What makes a good developer experience, and why do some tools become part of a workflow while others get abandoned? Explore practical guides to developer productivity, tool evaluation, onboarding, integrations and the friction that slows software teams down. We explain developer experience (DevEx) concepts and changing tooling trends using research-informed analysis rather than feature lists alone. For survey data on developer preferences, adoption and tool-switching behaviour, visit our developer experience and tooling research.
In a tech landscape obsessed with speed and innovation, software development remains one of the most complex and failure-prone processes in business. Poorly structured codebases, outdated documentation and brittle architecture may sound like engineering issues, but the ripple effects of failures in these areas can deeply impact product leaders, marketers, operations teams, and even customer-facing departments!
We dive into technology leaders’ involvement in tool-buying decisions within their organisations, based on their role.
A case study on how SlashData worked with Sentry to measure if developer happiness affects their productivity.
A case study on how we helped a client's localisation team determine if machine translation was sufficient for optimal user experience.
A case study focusing on a CRM platform that wanted to better understand developers in their ecosystem.
In this case study, we look at how SlashData worked with a client product team to answer their questions on developer authentication needs.
We explore the adoption & usage of low-code no-code tools by developers for their projects and how it is affected by experience, age, gender
Learn what makes developers happy, what frustrations & challenges they face, & how these factors contribute to productivity.
Want to learn more about our developers' experiences and perceptions around burnout, wellness and overall well-being?
Security threats in software development evolve at lightning speed in today’s digital age. With the average cost of a security breach in...
This is a chapter from our latest State of the Developer Nation 22nd Edition, which is free to download. You can watch our Lightning...
Software developers who don’t have the tools to manage the stress in their professional & personal lives will eventually spiral into burnout
