Short Bytes:Apart from the popular programming languages like Java, C++, Python, JS, etc., there are tons of other languages that are being used for specific purposes. Based on the popular TIOBE Index, we are sharing the list of the top 100 most popular programming languages of 2017. These languages have different features and strengths that different developers appreciate.
Every alternate day, a new programming language is born. This vast choice to choose a programming language also makes it very tough to select the first programming language. In that case, you may refer to our article that tellshow to select your first programming language.
A widely used metric to choose a programming language is the popularity of languages. Having said, we are here with the 100 most popular programming languages of 2017. This list is based on the data obtained fromTIOBE Programming CommunityIndex.
TIOBE is an indicator of the popularity of programming languages and it’s updated regularly. It uses the popular search metrics as Google, Yahoo!, Bing, Wikipedia, Amazon, Baidu, and YouTube for calculating the ratings.
Top 100 programming languages
We’re going to start the list of top 100 programming languages by listing the top 20 programming languages, their comparison with the last year’s numbers, etc.
Source: TIOBE
For the first time, in TIOBE’s index, Swift has entered in the top 10 list. Swift was launched 3 years ago for replacing iOS development language Objective-C. However, TIOBE index predicts that Swift isn’t expected to rise much further as its use is limited to Apple’s ecosystem.
Let’s take a look at the top 21-50 programming languages:
The final top 51-100 programming languages have been listed below in an alphabetical manner. It’s not a ranking as their differences are very small:
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