Best Programming Languages to Learn in 2017

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1 Best Programming Languages to Learn in 2017 Exclusive case study backed with lot of data.

2 Introduction This ebook is intended to help you choose a programming languages which has most number of jobs, high salaries & best developer support while you are working to learn. There are multiple programming languages to learn based on one s requirement/interest. If you want to build an ios app, you should learn Swift or Objective C. If you want to build an Android app, you should learn Java. If you want to build a dynamic web site, then JavaScript, PHP etc... Whatever kind of developer you want to be, if you re working with the web, you re using javascript on the front-end. For the back-end though, server-side languages like ruby/python/java (and there are more) are still more robust, stable, and popular than Node.js. In this case study we have made every attempt to find which is the best programming language in terms of best salaries, high number of job opportunities, popularity and developer community to support beginners. These programming languages can help you land your dream job or to become a Tech entrepreneurs like Elon Musk of Tesla, or Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook, Jack Dorsey of Twitter and become a millionaire or billionaire. All the best

3 Job Trends A detailed analysis of which programming language has most of number of jobs.

4 Job Trends Programming is a means to communicate with technology world and make them behave and accomplish as instructed. The best way to learn how to program is by doing it. It's easy to spend hours reading about syntax, but computer languages like human languages require you to use them in order to understand them. Either you are a beginner or an experienced programmer, you always want to learn/have the skills of a most widely used programming language. aren't you? This helps you in many ways. You will always have a job or you can become a freelancer. AngleList is one of the most commonplace where startups post new jobs. Here is the recent data published by AngleList about the number of job posts.

5 It is very clear that Javascript is dominating with more than 30% of the jobs postings as of February 2016 followed by Python, Ruby on rails & Java. Let's also have a look at the number of programming jobs posted on indeed in 2016, another major job listing portal. As you can see clearly, JAVASCRIPT, JAVA & SQL are dominating. ios, Ruby has the least number of jobs.

6 Stackoverflow conducted a servey among their users to indentify which is the most popular technologies. Again, Javascript, SQL & Java are leading. Does these most popular technologies with high number of jobs are really offering good salaries?? we will have a detailed look in this next chapter.

7 Salary Range How about salaries?

8 Salary Range Learning a programming technology which has huge number of jobs is just one aspect, how about salaries? We all want to have high salaries to fulfil our dreams of being an entrepreneur, going on dream vacations, driving expensive cars etc. Let s look at the top programming languages which offer a good average salary. The above data from indeed shows Swift, Python, Java, C, C++, Ruby & javascript are better choices to make a good salary of more than $100,000.

9 Though PHP, SQL & C are in the lower end of the table, in terms of salaries they are not far behind. At the same time, average salary depends on lot of factors like the number of job openings, developer supply & the position you are applying, the experience you are carrying. Let's also have a close look at the complete range of salaries a developer gets. Few interesting observations: Programming languages with high number of jobs, as identified earlier, have low starting salaries. ex: Java, Javascript, PHP and SQL Python, Ruby, ios, C & C++ have the highest potential salaries. C++ has the highest starting salary.

10 Developer Support Having a supportive Developer Community is all a beginner look for.

11 Developer Support Either you are a beginner or an experienced programmer, having a strong/supportive developer community helps you learn things faster, better & saves time. StackOverflow StackOverflow is the largest developer community used by developers around the world to help and get help from other programmers, so we ll naturally be examining how large/popular a programming language is as well as how helpful the community for those languages are. Language Popularity Based on the tag followers on StackOverflow, we can see the overall popularity of a language right now: We already know from examining job trends that Java and JavaScript developers are in highest demand, so it s no surprise they also have the

12 most tag followers. JavaScript is now the most used tag in StackOverflow, superseding Java. SQL, Ruby, and Swift have the least followers, though this is likely because Ruby is almost strictly used for web development, while Swift is a relatively new language. StackOverflow Answer Rate StackOverflow has an unspoken rule where you have to phrase your question correctly, or people won t bother answering you. With that in mind, let s take a look at how likely your question would be answered for each language: Based on the information above, although fewer StackOverflow users follow C, SQL, and C++, over 60% of related questions get answered. Those in the know would probably argue that C and C++ are advanced languages, which means the users asking the questions are likely more experienced with programming and know how to phrase their questions better. SQL, on the other hand, is not used to build things. What s worth taking note of is how supportive Python and Ruby developers are on StackOverflow. Beginners are known to have trouble

13 asking their questions correctly, and as mentioned earlier, Python and Ruby are the most recommended language for beginners. Yet, despite this and despite being relatively popular languages, They both have almost 60% answer rate within 30 days. (Python s #1 answerer, Martijn Pieters, is also a Codementor.) On the other hand, PHP, while being quite a widely-followed language, has one of the worst answer rates. This means a lot of people are asking about PHP, but not many are getting their questions answered. GitHub Once you get into development, you ll eventually learn that it s best to use an existing solution for your own projects if possible. You d typically get this from open-sourced projects, and GitHub is the way to go for these things. Users can star projects they like, and the more stars a project has, the more useful it is likely going to be. The below chart provides an overview of which programming languages people are working on. Thus, from examining data from GitHub, we can also determine the relative ease in developing projects using different types of languages. We can also have an idea of how fast a language is innovating new technologies. Without further ado, here is a simple chart to see the distribution of popular GitHub projects:

14 Clearly, JavaScript has the most shiny new tools, even if you don t consider all the style-guides, learning resources, and tutorials. JavaScript is known for being an extremely fast-moving language with a high churn rate for frameworks and new technologies to the point where developers may find it difficult to keep up with JavaScript s constant innovations. Ruby and Objective-C, on the other hand, also have a lot of tools and resources for development. Interestingly, we ve seen in the StackOverflow comparison that both languages aren t as widely popular as languages such as Java, but developers have generally found the open source projects more useful. This is especially true for Objective-C if you examine the total projects written in each language:

15 In addition, most open source projects written in C/C++ aren t for C/C++ development itself they re just tools written to help development in general (for example, the most commonly used Python interpreter is CPython, which is written in C).

16 Future of Programming Does these popular programming languges exist in the future? Learning a popular technology with high number of jobs might get you a job today but what about future? Learning a programming language takes hundreds of hours of consistent effort of, understanding different concepts, thinking, coding and execution, so you need to make sure you reap the benefits of these efforts in the future as well. Codementor has published a report of which programming language is seen better growth in term of people interest.

17 As you have seen in the above report, Python, Javascript, C# and Swift are seen an exceptional growth of 50%. Conclusion: Javascript, Java, SQL technologies have high number of jobs Python, Ruby, ios, C & C++ have the highest potential salaries. Javascript, Java & PHP has better developer support & resources.