{"id":203762,"date":"2017-03-22T14:59:34","date_gmt":"2017-03-22T12:59:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=203762"},"modified":"2017-03-22T15:01:01","modified_gmt":"2017-03-22T13:01:01","slug":"most-popular-programming-languages-in-the-world-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/203762-most-popular-programming-languages-in-the-world-2.html","title":{"rendered":"Most popular programming languages in the world"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Stack Overflow has published the results of its <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/insights\/survey\/2017\/#methodology\" target=\"_blank\">annual developer survey<\/a><\/strong>, showing that JavaScript retained its spot as the most popular programming language in the world.<\/p>\n<p>While there was no change in the top four languages between 2016 and 2017, Python has overtaken PHP as the fifth-most popular language in the world.<\/p>\n<p>64,227 developers from 213 countries and territories responded to the survey. Respondents were recruited primarily through channels \u201cowned\u201d by Stack Overflow, such as blog posts and banner ads on the site.<\/p>\n<p>The vast majority of respondents identified themselves as web developers.<\/p>\n<p>Stack Overflow\u2019s results show that JavaScript and SQL are the top two languages across several developer roles, including web, desktop, sysadmin\/DevOps, and data scientist\/engineer.<\/p>\n<p>Java, C#, Python, PHP, and C++ also featured in the top six languages among developers.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Most popular programming languages<\/h3>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Stackoverflow-2017-programming-languages.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-203770\" src=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Stackoverflow-2017-programming-languages-640x381.jpg\" alt=\"Stackoverflow 2017 programming languages\" width=\"640\" height=\"381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Stackoverflow-2017-programming-languages-640x381.jpg 640w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Stackoverflow-2017-programming-languages-600x357.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Stackoverflow-2017-programming-languages.jpg 689w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Change in programming language popularity from 2013<\/h3>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Stackoverflow-2017-languages-over-time.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-203764\" src=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Stackoverflow-2017-languages-over-time-602x430.jpg\" alt=\"Stackoverflow 2017 languages over time\" width=\"602\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Stackoverflow-2017-languages-over-time-602x430.jpg 602w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Stackoverflow-2017-languages-over-time-560x400.jpg 560w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Stackoverflow-2017-languages-over-time.jpg 690w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Most popular\u00a0database technologies<\/h3>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Stackoverflow-2017-databases.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-203766\" src=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Stackoverflow-2017-databases-640x324.jpg\" alt=\"Stackoverflow 2017 databases\" width=\"640\" height=\"324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Stackoverflow-2017-databases-640x324.jpg 640w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Stackoverflow-2017-databases-600x304.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Stackoverflow-2017-databases.jpg 687w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Most popular\u00a0frameworks<\/h3>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Stackoverflow-2017-frameworks.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-203768\" src=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Stackoverflow-2017-frameworks-640x361.jpg\" alt=\"Stackoverflow 2017 frameworks\" width=\"640\" height=\"361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Stackoverflow-2017-frameworks-640x361.jpg 640w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Stackoverflow-2017-frameworks-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Stackoverflow-2017-frameworks.jpg 685w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Now read: <a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/203288-the-incredible-rise-of-the-swift-programming-language.html\">The incredible rise of the Swift programming language<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The results of Stack Overflow\u2019s annual survey show the most popular programming languages among 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