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JavaScript Overtakes Java As Most Popular Programming Language (venturebeat.com)

Posted by msmash on from the closer-look dept.

An anonymous reader writes: Today, HackerRank released the 2019 edition of its annual Developer Skills Report (PDF), surveying over 71,000 software developers from more than 100 countries. Every single industry requires software developers, meaning competition for technical talent is fierce. The idea here is to help everyone from CEOs and executives to hiring managers and recruiters understand the developers they're pursuing. We've put together a quick video to summarize the results. HackerRank asked developers which programming languages they knew and which ones they wanted to learn. Seventy-three percent of developers said they knew JavaScript in 2018, up from 66 percent in 2017. JavaScript was 2018's most well-known language, compared to Java in 2017.

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  1. Re:BS by 110010001000 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Apparently JavaScript is the new Java.

  2. Two things I learned today by 110010001000 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Two things I learned today:

    JavaScript is the #1 most known language on the planet. https://venturebeat.com/2019/0...
    "Black Panther" is the best movie of all time according to Rotten Tomatoes https://www.rottentomatoes.com...

    It is amazing what you can learn on the Internet.