Welcome to Yognut.com, today I’m going to explore the most popular:-“Most Popular Programming Languages” which is one of the grassroots in the computer world. With the changing world and its up-gradation of advanced technologies now there is a need to be upgraded with programming languages which are more versatile, easy and gives better performance.
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These programming languages are highly demanding in today’s IT sectors and even in all fields and even if you are going for a job interview. This is a lifeline for you if you wanna be a good Coder.
Here you got those 10 most popular programming languages to need to learn in 2019
1. JavaScript
In today’s world, it’s about impossible to imagine software development without JavaScript. JavaScript is a client scripting language which is used for creating web pages. It is a standalone language developed in Netscape. It was initially called Mocha, renamed to LiveScript, and then renamed to JavaScript.
The importance of JavaScript as a web technology can be determined from the fact that it is currently used by 94.5% of all websites. As a client-side programming language, JavaScript helps web developers to make web pages dynamic and interactive and implementing the custom client-side script.
Above all the facts make JavaScript most Popular programming languages.
2. Python
Python is one of the general-purpose, user-friendly programming languages. Created by Guido van Rossum and first released in 1991, Python design philosophy emphasizes code readability with its notable use of significant whitespace. This language aims to help programmer to write clear, logical code fr small and large scale projects.
If you are interested in making a carrier in back-end development, like Django-Open source framework, is written in Python, which makes it easy to learn and featured-packed, yet popular. Being so popular and easy Python is used as a scripting language for 3D-animation, Blender, Maya and many more.
Python is commonly used for scientific research and artificial intelligence projects with the help of libraries like TensorFlow, Keras, and Scikit-Learn.
Large organizations that use Python include Wikipedia, Google, Yahoo!, CERN, NASA,Facebook, Amazon, Instagram, Spotify.
3. Java
You get amazed and asked why Java and the answer because its “write once, run everywhere“. Java has been the top programming language for the last 20 years. It is a general-purpose programming language that is object-oriented. The syntax of Java is similar to C and C++ but simpler than them.
Java is highly cross-platform compatible or platform-independent meaning that compiled Java code can run on all platforms using JVM:- Java Virtual Machine that supports Java without the need for compilation.
Java was originally developed by James Gosling at Sun Microsystems. Today Java forms the base for the Android operating system and opts around 90% fortune 500 companies for making a variety of back-end applications. With so many useful features Java is the backbone for a wide range of business applications, possessing immense flexibility its beginner favorite choice.
With the latest versions are Java 12, released in March 2019, it is one of the most popular programming languages in use according to GitHub, particularly for client-server web applications, with a reported 9 million developers.
4. C/C++
C++ is a general-purpose programming language created by Bjarne Stroustrup as an extension of the C programming language. The language has expanded significantly over time, and modern C++ has object-oriented, generic, and functional features in addition to facilities for low-level memory manipulation.
C++ is looking as more performing than dynamically typed languages because the code is type-checked before it is executed on real grounds. Core areas of developments are Virtual Reality, gaming, computer graphics, etc.
C++20 is the next planned standard, keeping with the current trend of a new version every three years.
5. PHP
The language PHP is basically created for maintaining Personal Home Page for Rasmus; however, this language takes over about 83% website globally.
The PHP Hypertext Preprocessor (PHP) is a programming language that allows web developers to create dynamic content that better interests with the database. Basically, it is used for developing Web-based software. Also, PHP is well dressed for WordPress CMS(content managing system).
If we are looking towards its database then PHP stores integers in a platform-dependent range, either a 64 bit or 32bit or 128 bit signed integer equivalent to the C-language long type by all above facts now PHP uses at creating dynamic pages, command-line scripting and client-side for GUI, many operating system and relational database management system (RDBMS).
6. C# (C-Sharp)
C# is a simple, modern, general-purpose, object-oriented programming language developed by Microsoft in 2000. C# is one of the programming languages designed for the Common Language Infrastructure (CLI) and Mono a free open software is used to compile run time for it.
The syntax of C# is similar to C, C++, and Java, If you are familiar with C and C++ then this language is comparably easier for you and its important for learning new features.
In brief, it is perfect for a web application, desktop application and it proves its presence in VR-AR, 2D, 3D gaming also it is the main language for Unity Game Engine.
7. Swift
Now come to next Swift. Swift as its name, it is a general-purpose, multi-paradigm, compiled programming language developed by Apple Inc. for iOS, macOS, WatchOS, tvOS, Linux, and z/OS.
Unlike other languages like C and C++ Swift use lesser code and natural English that why it is easier.
Besides this, it is very limited because the user of the iOS operating system is lesser than android. You can’t find Swift developer in more of numbers. Recent surveys say, only 8.1% of the 78,000 respondents use Swift, which is lesser compared to others. And due to frequent updates, Swift is considered to be less stable with every new release.
8. Ruby
Ruby is an open-source, interpreted, high-level, general-purpose programming language. It was designed and developed in Japan in the mid-1990s by Yukihiro “Marz”. Ruby is basically designed for programmer productivity and fun, following the principles of good user interface design.
The syntax of Ruby is broadly similar to Pearl and Python so it does not have hard rules and it is a high-level language which resembles the English language to a great extent.
Now introduce to RubyGems. It is Ruby’s package manager. A Ruby package is called a “gem” and can easily be installed via the command line. Most gems are libraries, though a few exist that are applications, such as IDEs.There are over 10,000 Ruby gems hosted on RubyGems.org
Modern Ruby versions and implementations are available on many operating systems, such as Linux, BSD, Solaris, AIX, macOS, Windows, Windows Phone,Windows CE, Symbian OS, BeOS, and IBM
9. Objective-C
Objective-C is a general-purpose, object-oriented programming language that adds Smalltalk-style messaging to the C programming language. It was created primarily by Brad Cox and Tom Love in the early 1980s at their company Stepstone.
It was the main programming language supported by Apple for the macOS, iOS and iPadOS operating systems, and their respective application programming interfaces(APIs) Cocoa and Cocoa Touch until the introduction of Swift.
Different from other programming languages Objective-C 2.0 provides a conservative, generational garbage collector this keep its outstanding.
10. SQL
SQL stands for Standard Query Language, is used for communication with the database. It is a programming language aimed to store, manipulate, and query data stored in the relational databases.
It is particularly very useful in handling structured data where there are relations between different entities/variables of the data.
SQL also provides you to work with, the relational model and its tuple calculus.
If you wanna choose database management as your carrier, then goes with C, C+, and SQL. SQL developers are high in demand and offered high pay scale.
Conclusion
Since the software industries change with time and maybe the most popular and important language today is not more useful for next year. If you want to develop your carrier as a devloper then you have to go with the language which suits you and have an interest in it. And as I think it’s better to be updated with new technology and new languages.
