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VSX Survey (Fall 2007) results

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Below are the key results from the VSX survey from the fall of 2007. Please take a few minutes an participate in our VSX Survey (Spring 2008) . Once our latest survey closes, we will share the results soon after including the trends between surveys.

Have you ever installed an extension to Visual Studio such as a macro, Add-in, productivity tool, custom control, or other component that was not included within Visual Studio?

(Check all that apply. Skip if you've never installed an extension for Visual Studio.)

· [37%] - I have installed one or more Microsoft extensions

· [30%] - I have installed one or more commercial 3rd party extensions

· [29%] - I have installed one or more non-commercial 3rd party extensions

Have you used the Visual Studio SDK?

(Check all versions that apply. Skip if you've never used the Visual Studio SDK.)

· [74%] - Visual Studio 2005 SDK

· [26%] - Visual Studio 2008 SDK

What kind of extensions for Visual Studio do you create?

(Check all that apply)

· [20%] - Macros

· [54%] - Add-ins

· [76%] - Packages

· [15%] - Content

· [28%] - Controls

What is the primary technology you are building into Visual Studio?

(Check all that apply)

· [18%] - Reusable Components (WinForms Control, WebForms Control, Shared Library, ActiveX Component, etc.)

· [10%] - Application Lifecycle Management (Source Code Control, Project Management, Bug Tracking, Asset Management, etc.)

· [13%] - Code Analysis (Integrating with Microsoft languages, Source Navigation, Obfuscation, Modeling, Code Generation, Code Understanding, etc.)

· [15%] - Programming Language (Adding a new language to Visual Studio, Compiler, Debugger, Project System, Language Service, etc.)

· [18%] - Support Tools (Database Management, Installers, Tools that support the software development process, etc.)

· [13%] - Domain Specific Language (DSL) Designers (Code modeling, architecture modeling, infrastructure modeling, industry modeling, UI modeling, data modeling)

· [13%] - Content (Help Documentation, Templates, Wizards, Process Guidance, Policy, etc.)

What version(s) of Visual Studio do you extend?

(Check all that apply)

· [26%] - Visual Studio 2003

· [95%] - Visual Studio 2005

· [42%] - Visual Studio 2008

· [10%] - Visual Studio 2008 Shell (Integrated)

· [10%] - Visual Studio 2008 Shell (Isolated)

How are your Visual Studio extensions deployed?

(Check all that apply)

· [27%] - Commercial extensions for resale.

· [29%] - Internal line of business extensions.

· [12%] - Shareware or freeware extensions.

· [11%] - Shared or open source extension projects.

· [21%] - Extensions for personal use that are not distributed.

What language do you use to build extensions for Visual Studio?

(Check all that apply)

· [68%] - C#

· [20%] - C++

· [9%] - Visual Basic

· [4%] - Other

Have you visited any of these extensibility websites?

(Check all that apply)

· [18%] - VSX Forum on msdn.com

· [23%] - CodePlex.com

· [21%] - msdn.com/vsx

· [21%] - vsipmembers.com

· [17%] - VSX Team blog(s)

How satisfied are you with the video contents?

· [3%] - Very satisfied

· [18%] - Satisfied

· [17%] - Neither satisfied nor unsatisfied

· [3%] - Dissatisfied

· [1%] - Very Dissatisfied

· [59%] - N/A - Never used it

How satisfied are you with the QuickStart Tutorials?

· [2%] - Very satisfied

· [26%] - Satisfied

· [29%] - Neither satisfied nor unsatisfied

· [3%] - Dissatisfied

· [2%] - Very Dissatisfied

· [38%] - N/A - Never used it

How satisfied are you with the transparency of the team’s direction and status, published via the VSX Team blog?

· [5%] - Very satisfied

· [36%] - Satisfied

· [18%] - Neither satisfied nor unsatisfied

· [4%] - Dissatisfied

· [1%] - Very Dissatisfied

· [35%] - N/A - Never used it

How satisfied are you with the VSX forum on msdn.com?

· [6%] - Very satisfied

· [32%] - Satisfied

· [23%] - Neither satisfied nor unsatisfied

· [6%] - Dissatisfied

· [1%] - Very Dissatisfied

· [32%] - N/A - Never used it

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