The software industry is constantly evolving. Many languages that were cutting edge just a few years ago either look outdated or have been made completely redundant today.

Today, new languages are emerging with surprising frequency to meet the changing needs of users.

These languages are being used to build a new class of applications that have advanced features and cater to the demanding needs of businesses.

There is a wide range of options available for developers when it comes to functional, object-oriented and scripting languages.


10. Go
Go, Google’s open source programming language, is helpful for developing web applications with minimal frameworks, web servers, or APIs, the report noted. It is also easy to deploy a Go app running on Google Cloud Platform. Go was also ranked one of the most intuitive programming languages.

Some programming languages did not make it to the top 10 but still grew in use and popularity over the past year. These include Swift (which has been growing steadily in popularity since it launched) R (which is expected to climb the rankings, and Rust (which is steadily growing in popularity according to Google Trends data).

9. PHP
PHP is an open source, general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited for web development, and can be embedded into HTML.

8. Ruby
Ruby is a dynamic, open source programming language with a focus on simplicity. It also ranked high on the list of most creative programming languages.

7. Perl
Despite dropping about 3,000 job postings, Perl remained on the list. “Perl 5 and Perl 6 are both chugging along and Perl continues to be popular for system and network administrators and as a glue language,” Misirlakis wrote.

Other technologies outside of programming languages also appeared in a number of job postings, Coding Dojo found, including SQL, .NET, Node.js, and MEAN.

6. PHP
PHP moved from no. 9 in the rankings last year to no. 6 this year. Most developers use this scripting language to add functions that HTML can’t handle, or to interact with MySQL databases.

5. C#
C# fell in job demand slightly this year. An object-oriented language from Microsoft designed to run on the .NET platform, it is also heavily used in video game development. C# 7.2 came out in November 2017, and added several new features aimed at avoiding unnecessary copying.

4. C++
Before I write anything about this language, I’d like to ask you: Do Like playing games or learn how to develop games? If yes, then that is what this language is well known for.

JavaScript, C++ remained as popular as it was in early 2017. In this article, the uses of C++ were outlined to include the following; system/application software, drivers, client-server applications and embedded firmware development.

Though many programmers find C++ to be complex to learn and use, and prefer Python or JavaScript, it remains in use in many legacy systems at large enterprises.

3. JavaScript
JavaScript remains as popular this year as it was last year, which is not a surprise, as it is used by over 80% of developers and by 95% of all websites for any dynamic logic on their pages, Some popular sites using JavaScript include Google, Facebook, YouTube, Yahoo, Wikipedia, Amazon and Twitter. It’s the top language used on Github. According to Coding Dojo. “Several front-end frameworks for JavaScript such as React and AngularJS have huge future potential as IoT and mobile devices become more popular. There is no limit to what you can do with this code.

Let me tickle you a little; do you know that Google is also executing JavaScript on web pages to index pages more accurately?

JavaScript is our future. JavaScript is here to stay. It’s almost impossible that JavaScript will be replaced by another language anytime soon.

Sometime ago, someone asked a question on Quora which reads “What is the most valuable programming language to know for the future and why?”, two senior front-end developers of repute answered the same; “JavaScript will remain relevant as long as people use the Internet”


2. Java
Java is one programming language that has managed to be wildly known for a very long time but recently is showing signs of decrease.

Java decreased in popularity by about 6,000 job postings this year, 2018 compared to 2017, survey revealed this. However, it is still an extremely well-established language, used by millions of developers and billions of devices worldwide.

Additionally, all Android apps are based on Java. In 2017 Google made it known that android was already running in over 3 billion devices all over the world and this does not show any sign of coming down. This places java on the rail of usefulness even though some programming languages like Kotlin can be used to make android apps but Java remains the go to language anywhere android is mentioned.

Furthermore, 90% of Fortune 500 companies use Java as a server-side language for backend development so any developer learning Java is not going wrong. Definitely!


1. Python
Python is growing like wild fire in the developer’s community, due to the advent of internet of things. Python grew in popularity by about 5,000 job postings since last year.

It’s commonly used in scientific computing, data mining, and machine learning—and the growth in demand for machine learning developers in particular may be driving some of its popularity.

Wrapping Up
Also, we believe every programming language is unique and can do great development if used well. It all depends on what you want to build and the kind of technology you like working with. Even professional developers know more than two languages very well.


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