Top 10 Programming Languages To Learn In 2018

Programming languages are an integral part in communicating with a computer. A computer is a dumb machine if no instructions are provided to it,and these instructions come from a developer through the use of various programming languages.

There are multiple programming languages to choose from, when wanting to get started with programming or even if it is going to be your second or third language.Here is the list of the top 10 programming languages in 2018 to get you started!

1.Python
2.C Programming
3.Java
4.C++
5.C#
6.R
7.JavaScript
8.PHP
9.Go
10.Swift

1.Python

Python is primarily a scripting language create by Guido Van Rossum in 1991. It is a widely used high- level language that supports object oriented paradigm.

Its main merits are that it is a language that has less strenuous syntax making it easy to learn also helping in code readability. It is free and open source meaning anyone can download it for free, allowing for a larger community of python devs to exist. Another key highlight is that python has many inbuilt packages that allow for machine learning code to be developed easily. Python being very powerful,is used by companies like Google for their highly efficient search algorithms. Even Youtube now is written in Python.

Some famous apps that have used python are – Quora, Instagram, Google

You can download Python here

2.C Programming

C was developed by Dennis Ritchie at Bell Laboratories in 1972.C is a general-purpose, imperative computer programming language, supporting structured programming. The c language is an extremely good language to start learning programming as it is still widely used in developing

• Operating systems
• Database systems
• Network drivers
• Embedded systems

C implements algorithms and data structures swiftly, facilitating faster computations in programs. It is also used to perform high degree of 3D graphics calculations. C developers are also high in demand, their work deals with communicating with the internals of the system. C code is extremely powerful and allows us to talk directly to the system hence giving rise for it demand.  

3.Java

Java is another high level language that is purely object oriented. It was developed by Sun Microsystems and released in 1995. One of Java’s biggest merit is that it is platform independent meaning it is very easy to port java code. Java is very versatile meaning it can be used to make a variety of applications like desktop apps, , enterprise apps and website and even embedded apps.

some apps built using java are – Gmail, Netbeans IDE

You can download it here

4.C++

This is a great programming language for beginners, as it introduces many fundamental concepts like OOPS(Object Oriented Programming) in a simple understandable manner.it is extremely powerful and is used till date to produce some really heavy apps like Autodesk Maya and Photoshop. It was developed by Bjarne Stroustrup in 1979 at Bell labs. This is a timeless language that is as stated before extremely powerful. It has its presence in basically all sectors from being the language that is used to write web protocols, graphics engines, registers and the base on any operating system a Kernel.

Some application developed in C++ are – Adobe suite, Autodesk Maya, Blender

You can download it here

5.C#(C Sharp)

C# is a multi-paradigm programming language that was developed by Microsoft under its .NET initiative lead by Anders Hejlsberg. It is a language that is highly portable, provides features like simple multithreading, automatic garbage collection and so on. It is used in game development industry as the language of choice. It helps define the characters and environments in games. Used in the top gaming engines like UNITY, Unreal Engine etc.

Some apps that use C# are – StackOverflow, Microsoft, GoDaddy, Dell.

You can download it here

6.R Language

R is an open source software which focuses on data analytics. R language is used mostly by statisticians and data miners to develop data analysis reports and also statistical software.

R also easily integrates well with other languages like C and C++. Major companies like Google use R to provide data analysis. R language can also be used to write machine learning algorithms hence it is a language that allows for data and the algorithms to unite,allowing for useful apps to be created . It can be used to train algorithms with large data sets. 

Where R is used – 

• Facebook – For behavior analysis related to status updates and profile pictures.
• Google – For advertising effectiveness and economic forecasting
• Twitter – For data visualization and semantic clustering.

you can download it here

7.Javascript

Javascript is a high level ,dynamic and weakly typed language, that pretty much every website on the internet is using ,it is highly versatile and to some degree very difficult to replace. It provides a vital interface between the front end and the backend working of the website performing crucial operations such as validation of data and so on. Javascript allows you to create validations requests,animations,search boxes and so on.

Job opportunities will always be available for a JS developer as pretty much ever site requires some amount of JS for it to be a modern and responsive site.

Some Applications of JS are – Angular JS, Node.js and basically any website on the internet!

8.PHP

This language is used mainly for server side scripting. It stands for Hypertext Preprocessor. Almost all the back-end work is coded through this language.It is extremely efficient and is a standard in the industry. PHP being a server side language supports a wide array of Database Management Systems and almost all server systems. PHP provides the crucial connect between the front and back end and hence there will always be a demand for  PHP devs!

Some apps that use PHP are – WordPress, Facebook,Yahoo, Wikipedia

you can download it here

9.Kotlin

Kotlin is a statically typed programming language that runs on the Java virtual machine and also can be compiled to JavaScript source code or use the LLVM compiler infrastructure. It is the language of choice for android development as set by Google. It is extremely powerful yet simple leading to its popularity. It solves crucial problems that Java devs faced and makes developing for newer versions for android much simpler. It gives access to a wide array of features that help simplify code enriching the quality of the apps. This is for now the going to the standard for android development.

You can download it here

10.Swift

Swift is a multi-purpose ,multi-paradigm language developed by Apple Inc for development in the Apple environment. Swift code is easy to read and maintain and also is very fast as it incorporates well with the hardware. Using swift one can develop for Apple devices such as the Mac, iphones ,ipads and so on. This is the standard for IOS development.

You can download it here

These were the Top trending Programming Languages to look for in 2018, So have you started off with any already? And which is your favorite out of these ? Let me know in the comments below.