Back-end Frameworks
The back-end space is still very fragmented, but Express stands out as the one dominant tool, while Next.js maintains its high satisfaction ratio.
Rankings
Satisfaction, interest, usage, and awareness ratio rankings.
Technologies with less than 10% awareness not included. Each ratio is defined as follows:
- Satisfaction: would use again / (would use again + would not use again)
- Interest: want to learn / (want to learn + not interested)
- Usage: (would use again + would not use again) / total
- Awareness: (total - never heard) / total
My 2020 Pick: Remix
Remix is a different approach to React frameworks with an emphasis on progressive enhancement. It embraces the web platform in a way that no existing frameworks do and I'm excited by its potential.
Kent C. Dodds
Experience Over Time
Overview of opinions on the technologies surveyed over time.
| Would not use | |
| Not interested | |
| Would use again | |
| Interested | |
| Never heard |
Technologies with only one year of data are not included.
This chart splits positive (“want to learn”, “would use again”) vs negative (“not interested”, “would not use again”) experiences on both sides of a central axis.
Bar thickness represents the number of respondents aware of a technology.
Other ToolsCompletion percentage: 2.8% (659)Completion percentage: 2.8% (659)
Other tools in this category (freeform answers).
On a scale of one (very unhappy) to five (very happy), how happy are developers with the current overall state of this category?