What the TIOBE December 2017 Rankings Reveal About Future‑Ready Languages
December 2017’s TIOBE Index shows Java, C, and C++ retaining the top three spots, while Python and C# hold fourth and fifth, and highlights the emerging competition between legacy C and newcomer Kotlin, offering insights into language popularity trends for developers and project planners.
TIOBE recently released its December 2017 programming language index, with Java, C and C++ retaining the top three positions, while Python and C# rank fourth and fifth.
As December arrives, TIOBE will select the 2017 "Programming Language of the Year" next month, and the main contenders appear to be C and Kotlin.
C is one of the oldest still‑used languages; its popularity grew in 2017 due to the rise of small‑scale software devices and increased low‑level software in the automotive industry.
Kotlin, a relatively new JVM‑based language created by JetBrains in 2010 and open‑sourced in 2011, is C's primary competitor. In May 2017, the Android team announced first‑class support for Kotlin at Google I/O.
2017 December Top 20 Languages
2017 December Top 10 Language Trends
The TIOBE Programming Language Community Index is a monthly indicator of language popularity, based on the number of skilled programmers, courses, and third‑party vendors found online. Rankings are calculated using major search engines such as Google, MSN, Yahoo!, Wikipedia, YouTube, and Baidu. Note that the index reflects a language's popularity, not its quality or the amount of code written in it.
This ranking can help you assess whether your programming skills stay up‑to‑date and serve as a reference when choosing a language for new system development.
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