{"id":288302,"date":"2018-12-16T15:33:46","date_gmt":"2018-12-16T13:33:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=288302"},"modified":"2018-12-16T15:34:20","modified_gmt":"2018-12-16T13:34:20","slug":"the-most-popular-programming-languages-in-the-world-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/288302-the-most-popular-programming-languages-in-the-world-14.html","title":{"rendered":"The most popular programming languages in the world"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to the Tiobe Index<\/strong><\/a> for December 2018, Java, C, and Python are the most popular programming languages in the world.<\/p>\n

Other popular languages include C++ and Visual Basic, which has reached an all-time high on the index.<\/p>\n

Tiobe said Microsoft’s Visual Basic. NET is considered a “toy language” which is meant for people who are starting to learn programming.<\/p>\n

For this reason, Tiobe said its high ranking is irregular, and expects the popularity of Visual Basic to decline in the future.<\/p>\n

Tiobe has also included SQL within its rankings again, as it said the language now seems to be Turing complete.<\/p>\n

The PYPL rankings<\/strong><\/a> showed Python at the top of its list, followed by Java and JavaScript.<\/p>\n

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December 2018 rankings<\/h3>\n

The top 10 programming languages for December 2018, according to the Tiobe Index and PYPL rankings, are detailed below.<\/p>\n

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December 2018<\/div>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Tiobe Ranking<\/strong><\/td>\nChange YoY<\/strong><\/td>\nPYPL Ranking<\/strong><\/td>\nChange YoY<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Java<\/strong><\/td>\n+2.66%<\/strong><\/td>\nPython<\/strong><\/td>\n+5.2%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
C<\/strong><\/td>\n+4.12%<\/strong><\/td>\nJava<\/strong><\/td>\n-1.1%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Python<\/strong><\/td>\n+4.60%<\/strong><\/td>\nJavaScript<\/strong><\/td>\n+0.0%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
C++<\/strong><\/td>\n+2.84%<\/strong><\/td>\nC#<\/strong><\/td>\n-0.4%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Visual Basic .NET<\/strong><\/td>\n+4.66%<\/strong><\/td>\nPHP<\/strong><\/td>\n-1.3%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
C#<\/strong><\/td>\n+0.63%<\/strong><\/td>\nC\/C++<\/strong><\/td>\n-0.4%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
JavaScript<\/strong><\/td>\n+0.59%<\/strong><\/td>\nR<\/strong><\/td>\n-0.3%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
PHP<\/strong><\/td>\n+0.85%<\/strong><\/td>\nObjective-C<\/strong><\/td>\n-0.9%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SQL<\/strong><\/td>\n+2.18%<\/strong><\/td>\nSwift<\/strong><\/td>\n-0.6%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Objective-C<\/strong><\/td>\n-0.02%<\/strong><\/td>\nMatlab<\/strong><\/td>\n-0.3%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Calculating the rankings<\/h3>\n