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This list is ridiculous. JavaScript is not #7. I'm not sure what Tiobe's methodology is but it's clearly disconnected from the reality of 2017.

by xiaoma 9y ago

paulddraper 9y ago
It's the TIOBE index. https://www.tiobe.com/tiobe-index/ https://www.tiobe.com/tiobe-index/ > The ratings are based on the number of skilled engineers world-wide, courses and third party vendors. Popular search engines such as Google, Bing, Yahoo!, Wikipedia, Amazon, YouTube and Baidu are used to calculate the ratings. According to the index Java is 6x more popular than JavaScript. You are right that doesn't reflect the # of GitHub protects. It's mostly limited to professional avenues.
- xiaoma 9y ago
  It's more than that. JavaScript is so ubiquitous for any sort of web programming that it's often not even mentioned in job reqs or courses. Instead of JS, its often Node, React, Angular, or other JS-based stacks that are the focus. If an poll were to be taken of what languages HN (or Reddit or Slashdot or Yahoo or Apple...) visitors programmed in, I would be shocked if JS came in 7th place. Heck, even among my friends who work at Apple, JS isn't that far down the frequently used list. Do you honestly believe that Visual Basic .NET is a more popular language in 2017 than JavaScript is?
  - shakna 9y ago
    It depends how you define popular. TIOBE also note: > It is important to note that the TIOBE index is not about the best programming language or the language in which most lines of code have been written. Also, you might find it curious that JavaScript has stayed pretty steady in its position on the index, since 2002. That's a healthy dose of "this language is still relevant".
    - Tanegashima 9y ago
      There's absolutely no way that VB.Net is more popular than JS, anywhere you go. It's not because of "liking", simple facts.
bostand 9y ago
Why can't JavaScript be #7? Where should it be in your book?
d0lph 9y ago
I don't know, just because we don't hear as much about these other languages doesn't mean they're not popular. The other top 6 might not be cool, but I would say that they're workhorses of the industry.

This list is ridiculous. JavaScript is not #7. I'm not sure what Tiobe's methodology is but it's clearly disconnected from the reality of 2017.

by xiaoma 9y ago

This list is ridiculous. JavaScript is not #7. I'm not sure what Tiobe's methodology is but it's clearly disconnected from the reality of 2017.

paulddraper 9y ago

It's the TIOBE index. https://www.tiobe.com/tiobe-index/ https://www.tiobe.com/tiobe-index/ > The ratings are based on the number of skilled engineers world-wide, courses and third party vendors. Popular search engines such as Google, Bing, Yahoo!, Wikipedia, Amazon, YouTube and Baidu are used to calculate the ratings. According to the index Java is 6x more popular than JavaScript. You are right that doesn't reflect the # of GitHub protects. It's mostly limited to professional avenues.

xiaoma 9y ago
It's more than that. JavaScript is so ubiquitous for any sort of web programming that it's often not even mentioned in job reqs or courses. Instead of JS, its often Node, React, Angular, or other JS-based stacks that are the focus. If an poll were to be taken of what languages HN (or Reddit or Slashdot or Yahoo or Apple...) visitors programmed in, I would be shocked if JS came in 7th place. Heck, even among my friends who work at Apple, JS isn't that far down the frequently used list. Do you honestly believe that Visual Basic .NET is a more popular language in 2017 than JavaScript is?
- shakna 9y ago
  It depends how you define popular. TIOBE also note: > It is important to note that the TIOBE index is not about the best programming language or the language in which most lines of code have been written. Also, you might find it curious that JavaScript has stayed pretty steady in its position on the index, since 2002. That's a healthy dose of "this language is still relevant".
  - Tanegashima 9y ago
    There's absolutely no way that VB.Net is more popular than JS, anywhere you go. It's not because of "liking", simple facts.

bostand 9y ago

Why can't JavaScript be #7? Where should it be in your book?

d0lph 9y ago

I don't know, just because we don't hear as much about these other languages doesn't mean they're not popular. The other top 6 might not be cool, but I would say that they're workhorses of the industry.