The Stack Overflow community releases its annual survey every year, which aims to understand the developer community better. The definition of a "developer" is not strictly defined and is inclusive of anyone who has written code, regardless of their level or experience. The survey is designed to be short, taking around 10 minutes to complete, and is open to anyone with a coding background, from beginners like those in middle school's Scratch program to professionals using Couchbase SDKs.