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Top programming languages in the world
MyBroadBand ^ | 04/20/2016

Posted on 04/20/2016 9:31:50 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

The results of Stack Overflow’s annual survey show the most popular programming languages among developers.

Stack Overflow recently published the results of its annual developer survey, revealing its findings on the most popular programming languages.

Over 50,000 developers from 173 countries responded to the survey.

Stack Overflow said it also augmented some of the results with insights from the activity of its 40 million monthly visitors.

It found that JavaScript remains the most popular technology among developers, with SQL and SQL Server a close second.

“PHP appears to be falling out of favour as Node and Angular emerge,” said Stack Overflow.

StackOverflow 2016 - top technologies


Most popular tech among full-stack devs

Stack Overflow’s report also showed which technologies were most popular among developers who identify as full-stack, front-end, back-end, mobile, math and data, or as a student.

“JavaScript is the most commonly-used programming language on earth. Even back-end developers are more likely to use it than any other language.”

StackOverflow 2016 - full stack languages


Most popular tech among front-end devs

StackOverflow 2016 - front end languages


Most popular tech among back-end devs

StackOverflow 2016 - back end languages


Most popular tech among mobile devs

StackOverflow 2016 - mobile languages


Most popular tech among math and data devs

StackOverflow 2016 - math and data languages


Most popular tech among students

StackOverflow 2016 - student languages




TOPICS: Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: programming; programminglanguage
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1 posted on 04/20/2016 9:31:50 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

My 13 year old wants to learn Python.


2 posted on 04/20/2016 9:33:17 AM PDT by Yaelle (Tinkerbelle glittering up the runway for Trump Force One!)
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To: SeekAndFind
"Most popular tech among back-end devs: javascript"

-What???

3 posted on 04/20/2016 9:34:55 AM PDT by Democrats hate too much
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To: SeekAndFind

I’ll stick with good ol’ vbs, thank you. If it works, do not ‘fix’ it! ;-)


4 posted on 04/20/2016 9:36:24 AM PDT by spel_grammer_an_punct_polise (Why does every totalitarian, political hack think that he knows how to run my life better than I?)
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To: Democrats hate too much

Yeah does not make any sense. This must survey every single person on the earth and is tilted to those who think they are developers because they developed a web page at home.


5 posted on 04/20/2016 9:37:01 AM PDT by mikesmad
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To: Democrats hate too much

Yep, back-end, node.js started it all.

I’ve been playing with Angular 2, I think it will became the standard JavaScript platform, especially with TypeScript,


6 posted on 04/20/2016 9:37:12 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: SeekAndFind

I finally got the hang of MS-Basic. Why the heck isn’t that on the list?


7 posted on 04/20/2016 9:37:14 AM PDT by Leaning Right (Why am I holding this lantern? I am looking for the next Reagan.)
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RE: I’ll stick with good ol’ vbs, thank you. If it works, do not ‘fix’ it! ;-)

Yes I know, people want to continue working on what they’re most familiar and good at.

Unfortunately, one can’t make a living nowadays insisting on using the programming language one knows best, especially when you can’t attract recruiters when you put them in your resume.


8 posted on 04/20/2016 9:39:41 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind
In my last 4 or 5 years of working for a big company I used C# for my major systems, and was really impressed with the performance... especially since its not a true compiled language like C or others.

I don't really consider JS or SQL to be true programming languages in the truest sense... JS is a scripting language, and SQL is a query language although you can write pretty complex stuff in stored procedures and so on. I used both in conjunction with my applications that were mainly written in C#.

9 posted on 04/20/2016 9:39:42 AM PDT by Cementjungle
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To: SeekAndFind

So, put simply, Java rules.


10 posted on 04/20/2016 9:40:00 AM PDT by IronJack
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To: SeekAndFind

Keep an eye on Swift, the new growing language for mobile (dominating Apple work, coming soon to Android). Good replacement for C/C++/Objective-C, may challenge Java et al.


11 posted on 04/20/2016 9:41:05 AM PDT by ctdonath2 ("Get the he11 out of my way!" - John Galt)
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To: Yaelle
My 13 year old wants to learn Python.

Give him these books for his birthday...




Once they've mastered the basics, the possibilities are ENDLESS.
12 posted on 04/20/2016 9:43:29 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: dfwgator
I’ve been playing with Angular 2, I think it will became the standard JavaScript platform, especially with TypeScript,

In short order React will overtake Angular.

13 posted on 04/20/2016 9:44:00 AM PDT by Ol' Dan Tucker (...and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many... Daniel 8:25)
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RE: I don’t really consider JS or SQL to be true programming languages in the truest sense...

SQL SERVER and ORACLE allow programming like features ( e.g. Stored Procedures ).


14 posted on 04/20/2016 9:44:45 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Awesome! Thanks!


15 posted on 04/20/2016 9:45:00 AM PDT by Yaelle (Tinkerbelle glittering up the runway for Trump Force One!)
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To: Ol' Dan Tucker

Angular 2 is completely different from Angular, it’s more like Java, with TypeScript.


16 posted on 04/20/2016 9:45:58 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: SeekAndFind
SQL SERVER and ORACLE allow programming like features ( e.g. Stored Procedures ).

Yes of course, I mentioned that... but we generally don't develop entire applications using those tools... i.e. the user interface portions and so on. These tools work in conjunction with the main applications to handle the database portion of your applications.

17 posted on 04/20/2016 9:47:55 AM PDT by Cementjungle
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Showing my age.... but this is a fact

The front ends are all Java, JavaScript. WebSphere is used. DB2 is the DBMS.

the back-end, where the heavy lifting is done,is Cobol....

18 posted on 04/20/2016 9:48:37 AM PDT by sleepwalker (this place for rent)
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To: Leaning Right

64 kilobytes is a small playground.


19 posted on 04/20/2016 9:49:21 AM PDT by Dalberg-Acton
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To: SeekAndFind

Java script on the back end? Wait, what!?


20 posted on 04/20/2016 9:50:54 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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