Swift 2017
Objective-c 2017
The State of Developer Ecosystem Survey in 2018

Swift & Objective-C

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The Swift and Objective-C questions were only shown to the developers who chose Swift or Objective-C as one of their three primary programming languages.

Swift and Objective-C developers

29% of Swift developers still have most of their codebase in Objective-C.
36% of Objective-C developers have most of their codebase in Swift.

Which Apple platforms do you develop for?

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Only 88% of Swift developers have an Apple iOS smartphone, while 35% have an Android one. The situation is similar for Objective-C developers: 85% have an Apple iOS smartphone vs 39% using an Android one.

79% of Swift / Objective-C developers work on Mobile applications for a living, while only 9% work on desktop apps. Among those developing Mobile applications just for fun, the gap is smaller with 69% and 15%, respectively.

Which version of Swift do you regularly use?

This question was only answered by the respondents using Swift as a primary programming language.

Of those not using 4.1 yet, 94% plan to migrate to it soon.

Which unit-testing frameworks do you regularly use, if any?

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This question was only answered by respondents who either write or use unit tests.

Which database engine / framework combination do you use?

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Do you use UI tests?
Which dependency manager do you use, if any?
Do you develop with Swift on Linux?

This question was only answered by those who use Swift as a primary programming language.

36% of Swift developers have C++ code or libs in their projects, while for Objective-C developers the figure is 60%.

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C
Python
Scala
Team tools
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C++
PHP
JavaScript
DevOps
C#
Ruby
Kotlin
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