There is quite a difference between what employers are looking for, and the languages that developers are comfortable with. JavaScript is used by 63% of the coders surveyed, followed by Python (44 ...

Python and R have proven popular among data scientists, while Java has been the go-to language for those developing apps on Hadoop. With the rise of Scala-based big data frameworks like Apache Spark ...

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Unsurprisingly, Python dominated among big data developers that use Apache Spark analytics engine, with 66% citing Python as the language they use with Spark, followed by Java at 34% and Scala at 11%.

While Java, as well as Kotlin and Scala, can be used for data science, it's more likely to play a role behind the scenes, Ravisankar says. "Java is not built for data science -- most Java applications ...