Draw me a developer As consumers, learners and decision makers Long term API and Platform Economy professional with PhD degree (2017) built around network driven economy. Author of "API Economy 101" book (2018) ”Build for the developers” book (coming 2020) Doctor of Developer – dxdoctor.net. Chief Development Officer at the Platform of Trust. @Jarkko_Moilanen
100 Days DX 100daysdx.com DX Doctor – dxdoctor.net – Jarkko Moilanen @Jarkko_Moilanen Economics of the Developer eXperience Why DX matters in product development and sales 100 articles on what is Developer eXperience. The biggest open resource on Developer eXperience so far.
Developers are typically presented as consumers Developers as learners They are decision makers as well DX Doctor – dxdoctor.net – Jarkko Moilanen @Jarkko_Moilanen 1 3 3 aspects + future 2
18,9 Million active software developers (21% growth during 2018) 45 Million developers globally in 2030 DX Doctor – dxdoctor.net – Jarkko Moilanen @Jarkko_Moilanen Global developer population report 2019
Western male thing DX Doctor – dxdoctor.net – Jarkko Moilanen @Jarkko_Moilanen Stack Overflow - Developer Survey Results 2019 A year before: • White or of European descent 74,2% • South Asian 11,5% • Hispanic 6,7% A year before: • Male: 92,9% • Female: 6,9% • NB, q...: 0,9%
DX Doctor – dxdoctor.net – Jarkko Moilanen @Jarkko_Moilanen Stack Overflow - Developer Survey Results 2019 How to reach developers in social media? Average Joe and Jane are … Developers are packed in fewer channels https://www.statista.com
DX Doctor – dxdoctor.net – Jarkko Moilanen @Jarkko_Moilanen bachelor’s or master’s degree (professional devs 75%) have taught themselves a new language, framework, or tool outside of their formal education has participated in MOOC /online course during the past year 68% 60% Learners 86% Stack Overflow - Developer Survey Results 2019
of the developers are in position to make purchases are in a position to make recommendations of the developers can spend 10 000$+ without authorization Global developer population report 2019 . https://sdata.me/GlobalDevPop19 DX Doctor – dxdoctor.net – Jarkko Moilanen @Jarkko_Moilanen 45% 38% 25% Decision makers behind the scenes 2019: 47,5+ Billion 2030: 112,5+ Billion
B2D product strategy Make multiple compact services (with instant value + freemium) with relatively small annual costs (1k-2k€) DX Doctor – dxdoctor.net – Jarkko Moilanen @Jarkko_Moilanen
DX Doctor – dxdoctor.net – Jarkko Moilanen @Jarkko_Moilanen We are 5x too slow Market demand for mobile app development services will grow at least five times faster than the professional capacity to deliver them. Gartner
DX Doctor – dxdoctor.net – Jarkko Moilanen @Jarkko_Moilanen “By 2024, low-codeapplication development will be responsible for more than 65% of application development activity.” Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Low Code Application Platforms, 8 August 2019, [Paul Vincent, Kimihiko Iijima, Jason Wong, Mark Driver Yefim Natis Name(s)], 65% 35%
Global Developer Population 2019 Community Edition DX Doctor – dxdoctor.net – Jarkko Moilanen @Jarkko_Moilanen 2018 Salesforce acquired MuleSoft for 6,5$ Billion 2019 Salesforce acquired Tableau for 15,3$ Billion 79% of Salesforce customers use apps made with low-code platform to boost business Low-code approach • Data centricity • Cloud-based architecture • Cross-platform support • Drag-and-drop (or point-and-click) tools • Flexibility The lightning platform
DX Doctor – dxdoctor.net – Jarkko Moilanen @Jarkko_Moilanen Open source Web APIs Code Libraries No-Code / Low-Code 1990 2000 2010 2025 NPM established Fielding’s REST dissertation Glue period Lego period Component period Drag & drop period 65% of application development activity driven by low-code platforms traditional application or framework APIs Developer eXperience Periods