Hello Everyone, Yesterday I wrote about the what code should you learn in 2015?. Today I’m covering the trends of the top programming languages on GitHub which has 2.2 million active repositories and 3.4 million users.
I stumbled upon a cool visualization and it shows that JavaScript tops the repository roost by a fairly big margin on GitHub. I found this visualization on GitHut which describes itself as an attempt to visualize and explore the complex world of programming languages and repositories on GitHub.
Here are the top programming languages on GitHub
Language | Active Repositories |
JavaScript | 323,938 |
Java | 222,852 |
Python | 164,852 |
CSS | 164,585 |
PHP | 138,771 |
Ruby | 132,848 |
C++ | 86,505 |
C | 73,075 |
Shell | 65,670 |
C# | 56,062 |
Take a look at the complete visualization below
Here, JavaScript is at the top with 323,938 active repositories.
This data supports the popularity of Java which is at the top position on PYPL popularity index, and on second position RedMonk index and TIOBE index.
Also, JavaScript was named the language of the year for year 2014 for its growth by the TIOBE index. Visit GitHut to see more visualizations of individual languages.
Are you a GitHub user? Which languages do you use for coding? Tell us in comments below!
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