Explore the results of the 2022 Emacs User Survey in this 26-minute conference talk from EmacsConf 2022. Delve into the survey's design, implementation using a custom Julia framework, and key findings. Examine demographic data, including geography, gender, and occupations of Emacs users. Learn about preferred Emacs versions, programming languages, and popular packages. Gain insights into documentation needs and future directions for Emacs development. Understand the survey's methodology, duration, and plans for future iterations. Access additional resources and participate in discussions through provided links, with the content available under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International license.
Overview
Syllabus
.000 Introduction
.040 The 2020 Emacs User Survey
.360 The design of the survey
.560 Survey frameworks
.021 Writing a new survey framework in Julia
.200 In practice
.560 Results
.600 Going forward
.160 Responses
.000 Geography
.280 Gender
.440 Occupations
.320 Free and open source software
.440 Emacs versions
.360 Languages
.800 Prose
.400 Packages
.920 Documentation
.440 Moving forward
.200 Time
.200 How long the survey is open for
.200 Plan going forward
Taught by
EmacsConf and Emacs hangouts
