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https://thenewstack.io/java-adapts-to-cloud-native-computing/ but that hasn’t slowed down its usage, according to results from SlashData’s https://www.slashdata.co/free-resources/state-of-the-developer-nation-23rd-edition? Just under half of the active developers worldwide (49%) reported that they use Java, compared with 39% who said so in Q3 2020 — an increase of 26%. Other languages seeing noteworthy increases in the survey since Q3 2020 include: https://thenewstack.io/this-week-in-programming-all-aboard-the-kotlin-train/ a favorite of mobile developers that is compatible with the Java ecosystem (from 11% to 18%, a 64% increase).

One language that saw no noticeable increase in usage this year is Dart, which stayed constant at 6% usage over 2021 in the Slash Data study.

Where Dart continues to have buzz is among developers that work on mobile projects, with 27% of the 7,634 mobile developers surveyed by Stack Overflow using the language, up from 24% in the 2021 survey.