JavaScript and Java scored high as both most liked and most disliked programming languages in JetBrains’ State of the Developer Ecosystem survey. Perl was far and away the most disliked language.

Respondents displayed a great interest in learning new languages, with Python (27%), JavaScript (24%) and Java (21%) leading the list they have started or continue to learn.

Love it or hate it, JavaScript is the most popular language today, followed by Python and Java, according to developer analyst RedMonk's Q1 2021 language popularity rankings. The top 20 in RedMonk ...