Worldwide Development Languages, Environments, and Tools Forecast, 2024-2028

This IDC study provides a worldwide forecast for the 2024-2028 period for the development languages, environments, and tools market. The study quantifies the market size of the worldwide DLET market in 2023 and a five-year forecast through 2028 by geographic region and deployment type. This document updates the market forecast included in Worldwide Development Languages, Environments, and Tools Forecast, 2023-2027 (IDC #US49418623, June 2023)."IDC projects strong growth for the developer tools market with a total market CAGR of 15.4% through 2028. Generative AI developer tools are expected to proliferate at the same time that they mature," said Arnal Dayaratna, research vice present, Software Development at IDC. "Rapid innovation in generative AI is expected to catalyze the rapid maturation of new ecosystems of developer tools. That said, the demand for developer tools that specialize in use cases such as cloud-native development, edge-native development, front-end development, back-end development, and full-stack development is also expected to remain robust as enterprises continue to embrace ubiquitous digitization."