The 7 Most In-Deman ProgrammingLanguages of 2018
Software development is a
dynamic field. New and in-demand programming languages, frameworks and
technologies can emerge, rise to fame, and then fade away in the course of a
few years. Developers need to constantly be learning new skills to stay
relevant. At Coding Dojo, we’re continually evaluating which programming languages are
in high demand from employers so we can prepare our students to enter the job
market. There are many ways to measure a programming language’s popularity, but
we believe examining job demand is most useful because it shows developers the
skills to learn to improve their career prospects.
1. Java
Java
decreased in popularity by about 6,000 job postings in 2018 compared to 2017,
but is still extremely well-established. Java is over 20 years old, used by
millions of developers and billions of devices worldwide, and able to run on
any hardware and operating system through the Java Virtual Machine. All Android
apps are based on Java and 90 percent of Fortune 500 companies use Java as a
server-side language for backend development. Java Enterprise
Edition 8 and Java 9 both
launched in September 2017 as the Eclipse Foundation took over managing Java EE from Oracle.
2. Python
Python
grew in popularity by about 5,000 job postings over 2017. It is a
general-purpose programming language used for web development and as a support
language for software developers. It’s also widely used in scientific
computing, data mining and machine learning. The continued growth
and demand for machine learning developers may be driving the popularity of
Python.
3.JavaScript
JavaScript,
the grandfather of programming languages, is roughly as popular today as it was
in our last blog post. That’s no surprise to us – JavaScript is
used by over 80% of developers and by 95% of all websites for any dynamic logic on their
pages. Several front-end frameworks for JavaScript such as React and AngularJS
have huge future potential as IoT and mobile devices become more popular, so we
doubt we’ll see JavaScript drop in popularity anytime soon.
4. C++
C++ changed very little in
popularity from early 2017 to now. An extension of the old-school “C” programming
language, C++ is usually used for system/application software, game
development, drivers, client-server applications and embedded firmware. Many
programmers find C++ complex and more difficult to learn and use than languages
like Python or JavaScript, but it remains in use in many legacy systems at
large enterprises.
5. C#
C#
(pronounced “C sharp”) went down slightly in demand this year. C# is an
object-oriented programming language from Microsoft designed to run on
Microsoft’s .NET platform and to make development quicker and easier than
Microsoft’s previous languages. C# 7.2 came out in
November, adding several new features geared towards avoiding unnecessary
copying. C#, like C++, is heavily used in video game development, so any
aspiring video game developers would do well to learn both of them.
6. PHP
PHP, a scripting language used on
the server side, moved up to number six in our ranking over number nine last
year. Most developers use PHP for web development, either to add functions that
HTML can’t handle or to interact with MySQL databases.
7. Perl
Perl dropped by about 3,000 job
postings and stayed in seventh place in our analysis. 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.
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