The most popular technologies at student hackathons
Devpost, which has just changed its name from ChallengePost, has identified the main technologies used in student hackathons. Some are more surprising than others. The top products include HTML/CSS and JavaScript, jQuery, Node.js, MongoDB, Venmo and PayPal, Google Maps, Android Studio, Microsoft Azure and Sublime Text.
Facebook beat Twitter as the top Social API, while Spotify came ahead of Echo Nest as the main Music API. Unity was the top Game Engine.
Devpost's numbers are based on adding up the project tags from a sample of 13,281 student hackers from 160 student hackathons and their Devpost portfolios. The survey covered 9,898 projects in a huge array of subjects. While most of the hackathons were held in North America, some were held in the UK, Poland, Singapore and other countries.
