If You Could Only Learn 3 Programming Languages...
Results!
I thought this would be a good question to ask the community after reading an InfoWorld article that was looking for programming languages that are breaking out of their niche. The research found that enterprise programmers should at least learn Java, PHP, or C#. Languages rising in popularity included:
- Python
- Ruby
- MATLAB
- JavaScript
- R
- Erlang
- COBOL
- CUDA Extensions
Their results were based on dice.com job references, which means they were as flawed as indeed.com trends research or the Tiobe Index. So I decided to go in another direction and take a poll of the DZone audience. We know there are languages that are crucial to our marketability now, and that other languages will be more lucrative job skills in the future. This poll forces you to think about which languages the most useful and ultimately crucial to your future success as a developer. MathGladiator has already thought about the three types of programming languages that every developer should know. Just play along and imagine that your brain can only hold the knowledge of three programming languages (but also assembly and an infinite number of markup languages):
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Note: Sorry about the "java script". I couldn't get the survey to behave. Also, I couldn't limit the number of answers to 3, so we're on the honor system here. Don't cheat! mark only three answers.
Don't see one of the languages you wanted to mark? Write it in a comment and yell at me for not including it! :)
Comments
Carlos Hoces replied on Wed, 2010/11/17 - 9:11am
Ronald Miura replied on Wed, 2010/11/17 - 9:17am
Magnus Smith replied on Wed, 2010/11/17 - 9:52am
Jonathan Fisher replied on Wed, 2010/11/17 - 10:00am
in response to:
Magnus Smith
Mitch Pronschinske replied on Wed, 2010/11/17 - 10:50am
in response to:
Ronald Miura
You could, but that's part of what we're trying to find out. Out of the programming language available right now, which do you think will be the language that everyone uses in the future?
Matt Olsen replied on Wed, 2010/11/17 - 11:40am
Dave Clarke replied on Wed, 2010/11/17 - 3:08pm
Otengi Miloskov replied on Wed, 2010/11/17 - 4:34pm
in response to:
Jonathan Fisher
Mitch Pronschinske replied on Wed, 2010/11/17 - 5:00pm
in response to:
Matt Olsen
I'll give it a couple of days until the responses have slowed down and then I'll post another article on the appropriate Zones: JL, .NET, Ruby, PHP, Python, and Web Builder Zones.
J Szy replied on Wed, 2010/11/17 - 5:26pm
in response to:
Otengi Miloskov
nick verlinde replied on Wed, 2010/11/17 - 6:00pm
Ahmed Abdel-aliem replied on Wed, 2010/11/17 - 10:38pm
well, my favorites are php,perl,python
Amin Mansuri replied on Thu, 2010/11/18 - 3:32am
To learn about computer languages in general I chose: Java, Haskell, Erlang. Because they are all different (though Smalltalk may be a better option than Java).
To learn something that could get you a job: Java, C#, PHP. They are among the most popular. Or you can substitute one of them for C or C++
Nicolas Bousquet replied on Thu, 2010/11/18 - 4:05am
Java, Lisp/Closure and ASM or even VHDL. But ASM or VHDH are not available so I choosed C.
Why ? Java is the language that i use most of the time. It's the language that pay the bill. It's a good modern language, althrough I think C# to be a better language, java I think is the most widly used language for new projects.
Lisp/Closure : because it's so different than Java/C/C++ and all imperative languages. it's base on lambda calculus and help you think another way.
VHDL : Because again it is very different than the other language, it's for hardware design and so broaden your possibillities and help you understand what is a computer.
sun east replied on Thu, 2010/11/18 - 6:01am
Charlie Mordant replied on Thu, 2010/11/18 - 6:49am
Edgar Sánchez replied on Thu, 2010/11/18 - 7:49am
Khent Johnson replied on Fri, 2011/09/02 - 3:03pm