Java, C, and C++ are the most popular programming languages in the world, according to the Tiobe Index for October 2017.
C# and JavaScript have continued to gain in popularity among mobile developers at the expense of Java and Swift, it added.
“Until recently, it was quite common to program Android apps in Java and iOS apps in Swift/Objective-C,” stated the report.
“This is quite cumbersome, because you have to maintain two code bases that are doing almost the same thing.”
The PYPL rankings also showed Java at the top of the list, followed by Python and PHP.
The top 10 programming languages for October, according to the Tiobe Index and PYPL rankings, are detailed below.
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Top Languages – October 2017
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| Tiobe Ranking | Change YoY | PYPL Ranking | Change YoY |
| Java | -6.37% | Java | -0.9% |
| C | -1.46% | Python | +4.3% |
| C++ | -0.79% | PHP | -1.0% |
| C# | -0.51% | JavaScript | +0.5% |
| Python | +0.03% | C# | -0.9% |
| JavaScript | +0.26% | C++ | -0.3% |
| PHP | +0.05% | C | -1.0% |
| Visual Basic .NET | +0.08% | R | +0.6% |
| Assembly | +0.14% | Objective-C | -1.3% |
| Ruby | +0.32% | Swift | +0.0% |
Calculating the rankings
PYPL – The more a language tutorial is searched, the more popular the language is assumed to be. The raw data comes from Google Trends.
Tiobe – The ratings are based on the number of skilled engineers worldwide, courses, and third-party vendors. Popular search engines are also used to calculate the ratings.
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