The PYPL PopularitY of Programming Language Index indicates that 3 languages are currently on an upward trend, namely Python, JavaScript and R.
This comes as no surprise since artificial intelligence and machine learning are taking over as the most sought after skills in the programming world in 2018 and beyond.
This comes as no surprise since artificial intelligence and machine learning are taking over as the most sought after skills in the programming world in 2018 and beyond.
#1 - Python
Python is a powerful, high-level programming language that supports multiple paradigm concepts such as object-oriented, imperative, reflective, functional and procedural programming.
Python is suitable for building a wide variety of applications including back-end web applications, games development, artificial intelligence, machine learning and big data apps, etc. The Python language design is further simplified by making a major departure from the traditional C-style programming that uses curly braces ({}) and other traditional language structures.
Large companies using Python include: Google (YouTube), Facebook (Tornado), Dropbox, Yahoo, NASA, IBM, Mozilla and Quora, etc.
Python is currently one of the most sought after programming languages in the Computer Science world.
#2 - JavaScript
JavaScript is one of the three core technologies of World Wide Web content engineering alongside HTML and CSS. Traditionally, JavaScript is used to make web pages interactive and provide online programs, including video games on the front-end. The standard JavaScript specification (ECMAScript 2017) is supported by almost all browsers[1].
The invention of Node.js and other JavaScript-centric frameworks and tools such as React.js, Vue.js, Backbone.js and MongoDB, has propelled JavaScript to become one of the most popular programming languages in recent time.
Node.js is built on Chrome’s V8 JavaScript engine. V8 has ability to compile and execute JavaScript at lightning fast speed, because it compiles JavaScript into a native machine code, instead of interpreting it or executing it as bytecode.
#3 - R
R is a powerful programming language and tool for statistical programming, artificial intelligence and graphics. It is used by tens of thousands of people daily to perform serious statistical programming and data analysis. R is a freely available, open source programming language whose development is the culmination of many years of effort by top scientists. R is freely available under the GNU General Public License, and pre-compiled binary versions are provided for various operating systems.
R’s popularity has increased substantially in recent times, and so has the demand, due to its wide adoption especially among developers in a wide variety of scientific applications such as statistical software, data mining, data analysis, polls, data mining surveys, and artificial intelligence.
#4 - Java
A list of popular programming languages would not be complete without mentioning Java. Once the darling of computer programmers around the world in the 90s, Java has really come a long way, and is still the most popular programming on the TIOBE index.
Java is a general-purpose, concurrent, class-based, object-oriented, programming language used by millions of developers across the world.
Java was specifically designed to have as few implementation dependencies as possible. The Java design philosophy is intended to let application developers "write once, run anywhere" (WORA), meaning that compiled Java code can run on all platforms that support Java without the need for recompilation.
The PYPL PopularitY of Programming Language Index:
The PYPL PopularitY of Programming Language Index is created by analyzing how often language tutorials are searched on Google[2].
The more a language tutorial is searched, the more popular the language is assumed to be. It is a leading indicator. The raw data comes from Google Trends.
If you believe in collective wisdom, the PYPL Popularity of Programming Language index can help you decide which language to study, or which one to use in a new software project.
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