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.

What can I do with Java and C++ that I can't do with JavaScript? This question was originally answered on Quora by Mattias Petter Johansson.

Asm.js, a Mozilla-driven subset of JavaScript geared toward improving Web application performance and extending the Web to C and C++ applications, is catching up to native C/C++code, Mozilla said.

Programming languages: C++ overtakes PHP, but JavaScript, Python and Java still rule While the most used programming languages remain stable, there's quite a lot of change elsewhere.

"The hate for a language is directly proportional to the popularity, so the most hated also tends to be the most popular or the most threatening," said VMware's director of engineering.

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.

The 2023 Premium Learn to Code Certification Bundle features 14 different e-courses that introduce students to popular platforms such as Python, Ruby on Rails, C++, and JavaScript.

Java, JavaScript, C#? No, Python is the fastest growing programming language Python is now the fastest-growing major programming language, according to Stack Overflow.

Last year, Python passed Java as the second-most popular language on GitHub by repository contributors and it continued to maintain its runners-up position this year as well.

What just happened? For the first time in more than 20 years, the Python programming language has overtaken Java, JavaScript, and C as the most popular language.