TOP PROGRMAMING LANGUAGES FOR 2013
Here’s the list after 2 weeks of voting and an influx of opinions from Californian startup types (thank you, yCombinator). Python is the biggest mover.
1. HTML/CSS 7.6
2. Javascript 7.3
3. Ajax 7.2
4. Python 6.9
5. Java 6.7
6. C# 6.7
7. Ruby 6.2
8. .Net 6.0
9. C++ 5.4
10. C 5.1
10 = extremely relevant
1 = irrelevant
Trevor’s note: Even though Ajax and CSS/HTML are markup tools, not programming languages, I couldn’t put a list like this together without them, and I couldn’t come up with an umbrella term for everything. Future technologies? Yuck. If you wanted to get really picky you could point out that transact-sql is merely a language extension. So is PL/SQL. Javascript might even warrant an argument. Please don’t get that picky, however. One Red Canary reader asked for Haskell to be added, but it didn’t make the top 10.
Below is the list Trevor started with, based on what was most valued, six years ago.
I. MOST POPULAR LANGUAGES (BASED ON EMPLOYER DEMAND) 2001
1. C++
2. Windows NT4
3. Oracle
4. Java
5. HTML
6. ASP
7. Visual Basic 6
8. DB2
9. Cobol
10. ANSI-C
Seeing that list got me to thinking about the nature and future of coding. What languages or splinter languages would dominate the list in 2013? Certainly not Cobol and ANSI-C :) Where will .Net and Java be in 6 years? What about xml and the surging popularity of Ajax? Will PERL and Lisp coders be able to transition to Ruby? Will they need to? What about young languages like Lua?
I’m not smart enough to see into 2013’s crystal ball, so here’s a list of 20-odd languages. Assign up to 10 stars to as many languages as you like (according to how relevant they will be in 6 years).
II. AFTER 1 WEEK OF VOTING
Here are the predicted top 10 languages of 2013 after almost one week of voting:
1. Java 7.7 (avg. stars)
2. C# 7.7
3. HTML/CSS 7.4
4. .Net 6.9
5. Ajax 6.8
6. Javascript 6.2
7. Transact-SQL 6.0
8. C++ 5.5
9. Ruby 5.4
10. PL/SQL 5.4
III. AFTER 2 WEEKS OF VOTING:
1. HTML/CSS 7.6
2. Javascript 7.3
3. Ajax 7.2
4. Python 6.9
5. Java 6.7
6. C# 6.7
7. Ruby 6.2
8. .Net 6.0
9. C++ 5.4
10. C 5.1
Remember, this is not a list of today’s most popular languages, but which languages you think will be dominant in 2013.
Here’s the list after 2 weeks of voting and an influx of opinions from Californian startup types (thank you, yCombinator). Python is the biggest mover.
1. HTML/CSS 7.6
2. Javascript 7.3
3. Ajax 7.2
4. Python 6.9
5. Java 6.7
6. C# 6.7
7. Ruby 6.2
8. .Net 6.0
9. C++ 5.4
10. C 5.1
10 = extremely relevant
1 = irrelevant
Trevor’s note: Even though Ajax and CSS/HTML are markup tools, not programming languages, I couldn’t put a list like this together without them, and I couldn’t come up with an umbrella term for everything. Future technologies? Yuck. If you wanted to get really picky you could point out that transact-sql is merely a language extension. So is PL/SQL. Javascript might even warrant an argument. Please don’t get that picky, however. One Red Canary reader asked for Haskell to be added, but it didn’t make the top 10.
Below is the list Trevor started with, based on what was most valued, six years ago.
I. MOST POPULAR LANGUAGES (BASED ON EMPLOYER DEMAND) 2001
1. C++
2. Windows NT4
3. Oracle
4. Java
5. HTML
6. ASP
7. Visual Basic 6
8. DB2
9. Cobol
10. ANSI-C
Seeing that list got me to thinking about the nature and future of coding. What languages or splinter languages would dominate the list in 2013? Certainly not Cobol and ANSI-C :) Where will .Net and Java be in 6 years? What about xml and the surging popularity of Ajax? Will PERL and Lisp coders be able to transition to Ruby? Will they need to? What about young languages like Lua?
I’m not smart enough to see into 2013’s crystal ball, so here’s a list of 20-odd languages. Assign up to 10 stars to as many languages as you like (according to how relevant they will be in 6 years).
II. AFTER 1 WEEK OF VOTING
Here are the predicted top 10 languages of 2013 after almost one week of voting:
1. Java 7.7 (avg. stars)
2. C# 7.7
3. HTML/CSS 7.4
4. .Net 6.9
5. Ajax 6.8
6. Javascript 6.2
7. Transact-SQL 6.0
8. C++ 5.5
9. Ruby 5.4
10. PL/SQL 5.4
III. AFTER 2 WEEKS OF VOTING:
1. HTML/CSS 7.6
2. Javascript 7.3
3. Ajax 7.2
4. Python 6.9
5. Java 6.7
6. C# 6.7
7. Ruby 6.2
8. .Net 6.0
9. C++ 5.4
10. C 5.1
Remember, this is not a list of today’s most popular languages, but which languages you think will be dominant in 2013.
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