Big manufacturers compete to join rust, performance and safety are the key, and the 2021 rust developer survey report is announced

author | Rust Investigation team

compile | Zhang Jie

Coordinating editor | Du min

annual Rust Here comes the investigation and analysis ！ The survey was conducted on 2021 year 12 Monthly progress , Let's take a look at the survey results ！

Rust Community —— Gathering of Heroes

Rust The number of people in the community is increasing , The survey interviewed 9354 people , The total number of replies received is about... Higher than last year's total 1500 Share .

90% Percent of the respondents said that it was used for some purposes Rust Of , and 5% Others said they used to use Rust But not now , also 4% Percent said they had never used Rust.

The survey included 113 Different countries and regions participate in , And it presents 10 Languages , Among them is 78% Of the respondents completed the questionnaire in English , The second is simplified Chinese (6%)、 German (4%) And French (3%). Respondents from all over the world , The United States accounts for the largest proportion , reach 24%, Second is Germany (12%)、 China (7%) And the UK (6%).

However , English is not all Rustaceans The preferred language ,7% People are not willing to use English for technical communication , And then there is 23% Of the respondents prefer to use languages other than English .Rustaceans Their preferred language is roughly related to their cultural development .

Rust The usage amount of has broken the record again

Use every year Rust People are growing , According to the survey , at present 81% At least once a week , More than last year 9%. among 75% Of users said they were proficient in Rust, But there are 27% Some people say it's hard sometimes .

To make a long story short , Most of the Rustaceans（ Use  Rust、 by  Rust  To contribute or contribute to  Rust  People interested in the development of ） In the use of Rust I feel very satisfied when writing the program , Only 1% Of people said it was inconvenient to use , And a quarter of people think Rust It has no advantages over other programming languages .

use Rust Programming is “ It's delicious ”

Now? Rust It can be safely classified as the language that people use in professional situations . According to the survey , Yes 59% People will use... In their work Rust, also 23% Of people will use... In their work Rust Do most of the coding . Compared with last year , This is a big increase , Because only 42% Of the respondents will use Rust.

For many Rustaceans Come on , Use... In your work Rust It's a good choice . Use... In your work Rust Some of the people in 83% Of people think it has “ challenging ”. However , This is largely related to Rust It's about , Related to the challenges of adopting a new programming language . In the process of adoption , Only 13% Of the respondents found that Rust It reduces the development speed of the team , and 82% Of the respondents found that Rust Helped them achieve their team goals .

After adoption , And the cost is reasonable . When asked if their team will use it again in the future Rust when ,90% The people of agree . Last , Use in work Rust Of the people ,89% Percent of the respondents said their team found programming very interesting .

As for why respondents use Rust, There are several reasons ：

• Rust Allow users “ Build the right software ”,96% Of respondents agree with this statement
• 92% Of the respondents thought it was performance
• 89% Of the respondents were because Rust The security properties of

Face the challenge ,Rust Choose to move forward

The annual survey report shows that ,Rust The community is growing , And healthy development . Yes 61% Of respondents said Rust Compilation time of is too long , Requirements for Rust The compilation time of . however , It is praiseworthy of ,61% People think Rust In the past year Rust It's improved . Second, there is 45% Percent of people think that disk space should be improved , Also have 40% Of the people asked for a change in debugging , also 56% Of people want to improve GUI Development .

When asked, yes Rust What are the future concerns , The interviewees mentioned three concerns ：

• Not used by enough people . Whereas Rust Continuous progress in workplace adoption , The community is on its way to overcoming this concern .
• The language will become too complex . There are fewer people who want to add features , Especially those functions that are not in the development process , And combined with previous functions , It will be much more convenient in language .
• be engaged in Rust Working people can't find the right supporters , To continue the healthy development of language and community . With Rust Foundation establishment , The support system is gradually improving . There is no doubt about it , This concern will be solved with the increase of personnel .

Future period

With Rust Foundation establishment ,2021 Year can be said to be Rust An important year in the history of development .2021 year ,Rust The community has become bigger than ever , This shows us Rust The future of , That will be a solid path ！

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