We aggregated data from nine rankings to produce the ZDNET Index of Programming Language Popularity. Here's which languages came out on top and what to make of this information.

Twenty-year-old Java, despite being long in the tooth, is still the most popular programming language for developing enterprise applications. The TIOBE index, which is one measure of the popularity of ...

One of the biggest programming languages has dropped out of the top three, according to one of the lists used to track coders' favourites.

Another offshoot of the C programming language, C++, which was originally created in 1983, can be found in everything from desktop web apps to server infrastructure.

For decades, fierce debates have raged over the benefits of different programming languages over others: Java vs. C++; Python vs. Ruby; Flask vs. Django. While often waged with fervor by computer ...

10 Most Popular Programming Languages Today A basic understanding of various programming languages can benefit anyone, even if you're not looking to become a master coder.

Programming languages also take differing approaches to carrying out processing, so writing applications can involve different tasks and activities depending on the language in use.

… except there is another measure of programming language popularity out there. I’m referring to GitHub’s annual reports of the fifteen most popular programming languages on its platform.

We monitor the performance of such lan- guages using ten different programming problems, expressed in each of the languages.