Always, Java remains one
of the most dominant languages in use and also some-more languages are still
remains solidly in top tier of languages list like JavaScript, C++, C#, PHP, Python.Other-than
usual languages, sometimes more niche languages also needed, such as R and
Go. Here are the some Index ranks programming languages monthly based on
web searches, some raw data, and etc..,
TIOBE made the measurement by using the web
searches across a number of search engines. Moreover 25 search engines are used
to calculate the TIOBE index. The selected search engines are the 25 highest
ranked websites of Alexa. Popular search engines such as Google, Bing, Yahoo!, Wikipedia, Amazon, YouTube and Baidu are
used to calculate the ratings. It is important to note that the TIOBE index is
not about the best programming language or the language in which most lines
of code have been written.
PYPL(PopularitY of Programming Language)
also ranked the programming languages based on web searches. Mostly it looks at
raw data comes from Google Trends i.e Google searches for tutorials about a
language, rather than just any search for a language name. PYPL tells that Java
is still the number one language, since 2004, with a 27.2% share, slightly got
increased from last year(2013). PHP and Python are in respective 2nd and 3rd
places with more than 10% share. C++ is in #5 place on the PYPL list, same
as it was last year, with the smaller share of 8.8% share. Anyhow C++ is losing
its measurement in 2004.
Because of the share loss
in C++, C# went one step upwards to #4.
RedMonk :
RedMonk takes a different approach to make
the ranking table i.e RedMonk looks at the combination of GitHub data and Stack
Exchange popularity. From June onwards, Java and JavaScript were tied at #1
position.Respectively PHP, Python, C# are in #3, #4, #5th positions. For 6th
position C++ is tied with Ruby. The RedMonk index haven’t changed much at the
top of the list. Sometime more niche languages also in best list, however, are
showing strong growth in this measure. R has shown gains in the last four
rankings, driven mainly by growth in GitHub activity, and is currently ranked
#13 (21st on TIOBE, not ranked by PYPL). Go is also on the way up, currently at
#21 on Redmonk (#38 on TIOBE) and is expected to crack the top 20 soon.
