In considering any type of for profit tool/tutorial/ebook that is targeting specifically JavaScript programmers it would be useful to know the potential size of the market.<p>So, I would love to figure out the estimate for the number of active JavaScript programmers. By 'active' I mean people that write JavaScript code (full-time, part-time or as part of their academic work) vs. HTML/Web integrators who occasionally tweak/copy/paste JS snippets.
A very large number?<p>I will now attempt to give you a more helpful answer that might indirectly answer your question. In the other HN thread out there today "Those making $1,000+/month on side projects – what did you make?" one of the answers is from Wes Bos who made a book and series of videos on Sublime Text editor. He claims, and I have no reason to believe he would lie, he has grossed $80k in 3 months selling the book at $45 and the book and videos at $60.<p>Is the JavaScript engineering market large enough to make money off of tutorials/ebooks? I would say if the content is good, the writing is well done, and the marketing is fresh, you will do exceptionally well. If Sublime Text Editor can bring in that kind of money, can you imagine JavaScript? Of course, the flip side of that coin is market saturation.<p>Another way to answer this would be, if your biggest concern is potential size of the market, you should be golden. It is huge.
Hi, what is a javascript programmer ? For exemple in my case i am a C/C++/Obj C programmer mainly, but i run a french seo agency ( <a href="https://www.sitepenalise.fr" rel="nofollow">https://www.sitepenalise.fr</a> - shameless plug ) and i use javascript once in a while to help customers with problems on their websites, does that make me a javascript programmer ? Note that javascript can also be used on non internet things, such as the unity game engine... so it's very well spread..
I propose to focus on web developers when trying to calculate the number of active JS coders, because practically any web programmer is JS coder more or less.
I do a lot in Python and AngularJS, the most in Python, and I'd be glad to read your book.