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State of JavaScript 2022

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Awards

Things that stood out this year.

Most Adopted Feature

Awarded to the feature with the largest year-over-year ”have used” progression.

Top Level await()

With a +26.4% progression in 2022, top-level await has quickly become an integral part of JavaScript.

Runner Ups

2. Array.prototype.at(): +14.2%

3. String.prototype.replaceAll(): +9.6%

Most Adopted Technology

Awarded to the technology with the largest year-over-year “would use again” progression.

Vite is barely two years old, but with a +18.8% progression over the last year it's already gaining ground.

Runner Ups

2. Vitest: +11.1%

3. pnpm: +8.4%

Highest Retention

Awarded to the technology with the highest percentage of returning users.

Vite takes the top spot with a sky-high 98% retention ratio!

Runner Ups

2. Vitest: 97%

3. Testing Library: 95%

Highest Interest

Awarded to the technology developers are most interested in learning once they are aware of it.

With a 81% interest ratio, Vite once again wins the gold!

Runner Ups

2. Turbopack: 80%

3. Turborepo: 77%

Most Write-Ins

Awarded to the item with the most write-in answers

Many questions also accepted write-in answers, and with 402 mentions Astro was the most popular item overall.

Runner Ups

2. Fast Node Manager: 338

3. Azure Functions: 234

Most Commented Feature

Awarded to the feature which received the most comments.

With 102 comments, no other feature even came close to generating as much feedback as Private Fields.

Runner Ups

2. Proxies: 71

3. Nullish Coalescing: 66

Most Commented Library

Awarded to the library which received the most comments.

With 66 comments, React showed that it's still the most-discussed library around.

Runner Ups

2. Angular: 47

3. Storybook: 42

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