to share their “pick of the year”

My 2023 Pick: Replicache

No technology has had a bigger impact on the quality of what I've shipped in years. I think they are carrying the torch on pushing what can be done on the web.
We asked members of the JavaScript community to share their “pick of the year”

Dax Raad

Building SST and terminal

Browser APIs

0%
12%
24%
37%
49%
61%
1

13,112
2

Progresívne webové aplikácie (PWA)

10,255
3

7,104
4

3,932
5

3,888
6

3,880
7

3,400
8

3,359
9

1,969
10

1,869
11

1,350
12

357
13

🚫 None

3,251
0%
12%
24%
37%
49%
61%
% respondentov otázky
21,482
91%
Which of these browser APIs have you used?

Language Pain Points

0%
18%
35%
53%
70%
88%
1

Static typing

2

ESM & CJS

3

Browser support

4

TypeScript support

5

Dates

6

Performance

7

Error handling

8

Async programming

9

Choice overload

10

Security

0%
18%
35%
53%
70%
88%
% respondentov otázky
6,180
26%
What are your main pain points regarding the JavaScript language?
Freeform

Browser APIs Pain Points

0%
16%
32%
48%
64%
80%
1

Browser support

2

Safari

3

Lack of documentation

4

Dates

5

Excessive complexity

6

Performance

7

Choice overload

8

DOM API

9

Chrome

10

Firefox issues

0%
16%
32%
48%
64%
80%
% respondentov otázky
3,243
14%
What are your main pain points regarding browser APIs?
Freeform
We asked members of the JavaScript community to share their “pick of the year”

My 2023 Pick: Alba Silvente Fuentes

Alba writes about frontend development, web architecture, and web performance, spoke at many conferences, and has a podcast, "No me da la vida". She has been inspiring many devs, and I'm one of them!
We asked members of the JavaScript community to share their “pick of the year”

Arisa Fukuzaki

Senior DevRel Engineer & Docs at Storyblok

Reading List

0%
9%
18%
26%
35%
44%
1

2,989
2

2,583
3

2,373
4

2,339
5

1,669
6

1,578
7

1,492
8

1,439
9

1,378
10

1,369
0%
9%
18%
26%
35%
44%
% respondentov otázky
How many time each item was added to respondent's Reading List, a feature that lets people learn more about specific topics as they take the survey.
6,803
29%

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