{"id":203778,"date":"2017-03-24T11:03:41","date_gmt":"2017-03-24T09:03:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=203778"},"modified":"2017-03-24T11:05:25","modified_gmt":"2017-03-24T09:05:25","slug":"what-programmers-love-dread-and-want","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/203778-what-programmers-love-dread-and-want.html","title":{"rendered":"What programmers love, dread, and want"},"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 Rust remains the most loved programming language in the world.<\/p>\n<p>Swift has slipped to fourth place since 2016, overtaken by Smalltalk and TypeScript.<\/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>For the second year in a row, Visual Basic was ranked as the most dreaded language. Most dreaded means that a high percentage of developers who are currently using the technology express no interest in continuing to do so.<\/p>\n<p>Python shot to the most wanted language this year, which means it is the language developers want to use more than any other.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Most loved languages<\/h3>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Stackoverflow-2017-loved.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-203802\" src=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Stackoverflow-2017-loved.jpg\" alt=\"Stackoverflow 2017 loved\" width=\"538\" height=\"354\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Most dreaded languages<\/h3>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Stackoverflow-2017-dreaded.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-203800\" src=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Stackoverflow-2017-dreaded.jpg\" alt=\"Stackoverflow 2017 dreaded\" width=\"553\" height=\"359\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Most wanted languages<\/h3>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Stackoverflow-2017-wanted.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-203798\" src=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Stackoverflow-2017-wanted.jpg\" alt=\"Stackoverflow 2017 wanted\" width=\"537\" height=\"353\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Most loved frameworks<\/h3>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Stackoverflow-2017-loved-framworks.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-203794\" src=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Stackoverflow-2017-loved-framworks.jpg\" alt=\"Stackoverflow 2017 loved framworks\" width=\"535\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Most dreaded frameworks<\/h3>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Stackoverflow-2017-dreaded-frameworks.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-203806\" src=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Stackoverflow-2017-dreaded-frameworks.jpg\" alt=\"Stackoverflow 2017 dreaded frameworks\" width=\"523\" height=\"323\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Most wanted frameworks<\/h3>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Stackoverflow-2017-wanted-frameworks.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-203792\" src=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Stackoverflow-2017-wanted-frameworks.jpg\" alt=\"Stackoverflow 2017 wanted frameworks\" width=\"541\" height=\"328\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Most loved databases<\/h3>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Stackoverflow-2017-loved-databases.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-203790\" src=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Stackoverflow-2017-loved-databases.jpg\" alt=\"Stackoverflow 2017 loved databases\" width=\"565\" height=\"291\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Most dreaded databases<\/h3>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Stackoverflow-2017-dreaded-databases.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-203788\" src=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Stackoverflow-2017-dreaded-databases.jpg\" alt=\"Stackoverflow 2017 dreaded databases\" width=\"545\" height=\"292\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Most wanted databases<\/h3>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Stackoverflow-2017-wanted-databases.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-203786\" src=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Stackoverflow-2017-wanted-databases.jpg\" alt=\"Stackoverflow 2017 wanted databases\" width=\"551\" height=\"296\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Most loved platforms<\/h3>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Stackoverflow-2017-loved-platforms.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-203784\" src=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Stackoverflow-2017-loved-platforms-640x352.jpg\" alt=\"Stackoverflow 2017 loved platforms\" width=\"640\" height=\"352\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Stackoverflow-2017-loved-platforms-640x352.jpg 640w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Stackoverflow-2017-loved-platforms-600x330.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Stackoverflow-2017-loved-platforms.jpg 651w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a> <a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Stackoverflow-2017-dreaded-platforms.jpg\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Most dreaded platforms<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-203782\" src=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Stackoverflow-2017-dreaded-platforms.jpg\" alt=\"Stackoverflow 2017 dreaded platforms\" width=\"578\" height=\"362\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Most wanted platforms<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-203780\" src=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Stackoverflow-2017-wanted-platforms-640x349.jpg\" alt=\"Stackoverflow 2017 wanted platforms\" width=\"640\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Stackoverflow-2017-wanted-platforms-640x349.jpg 640w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Stackoverflow-2017-wanted-platforms-600x327.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Stackoverflow-2017-wanted-platforms.jpg 649w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Now read: <a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/198384-top-programming-languages-in-the-world-february-2017.html\">Top programming languages in the world \u2013 February 2017<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stack Overflow\u2019s annual developer survey asked programmers which technologies they love, dread, and 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