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Satyam Kumar Verman
Satyam Kumar Verman

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most popular programming languages 2020

Hello guys,this is Satyam and in today's blog we are going to discuss about the most popular programming languages in 2020.So let's start.

1.Python

No doubt that python is the most popular programming language in 2020,I think most of you were already knowing that Python will the most popular programming language in 2020. So let's discuss why Python is so popular.

Python was developed by a Dutch Computer Scientist Guido Van Roussum.When Guido van Rossum developed Python in the 1990s as his side project, nobody has thought it would be the most popular programming language one day. Considering all well-recognized rankings and industry trends, I put Python as the number one programming language overall.
The major reason for this kind of popularity of python is due to it's easy syntax that allows newbies to learn it very easily and also Python is the easiest 5th generation programming language i.e. it can be used in all modern applications such as AI or Application Development.

Job Market:

According to Indeed, Python is the most demanding programming language in the USA job market with the highest 74 K job posting in January 2020. Also, Python ranked third with a $120 K yearly salary.
Also, StackOverflow developer survey has shown that Python developers earn a high salary with relatively low experience compared to other mainstream programming languages:

Main Use Cases:

Data Science
Data Analytics
Artificial Intelligence, Deep Learning
Enterprise Application
Web Development

2.JavaScript

JavaScript is the second most popular programming language in the world.Now why JavaScript is so popular programming language,to understand this,we need to discuss about the history of JavaScript.Before JavaScript we didn't have any special programming language for web and at that time we were using Java as a programming language for web and the web pages build using Java were known as
Applets.Now there was a Internet company called Landscape,the developers of landscape thought that there must be a programming language for web.So this lead to the formation of JavaScript program language.Now in the intial days it was not so popular but after the Development of NodeJS which is a JavaScript runtime,many JavaScript Frameworks we're developed such as Angular,React due to which the popularity of JavaScript increased time to time.

Job Market:

In the USA Job market, Indeed has ranked JavaScript as the third most demanding programming language with 57 K Job posting in January 2020. With $114 K average yearly salary, JavaScript ranks 4th in terms of salary.
Also, StackOverflow developer survey has shown that JavaScript developers can earn a modest salary with relatively low experience.

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