Programming Languages Trends 2013

8/12/2019 Programming Languages Trends 2013

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As a developer you know that working in the samecode day-in-and-day-out can get a little stale, to say theleast. Adding new programming skills to your ITtoolbox is essential in the struggle to stay relevant inthe fast-paced tech world, but knowing whichtechnology to choose isn't always obvious. Your time islimited and with the multitude of languages andenvironments picking the wrong area to focus yourefforts can prove costly.

Indeed.com, a job aggregation website, shared recentstats with CIO.com to help identify where the jobs andthe money are. Using recent job listings, we've

identified the programming languages that are indemand by employers as well as the top cities forparticular programming languages and which top-tiercompanies are hiring.


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SQL

Most businesses and websites have databases

that work behind the scenes and many of

those databases rely on SQL. Structured Query

Language is what is referred to as a specialized

programming language in that it was designed

for editing and querying data residing in

relational database management systems.


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Java Java is an object-oriented programming language

developed in 1995 by Sun Microsystems. In less than20 years, Java has become among the most popularprogramming languages in the world (ranked no.2 asper TIOBE Programming Community Index, no.1 onJobsTractor). Java is platform independent, whichmeans that programs made for Mac OS X can be run onWindows and Linux, and vice versa. This feature is oneof the reasons why Java is the go-to language for mostenterprise applications.

Demand for Java engineers is exceptionally high, withIndeed.com counting 62,589Java vacancies in itsdatabase. Most senior developer positions require aworking knowledge of Java and/or C.


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HTML

HTML is one of the fundamental technologies that theWeb is built upon. When combined with JavaScript andCSS, you can use HTML to create impressive Web pagesand apps with interactive features such as geo-location

capabilities, better forms, video and canvas capabilitiesand Web storage.

HTML5s core aim is to improve the language thatsupports the latest multimedia. It is readably by

humans and consistently understood by web browsers,parsers and other devices. It is not only intended tosubsume HTML 4, but also XHTML1 and DOM2HTML.


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JavaScript

JavaScript, like HTML is a part of the fabric of

the Web. It's been around forever, but it has

recently shown resurgence with the jQuery

libraries. It's used in pretty much every Web

browser to make Web pages more interactive

among other things.


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C++

C++ was originally created in 1983 to address theshortcomings of the C language. It is anintermediate-level language with object-orientedprogramming features. C++ powers some of the

most popular desktop applications in the world,including the entire suite of Adobe software(Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, etc.), MozillaFirefox, Google Chromium, and Winamp. Demand

for C++ programmers is perpetually high, with29,225 vacancies according to Indeed. It alsoranks no.4 on TIOBE index, and no. 10 onJobsTractor.


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C#

C# (pronounced C-Sharp) was developed byMicrosoft in 2000 as a fundamental part of its.NET framework. C# is an object-oriented, multi-

paradigm programming language that combinesthe best of C and C++. Learning C# is a must forany programmer who wants to develop forMicrosoft platforms (including Windows).

C# ranks no. 6 on TIOBE index and no. 8 onJobsTractor. There are 29,557 C# jobs onIndeed.com.


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XML

Extensible Markup Language, or XML, is a

markup language used to define document

encoding that has gone on to become the

default for many office productivity suites.Where HTML is about how information is

displayed, XML is about transporting and

storing data. The format is such that the codeis readable by both humans and machines.


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C

C is arguably the most widely used and

currently the most popular programming

language, according to the Tiobe

Programming Community Index. A host ofother programming languages have borrowed

from this general purpose language including,

C#, Python, Java, PHP and Perl.


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Perl

Larry Wall created Perl in 1987; it originally

got its start as a general purpose Unix

scripting language. It has a hodge-podge of

features from C, shell script, AWK and sed thatis designed to allow developers to work more

easily with text data.


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Python

Python was created in 1991 by Guido van Rossum. This high-level

programming language emphasizes readability and simplicity and is

a great language for beginners to start their programming journey.

Python has enjoyed a resurgence in popularity in the last few years

and now powers some of the most popular websites in the world,like Instagram.com, Pinterest.com, and Rdio.com through its

associated web framework, Django. Google has invested especially

heavily in Python development in the last decade or so, which has

further added to the languages popularity (in fact, Python founder

van Rossum was a Google employee from 2005 to 2012). Python ranks no.9 on the JobsTractor job availability list and no.8 on

the TIOBE index. Indeed counts 19,533 Python jobs online.


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Objective-C

Objective-C was developed in 1983 by Tom Love and BradCox at Apple to address the objected-oriented deficienciesof C language. Objective C is the primary language used inApple OS X and iOS operating systems. The surge inpopularity of Macs and Apple i devices (including iPad

and iPhone) has created a huge demand for Objective-Cprogrammers. A working knowledge of Objective-C willhelp you develop apps for iOS, which paves the way forthousands of jobs in startups as well as big tech companies(17,702jobs, as per Indeed). As an Objective-C

programmer, you can also freelance and create apps for iOSon your own.

Objective-C ranks no.3 on both JobsTractor and the TIOBEindex.


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PHP

PHP (Hypertext Processor) is a server-side scriptinglanguage that powers more than 244m websites online,including the popular publishing platforms WordPress,Joomla, and Drupal. Created in 1995, PHP is one of theyounger languages on this list.

PHP is relatively easy to learn and can be readily embeddedwithin HTML pages, which has made it the go-to generalpurpose programming language online. The high demandfor web application developers has led to a huge surfeit inPHP jobs. Mastering PHP is often the first step to becoming

a full-fledged web developer. Incidentally, PHP ranks no.2 on JobsTractor monthly job

stats, and no.5 according to TIOBE index. There are also17,627 PHP jobs online, according to Indeed.com.


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Ruby

Ruby was developed in 1995 by Yukihiro Matsumoto bycombining elements from Perl, Lisp, and Eiffel. It is anobject-oriented, dynamic language that emphasizessimplicity and automation. Ruby powers the Ruby on

Rails framework, which is used on popular websites likeYammer, Scribd, Github, Groupon, and Shopify. Manystudents new to programming also find Rubycomparatively easy to learn because of its simplesyntax and English-like readability.

Ruby ranks no.5 on JobsTractorsjobs list, and no.11 onthe TIBOE index. Indeed counts 11,435 Ruby jobs in itsdatabase.


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Conclusion

The JobsTractor company analyzed more than 60,000

job vacancies during 2012 to produce a chart of the

most sought-after technologies:


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Conclusion contd.

Despite developer complaints, demand for PHP andJava (server/Android) remains strong. You would alsoexpect those jobs to require some SQL knowledgealthough that has a strong showing in its own right.

ActionScript is a dying art so its rapidly falling off thechart.

But there are a number of surprises: Even if we combine ASP.NET and C# figures, why is

Microsofts technology stack so low?

Why is Objective C demand almost double that of Androidwhen iOS devices are less popular?

Why is JavaScript relatively low given all the HTML5 hype?


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Conclusion contd.

Part of this can be explained if we look at the relative

changes in demand from the beginning of 2012 to

the end:


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Advice

Never use job vacancy statistics as a reason for

learning a language!

If demand for a particular technology is low, fewerdevelopers are willing to learn it and the market

adjusts accordingly. QBasic and COBOL developers mayearn more than Objective C colleagues because theirskills are increasingly rare!

Ultimately, pick technologies which interest you and

never stop learning. Programming skills are alwaystransferable and itll make you a better candidate whena suitable job eventually arises.

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