eWeek (print edition) is running a story (which I can't find online, although I did find a related video post) on JavaFX, and has a supporting story (which I also can't find online) entitled RIA 1.1. It contains an O'Reilly based graph showing the results when they "asked 200 developers what RIA technology was next on their list to use". 200 is a rather puny sampling, and I don't understand the question (does "next on the list" mean "something you are not using now"?). Still the results are interesting:
- Adobe Flex: 24.6%
- Curl: 16.1%
- Adobe AIR: 14.4%
- iPhone SDK: 14.4%
- Silverlight: 7.6%
- Adobe Flash: 4.2%
- JavaFX: 3.8%
- Google Android: 3.8%
- Ruby: 2.9%
- AJAX: 2.9%
- Google Gears: 1.7%
- Other: 2.9%
Some of the numbers are odd, to say the least. But, based on this data ...
Adobe Flex + Adobe AIR + Flash = kicking some serious butt
200 is not puny for a study like this, if it is a representative random sample. Probably margin of error in the 3-5% range.
What is odd, and causes one to question the credibility of this is that Curl is in the #2 position. Curl??! Don't ring true. And AJAX is 10th? Also doesn't ring true. Depends on how they defined "RIA" and how they asked the question.
Hey, I miss the team. Hope all is well.
-David
Davo
With Flash and Ajax being such small percentages in that response list, my intuition tells me that a lot of the respondents are currently developing Ajax and Flash apps and are thinking what they'll try their hand at next.