In this guide, we explore the various facets that set programing languages apart, the reasons to learn each one, the languages best suited for different career paths and an exhaustive programming languages list. The comprehensive list of languages includes their origin, type, who uses them, what they’re best for, any special features and resources to help you learn them. Use the menu below to skip to your desired topic:
Although there are hundreds of programming languages, very few are on the shortlisted languages you should know, and the six described below the top that list, in our opinion.
1. Python
Python has been a growing programming language and it shows no signs of disappearing. You’ll find it in web applications, desktop apps, network servers, machine learning, media tools and more.
2. JAVASCRIPT
JavaScript is the most popular language according to Stack OverFlow. More than half of all developers use JavaScript. It’s vital to front-end development and increasingly relevant to back-end development.
3. Rust
If you haven’t heard Rust before, it’s a new system-level programming language that is changing the way we think about programming.
4. Go
Go is a minimal language like Python. Since it is developed by Google, who are also Python lovers, they came up with a language which is simple to write like Python but more efficient like C++.
5. Swift
If you want to get into IOS mobile development, you should definitely consider Swift as a high-paid career path. Swift is a relatively new programming language released in 2014. It’s Apple’s new language options for programming native IOS and Mac-OS applications.
6. Java
Java is arguably the most popular programming language you’ve ever heard. It is a language created by mighty James Gosling from Sun MicroSystems in 1991. There’s a great saying ”write once run everywhere” capture one of the keys that make Java so valuable. It’s powerful JVM (Java Virtual Machine) which makes it cross-platform compatible.