The "State of Developer Ecosystem 2022" report, released by JetBrains, provides an overview of the current landscape of the developer community. The report is based on the responses of 29,269 developers from around the globe who participated in a survey conducted by JetBrains between May and July 2022. The report aims to give an understanding of the recent technology adoption trends, including the most widely used programming languages, tools, and technologies among developers. Here are the key takeaways.

• 75% of the coding community is involved in web development, while 66% is involved in backend web development.

• JavaScript is the most widely-used programming language in the world.

Most widely-used programming languages in 2022 (source: JetBrains).

• Python, which is the second most widely-used programming language, has maintained its upward trend and overtaken Java. Furthermore, the gap between Python and JavaScript has also been reduced.

Python 2017 - 2022 (source: JetBrains).

• TypeScript, a strict syntactical superset of JavaScript, is the fastest-growing programming language. It tripled over a period of 6 years, rising from 12% in 2017 to 34% in 2022.

TypeScript 2017 - 2022 (source: JetBrains).

• The programming community believes that AI/ML is the most promising technology, and Rust is the most promising programming language.

The most promising technologies in 2022 (source: JetBrains).

• Python, Java, JavaScript, C#, and Kotlin are considered the most desirable languages to work with.

Favourite programming languages in 2022 (source: JetBrains).

• JavaScript, Java, C, PHP, and C++ are the most disliked programming languages.

Most disliked programming languages in 2022 (source: JetBrains).