The most popular programming languages are Java and C with Java holding 17.913% and C a very close second with 17.707%. What is interesting about this is that Java lost almost 1% of its popularity in September and if this trend continues, C will hit the number one position next month.
The next most popular take a jump down in popularity with C++ at 9.072% and PHP at 6.818%. In terms of those moving up the scale we have C#, Objective-C, JavaScript, PL.SQL and Lua.
This report is put out monthly by TIOBE Software. The TIOBE Programming Community index is an indicator of the popularity of programming languages. The index is updated once a month and the ratings are based on the number of skilled engineers world-wide, courses and third party vendors. The index is not about the best programming language or the language in which most lines of code have been written.
TIOBE says that “the index can be used to check whether your programming skills are still up to date or to make a strategic decision about what programming language should be adopted when starting to build a new software system.”
To see the full chart for October 2011, click here.
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