We aggregated data from nine rankings to produce the ZDNET Index of Programming Language Popularity. Here's which languages came out on top and what to make of this information.

Skills: Computer programmers need to understand algorithms and programming languages. Salary: The median annual salary for computer programmers was $97,800 as of 2022.

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BASIC's creators used a similar computer four years later to develop the programming language. Credit: GE / Wikipedia A brochure for the GE 210 computer from 1964.

Python, meanwhile, is an interpreted language, which means that its human code is converted into machine code line-by-line as the program executes, enabling it to run without first being compiled.

JavaScript is the most in-demand programming language for developer jobs and one of the most versatile languages for full-stack development. Here's what you need to know about JavaScript.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang described artificial intelligence as the “great equalizer” at London Tech Week on Monday.

While the answer of TypeScript’s creators is “yes,” academic researchers who work on similar programming languages tend to loudly assert “No, run-time checks should prevent such misapplications.” ...

I was 5 or 6 when I got my first sense of the joys of computer programming. This was in the early 1980s, when few people had a computer. One day, my dad brought home a Sinclair ZX Spectrum, one of ...