TIOBE Index for October 2025: Top 10 Most Popular Programming Languages

Python still leads despite a dip; C edges past C++ for #2; SQL re-enters the top 10 as Perl drops out after last month’s ...
TechSpot

Python overtakes Java, JavaScript as most popular programming language for first time in 20 years

What just happened? For the first time in more than 20 years, the Python programming language has overtaken Java, JavaScript, and C as the most popular language. The updated rankings for October ...
Computerworld

Khan Academy offers JavaScript as their first computer language

John Resig of jQuery fame outlines why Khan Academy decided to offer JavaScript as their first computer language. With video, of course. Khan Academy, the wildly successful series of free ...
ZDNet

JavaScript programming language: Developers reveal their favourite features, frameworks and tools

Over 20,000 developers have shared what are their favorite JavaScript features, front-end frameworks and back-end frameworks in a new survey. The figures come from the fourth State of JavaScript ...
ZDNet

Could TypeScript replace JavaScript? Use of programming language spin-off soars

There's now more evidence that Microsoft's language for scaled-up JavaScript, TypeScript, is becoming an essential for developers building for the internet. Developer analyst firm RedMonk last month ...
Computerworld

Python squeezes out JavaScript, C as best starter programming language

Earlier this month, ITworld blogger Matthew Mombrea wrote an interesting post about which programming language is the best one to learn first (his choice: Java or C#). Not surprisingly, it generated ...