Node.js Next 10 Survey - 2024

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* 1. Where do you currently live?

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* 2. How long have you been using Node.js?

5 years

10+ years

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* 3. What type of organization do you work with?

Big tech

Company

Startup

University

Individual

Other (please specify)

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* 4. If working in a company, in which sector does your company operate?

Energy

Materials

Industrials

Health Care

Financials

Information Technology

Communication Services

Utilities

Real Estate

Other (please specify)

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* 5. Which of the following best reflects your role regarding Node.js?

Direct end users: Users who run tools themselves

Application operators: Service and infrastructure providers

Application developers: Frontend tools consumers, backend server authors, tools authors

Library & package authors: Users who write libraries and packages to be included on other applications

Node.js core maintainers: Developers working directly on Node.js, individuals participating in Working Groups

Organization with investments in Node.js (eg: Enterprises, Gouvernement bodies, Startups, Non-profit, Education, Security)

Other (please specify)

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* 6. What is your primary use case for Node.js?

CLI tools

Testing

Development of APIs with Microservices

Development of APIs with Serverless

Development of APIs with Other

Building static front end applications

Deploying front end applications (Next.js, Remix, etc...)

Script and automation (bots, scrapers)

Proxy

Other (please specify)

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* 7. What operating system is your local development environment?

Linux

Windows

macOS

Linux with Docker

Windows with Docker

macOS with Docker

Windows with WSL

Other (please specify)

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* 8. What operating system is your production environment?

Linux/Unix

Windows

macOS

Linux with Docker

Windows with Docker

macOS with Docker

Other (please specify)

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* 9. What is your architecture in which you are running Node.js?

x64

ia32

arm

ppc

s390

Don't know

Other (please specify)

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* 10. How do you get your Node executables?

With a Node.js version manager: nvm, n, nave, nvs, volta, etc.

Using the official installer

Using package managers like npm or yarn and install Node.js as a package

Using a system package manager: apt-get, brew, dnf, yum …

Downloading binaries directly from Nodejs.org

Building Node.js from Source

Other (please specify)

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* 11. Which package manager do you use?

npm

yarn v1

yarn v3

cnpm

pnpm

Other (please specify)

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* 12. Which version manager do you use?

none

nvm

asdf

fnm

nodenv

nvs

volta

Other (please specify)

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* 13. How do you manage the package manager for your project?

I use one version installed globally for all my projects

I use a tool to pick a specific version per project (e.g. Corepack, asdf, …)

I use containers

Other (please specify)

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* 14. Which of the current technical priorities are important to you? Select all that apply.

Modern HTTP

Suitable types for end-users

Documentation

WebAssembly

ESM

Support for features from the latest ECMAScript spec

Observability

Permissions/policies/security model

Better multithreaded support

Single Executable Applications

Other (please specify)

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* 15. What is important to you? Select all that apply.

Good understanding of the direction of the project

Ability to affect the direction of the project

Consumable APIs and docs

Predictable and stable releases

Innovation at a consumable pace

Easy Installation

Easy issue reporting, resolution and collaboration

Broad deployment platform support

Broad development platform support

Consistent and intuitive error handling

Runtime diagnostic tooling

Development time diagnostic tooling

Relevant APIs in core

Module/dependency info and management

Ways to fund their work

Reasonable resource usage/performance

Good security and CVE practices

Good CI infrastructure and experience in the project

Supportive Collaborators and Environment in the project

Better ways to build consensus in the project

Easy contribution workflow

Ability to embed and bundle the Node.js runtime

A well maintained and secure standard library

Assets that show Node.js is a good choice

Other (please specify)

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* 16. Regardless of how your code is written in its original form, when it runs in production, does it contain ES module syntax (`import`/`export`)?

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* 17. For those of you wishing to use ESM in an existing application, what have been the pain points or blockers preventing you from doing so (if any)?

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* 18. Have you encountered any issues writing TypeScript where the production code used ES module syntax? If so, please include as much detail as possible such as tech stack.

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* 19. Are you using the following experimental features of Node.js?

Corepack

Async Hooks

Permission model / Policies

Single Executable Application

Startup Snapshot

Loader hooks (`--loader` or `module.register()`)

Network import (`import 'http://...'`)

WASI

VM Modules (`--experimental-vm-modules`)

Watch mode (`--watch`)

WebSocket client

Trace events (`--trace-event-categories` or `node:trace_events`)

Dotenv (`--env-file`)

Import attributes

Other (please specify)

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* 20. Are you using the following new stable features?

Test runner (`node:test`)

Web Crypto (`globalThis.crypto` or `crypto.webcrypto`)

Web Streams (`node:stream/web`)

Fetch

Other (please specify)

Node.js Next 10 Survey - 2024

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* 1. Where do you currently live?

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* 2. How long have you been using Node.js?

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* 3. What type of organization do you work with?

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* 4. If working in a company, in which sector does your company operate?

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* 5. Which of the following best reflects your role regarding Node.js?

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* 6. What is your primary use case for Node.js?

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* 7. What operating system is your local development environment?

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* 8. What operating system is your production environment?

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* 9. What is your architecture in which you are running Node.js?

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* 10. How do you get your Node executables?

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* 11. Which package manager do you use?

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* 12. Which version manager do you use?

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* 13. How do you manage the package manager for your project?

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* 14. Which of the current technical priorities are important to you? Select all that apply.

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* 15. What is important to you? Select all that apply.

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* 16. Regardless of how your code is written in its original form, when it runs in production, does it contain ES module syntax (`import`/`export`)?

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* 17. For those of you wishing to use ESM in an existing application, what have been the pain points or blockers preventing you from doing so (if any)?

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* 18. Have you encountered any issues writing TypeScript where the production code used ES module syntax? If so, please include as much detail as possible such as tech stack.

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* 19. Are you using the following experimental features of Node.js?

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* 20. Are you using the following new stable features?

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* 21. Do you encounter any recurring issues when using Node.js that you would like to share?