Coding Dojo released 20 of the most promising programming languages ​​in 2018

Software development is a dynamic area. New programming languages, frameworks, and technologies have emerged, become popular, and then disappear. Developers need to constantly learn new skills and master the new technologies needed for business development.

Coming to 2018, Coding Dojo (coded Dojo) released 20 of the most promising programming languages ​​in 2018. The company analyzed data from Indeed's 25 programming languages, stacks, and frameworks to find the seven pieces of data that employers need most. The data is based on the number of work releases per language.

It turns out that the top three are Java, Python, and JavaScript, but compared to last year's data, only Python has grown. And Coding Dojo believes that as the demand for machine learning developers grows, so will the demand for Python to continue to grow in the future.

Languages ​​like Swift, R, and Ruby that many developers like do not enter the top seven because their job search needs are relatively low.

In addition, based on the recruitment data published on Indeed.com, Coding Dojo also lists SQL, .NET, Node, and MEAN as technologies that developers should be familiar with.

Java's popularity in 2018 will decline compared to 2017, but it still dominates. Java has been around for more than 20 years and is used by millions of developers around the world. Billions of devices are developed in Java and run on any hardware and operating system through the Java Virtual Machine. All Android apps are based on Java, and 90% of Fortune 500 companies use Java as a server-side language for back-end development. As the Eclipse Foundation took over Oracle to manage Java EE, Java Enterprise Edition 8 and Java 9 were also released in September 2017.

Python's position in 2017 increased by approximately 5,000. This is a general-purpose programming language for web development and a supported language for software developers. It is also widely used in scientific computing, data mining and machine learning. The continued growth and demand of machine learning developers will drive the popularity of Python.

JavaScript is still very popular. More than 80% of developers and 95% of all websites use JavaScript to implement dynamic logic on the page. With the popularity of the Internet of Things and mobile devices, several front-end frameworks for JavaScript such as React and AngularJS have great potential, so we suspect that JavaScript will soon be popularized.

From the beginning of 2017 to the present, the popularity of C++ has been very small. An extension of the C++ programming language, typically used for system/application software, game development, drivers, client server applications, and embedded firmware. Many programmers find that C++ is more complex than languages ​​such as Python or JavaScript, and it is more difficult to learn and use, but it is still used in many systems in large enterprises.

C# This year's demand has dropped slightly. C# is an object-oriented programming language designed by Microsoft that runs on Microsoft's .NET platform and is faster and cleaner than Microsoft's previous languages. C#7.2 was launched in November, adding several new features to avoid unnecessary duplication. Like C++, C# is widely used in video game development, and game developers will have a good grasp of both languages.

PHP is a scripting language used on the server side, ranking ninth last year and ranking sixth. Most developers use PHP for web development, either adding functions that HTML can't handle or interacting with a MySQL database.

In our analysis, Perl dropped about 3,000 jobs and stayed in seventh place. Perl is very popular with system and network administrators and is a glue language.

In addition, based on the recruitment data published on Indeed.com, Coding Dojo also lists SQL, .NET, Node, and MEAN as technologies that developers should be familiar with.

SQL: SQL is the standard query language for storing, retrieving, and manipulating data in a database. SQL's work requirements are very high, and it is mentioned in more than 30,000 jobs compared to the top-level programming language Java.

.NET: .NET is Microsoft's platform for desktop, web, mobile, gaming, and IoT application development. It was open sourced in 2016 and used by C#, Visual Basic, and F# programming languages. .NET Core is a cross-platform .NET implementation that extends .NET to iOS, Linux, and Android.

Node: Node.js is open source, which allows JavaScript code to run on the server side, allowing web developers to use a language throughout the web application.

MEAN: The MEAN stack (MongoDB, ExpressJS, AngularJS, and Node.js) is ranked 18th. Using the MEAN technology stack, you can create a complete application using JavaScript, which is simple, fast, and versatile.

Finally, it should be noted that there are differences between domestic and foreign situations. This article is for reference.