{"id":28424,"date":"2020-08-22T10:48:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-22T08:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interwebsa.com\/blog\/?p=1057"},"modified":"2020-08-22T10:48:00","modified_gmt":"2020-08-22T08:48:00","slug":"top-24-programming-languages-for-web-development-python-html-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/interwebdev.co.za\/index.php\/2020\/08\/22\/top-24-programming-languages-for-web-development-python-html-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 24 Programming Languages for Web Development: Python, HTML and More"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Every year, like so many other organizations and analyst firms, IEEE Spectrum produces a list of the \u201ctop\u201d programming languages, leveraging 11 metrics from no less than eight sources (including Twitter, Stack Overflow, and more). It\u2019s a unique list in that it breaks down languages by use-case, allowing you to see which languages are most popular for web, mobile, and embedded development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With all that in mind, it\u2019s worth looking at IEEE Spectrum\u2019s top languages for web development<\/a>. As you might expect, some of the world\u2019s most popular programming languages top this list, including Python, Java, and JavaScript. Take a look:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A word about IEEE\u2019s methodology<\/a>: The organization pulls 300 programming languages from GitHub, then turns to Google to see which of those languages draw the most search results. That generates a list of 52 languages. From there, the languages\u2019 respective popularity is gauged using 11 metrics, including IEEE\u2019s own job site and Xplore Digital Library, as well as data from Twitter, GitHub, and Stack Overflow. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Can you take issue with that methodology? Sure; every programming-language ranking has its quirks and vulnerabilities. For example, critics of the TIOBE Index<\/a> (updated monthly) like to argue that it\u2019s a better reflection of a language\u2019s \u201cbuzz\u201d than its actual usage, since it relies in part on sources such as YouTube and Wikipedia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nonetheless, lists like these are useful for confirming which programming languages are drawing the bulk of developers\u2019 time and attention\u2014which means they\u2019ll likely remain in use for quite some time to come (at least the super-popular ones such as Python and Java; there\u2019s not much to say about CoffeeScript\u2019s dismal IEEE rating). If you want to become a web developer, that\u2019s really crucial to know. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another interesting thing to note here: Kotlin has ranked above longtime web-centric programming languages such as Perl (the infamous \u201cSwiss Army chainsaw\u201d of web development). Although you might think of Kotlin as primarily a language for Android app development, it\u2019s actually quite versatile, utilized for everything from backend\/server work to SDKs\/libraries. Will it climb the ranks enough to seriously threaten Java? That\u2019s a good question, but such an event is likely quite some time away, given Java\u2019s dominant position. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And if you\u2019re interested in learning Python (an extremely versatile language, and one at the top of a lot of lists lately), start by visiting  Python.org<\/a>, specifically its useful beginner\u2019s guide to programming in it.<\/a> Those with some experience can focus on writing faster code (via Functions, Lists, and more), debugging, and other more advanced skills. A variety of tutorials and books may also help, as will videos that cover everything from APIs to Python\u2019s use in data science. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Every year, like so many other organizations and analyst firms, IEEE Spectrum produces a list of the \u201ctop\u201d programming languages, leveraging 11 metrics from no less than eight sources (including Twitter, Stack Overflow, and more). It\u2019s a unique list in that it breaks down languages by use-case, allowing you to see which languages are most […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1110,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[73,76],"tags":[52,53,54,55,56,8,57,59,60,61,62,63,64,65,66],"class_list":["post-28424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lists","category-website-tips","tag-co-za","tag-com","tag-affordable","tag-cheap","tag-cpanel","tag-development","tag-domain","tag-hosting","tag-joomla","tag-registration","tag-reseller","tag-shared","tag-south-africa","tag-website","tag-wordpress"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/interwebdev.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/interwebdev.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/interwebdev.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/interwebdev.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/interwebdev.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28424"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/interwebdev.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28424\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/interwebdev.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/interwebdev.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/interwebdev.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/interwebdev.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}