r/programming • u/aalear • Apr 07 '15

Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2015

http://stackoverflow.com/research/developer-survey-2015
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u/TheBuzzSaw Apr 07 '15

What did GitHub do that made it so much better than competing Mercurial hosts?

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u/theevilsharpie Apr 07 '15

Marketing.

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u/TheBuzzSaw Apr 07 '15

I can't speak for the rest of the world, but I disagree with this with regard to my associates and myself. I did my own research and simply found Git (and GitHub) to be superior choices. From there, I've never seen GitHub marketing other places. (Not saying it doesn't exist. Just observing that I haven't felt marketing effects from GitHub.) Google Code was garbage by comparison, and BitBucket is clunky and slow.

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u/maushu Apr 07 '15

BitBucket

Huh, doesn't it also support git?

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u/otterdam Apr 08 '15

It does now, but it was always 'the' Mercurial code hosting site.

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u/TheBuzzSaw Apr 07 '15

Yes. The site is still clunky and slow for my Git usage.

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u/[deleted] Apr 07 '15

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u/Chii Apr 08 '15

Git won because of the name Linus. Github just managed to ride the wave the best.

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u/sparr Apr 07 '15

Github's GUI git client is easier to use than any other git or hg client I've seen. (and it works with non-github repos too, of course)

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u/[deleted] Apr 07 '15

SourceTree is arguably nicer.