nexus pro customer survey findings
DESCRIPTION
Currently most active Nexus users are: Developers, Build Engineers & Administrators. Other users clearly see benefits of Nexus and advocate usage for other groups including Architects, Security, and Legal.TRANSCRIPT
Nexus Pro Customer Survey Findings
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Nexus Pro Customer Demographics
In what industry is your company? How many developers are in your organization?
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Currently most active Nexus users are: Developers, Build Engineers & Administrators
Other users clearly see benefits of Nexus and advocate usage for other groups:
● Architects● Security● Legal
Nexus Is Useful Beyond Current Users
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Maven is the build tool of choice with Ant also very popular
What build tool(s) are you using for development?
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Eclipse is the most common IDE for Nexus developers
What Java IDE(s) are you using in your development environment?
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Observations
• While Eclipse is most common...
• Many users and teams use multiple IDE's
Lots of people use IntelliJ IDEA
Diversity of tools is common and growing
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Maven is the predominate repository format
What repository format(s) are you using for development?
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Observations● Maven repository format is used successfully
beyond Maven● Alternatives quite popular● Other specific formats like RubyGems or NPM are requested
● Demand for provisioning tools exists● YUM repo format widely used despite being rather new● Support for tools like Vagrant, Dockers, Chef, Puppet is requested
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Over half the people surveyed use Jenkins as their CI Server
What continuous integration server are you using for development?
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Observations and Requests
● Jenkins and Hudson are most widespread
● Common to use multiple CI platforms
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In addition to Java, strong use of JavaScript and .Net by NexusPro customers
What programming languages are you using for development?
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Observations and Requests
● Lots of .Net development● NuGet usage poised to increase● Including license and security data in NuGet galley
● No surprise with popularity of JavaScript● Support for other files often requested● Maven format can be used for that already
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About 40% - multiple teams use NexusGreater 55% - Nexus use across the enterprise
Smart Proxy and Enterprise LDAP widely used Nexus Scales and Performs WellMore High Availability related features requested
Nexus As Component Exchange Hub
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Commonly Used Features
Infrastructure● Enterprise LDAP approx 70%● Smart Proxy > 50%
User Facing● Repository Health Check >65%● Staging approx. 60%
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Tip - Underused Features
● SSL connection to Central Repository
● User Token
● Both provide more security for free!
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Overall Sonatype gets very high marks in product support and usability
How would you rate Sonatype & Nexus?
Feature Support
Performance & Scalability
Reliability & Stability
Ease of Use
Technical Support
Documentation
Sales Support
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
43.52
42.59
37.04
49.53
38.32
60.19
46.73
54.63
50
56.48
42.06
54.21
32.41
31.78
1.85
4.63
1.85
1.87
7.48
5.56
21.5
2.78
4.68
6.54
1.85
Poor Good Excellent N/A
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Next Steps – Nexus Pro CLM Edition and Sonatype CLM
• >40% have desire to introduce component management with security and license data across whole SDLC
● Interest from developers (CI and IDE)
● Interest from ops (deployment and production monitoring)