Top 10 Programming Languages

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10.JavaScript

What is it?

JavaScript is an object-oriented scripting language that is smaller than Java. Being a client-side

language, it runs in the web browser on the client-side with a simplified set of commands, easier

code and no need for compilation.

Why is it important?

JavaScript is simple to learn and is the tenth most widely used programming language. It is used

in millions of web pages to authenticate forms, detect browsers and improve design, and it is

easier to run these functions as it is embedded into HTML.

9. Perl

What is it?

Being a high-level programming language, its emphasis lies in code readability and clear syntax. It

combines Object-oriented and functional programming styles, and is often used as a scripting

language. Perl is an open-source language used widely to process text through CGI programs.


Perls efficiency in processing of piles of text has ranked it ninth in terms of programming language

popularity. It is used extensively to write Web server programs for a variety of tasks. Learning

some form of scripting language, such as Perl or PHP is critical if you are doing Web apps," told

Wayne Duqaine, director of Software Development at Grandview Systems, of Sebastopol, Calif., in

a talk with eWEEK.

8. Python

What is it?

This is an event-driven programming language which is implemented on Microsofts .Net

framework.


This language ranked as the seventh most popular language on TIOBEs list, probably because it

was designed by Microsoft to be easy to learn and use. According to Tim Huckaby, CEO of San

Diego-based software engineering company CEO Interknowlogy.com, It is currently dominating in

adoption and that is where all the work is, as in eWEEKs report.

7. (Visual) Basic

What is it?


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This is an event-driven programming language which is implemented on Microsofts .Net

framework.


This language ranked as the seventh most popular language on TIOBEs list, probably because it

was designed by Microsoft to be easy to learn and use. According to Tim Huckaby, CEO of San

Diego-based software engineering company CEO Interknowlogy.com, It is currently dominating in

adoption and that is where all the work is, as in eWEEKs report.

6. PHP

What is it?

This language is especially suited for Web development because of it easy embedding into HTML

pages. It is an open-source, server-side, cross-platform, interpretive HTML scripting language


It is a popular language, ranking sixth on TIOBEs list. "High-speed scripting with caching,

augmented with compiled code plug-ins (such as can be done with Perl and PHP) is where the

future is. Building Web apps from scratch using C or COBOL is going the way of the dinosaur," said

Duquaine, according to eWEEKs report.

5. Objective-C

What is it?

This object-oriented programming language created first by Brad Cox and Tom Love at their

company Stepstone in the early 1980s, adds Smalltalk-like messaging to the C programming

language.


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This language is most used on the Apple iOS and Mac OS X. Objective-C is the principal language

used for Apple's Cocoa API as well.

4. C++

What is it?

C++ is a general purpose multi-paradigm spanning compiled language that has both high-level

and low-level languages features. It was started as an enhancement to the C programming

language, Bjarne Stroustrup in 1979.


It is one of the most popular programming languages, winning fourth place on the list, with

application domains including systems software, application software, server and client

applications, and entertainment software such as video games. The language has also greatly

influenced many other popular programming languages, such as C# and Java.

3. C#

What is it?

This general-purpose programming language developed by Microsoft evolved from C and C++ as a

part of the software companys .NET initiative.


This language is an essential part of the .NET framework, so developers who use Microsoft heavilywill find it critical, according to Duqaine.


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2. C

What is it?

C, a general purpose programming language built by Dennis Ritchie when he was a part of Bell

Telephone labs, is the bass of C++ and other programming languages. It was built to work with

the Unix operating system.


C is one of the most widely used programming languages of all time, and ranked second on the

list. Learning C is crucial. Once you learn C, making the jump to Java or C# is fairly easy,

because a lot of the syntax is common. Also, a lot of C syntax is used in scripting languages,

Wayne Duqaine, director of Software Development at Grandview Systems, of Sebastopol, Calif.,

told eWEEK.

1. Java

What is it?

An object-oriented programming language developed in the late 1990s by James Gosling and

colleagues at Sun Microsystems.


This beautiful programming language is central for any non-Microsoft developer, i.e. any

developer who focuses on the non-.NET experience. It is mostly derived from C and C++ but has a

more basic object model. It ranked first on TIOBEs list of most popular programming languages.

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