Even though the talks like Java is Dead, Java is not good, Java lacks this and that, are increasing these days, Java still holds its position as the most popular language, according to TIOBE programming index. As of November, Java has around 18% of popularity, amongst the other languages. This is 2% decline from when I last wrote about Java’s popularity.
According to TIOBE’s November rankings, here’s where the first three languages are standing.
| Position | Language | Ratings |
| 1 | Java | 18.373% |
| 2 | C | 17.315% |
| 3 | PHP | 10.176% |
It’s interesting to see that C and Java is just separated by 1% in the popularity ratings. Apart from that, PHP is rapidly gaining more fame, thanks to the wide use of AJAX applications and development, where PHP is most preferred language.
But, take a look at Java’s numbers. Its declining month by month. What I think as the reason for the decline in Java’s popularity is:
- The language has almost reached its matured state and more people started exploiting Java’s negatives, such as lack of closures, etc.
- Programming World is moving towards the new era of languages like Scala, Ruby and these new languages started getting more maturity.
- Popularity of Web 2.0 applications helped the associated languages, such as JavaScript, PHP, to gain more fame and use.
Do you think of any other reasons for Java losing its popularity?
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Java is popular. Because it gave me the power to code for me
After thinking a lot; I have stared learning Python. Java is good but I think I need Python
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