New research from online developer community Stack Overflow has revealed the most popular programming languages its developers use. Unsurprisingly, JavaScript remains the most popular language ...

For a career in software development, JavaScript shouldn't be your first programming language because it isn't a proper foundation.

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.

The top programming languages that developers want to learn next are Go and Python, according to a survey by developer skills-matching platform HackerRank.

A study conducted by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) put Python at the top of the list of favorite languages among such contenders as Java, JavaScript, C++, and Go.

According to Coding Dojo's annual Top Programming Languages report, PHP hit an all-time low. Python continues to dominate the top position.

Java, JavaScript/MEAN stack and Python are the coding languages in highest demand. (Photo via Shutterstock). The programming languages that developers use to create software are as varied and ...

This week Coding Dojo, a coding school with six locations, released a list of the five most in-demand programming languages.

Relatively young by programming language standards, TypeScript was created by Microsoft in 2012. It's closely related to the mega-popular JavaScript and designed to run big applications.