‘Number of developers increased by 14 percent’
In the past six months, there has been a considerable increase in the number of developers. JavaScript is still by far the most popular programming language, although C# seems to have surpassed PHP's popularity.
This is evident from the latest version of SlashData's semi-annual State of the Deve... Read more
Google integrates Rust programming language into Android
Google has given the Android platform support for the Rust programming language. By doing so, the company hopes to prevent future bugs that lead to security problems.
In a blog post, Google explains that the company wants to use Rust mainly for the code of the deeper layers of the operating syst... Read more
Python squeezes its way to the top of the programming languages pile
Tiobe, the software-checking company has called Python the top programming language of 2020 because it became more popular in its index than any other language last year. Tiobe uses programming-related questions on search engines that calculate rankings.
Python rose by 2.1% in 2020 while Java de... Read more
Python more popular than Java in programming language ranking
RedMonk released its most recent list of the most popular programming languages, and for the first time since 2012, Java is not in the top two places. Python Programming language has instead taken the number two position trailing behind the reigning champion JavaScript.
The fuss about Python is ... Read more
Python 2 will reach end-of-life by 2020
The Python Software Foundation has announced that Python 2.0 will end on the 1st of January in 2020. The programming language was introduced in 2000. Six years later, it was succeeded by Python 3.0. However, version 2.0 was still widely used by developers.
The two programming languages existed s... Read more
Microsoft introduces uniform search engine for code examples
Microsoft has added a whole new experience especially for developers on docs.microsoft.com. It is a uniform search engine for examples of code.
With the new search engine, Microsoft is trying to make it easier for developers to discover relevant examples of code, no matter what Microsoft product or ... Read more
Microsoft launches online code editor Visual Studio Online
Microsoft has announced the private preview launch of Visual Studio Online. Visual Studio Online is an online code editor that is created in addition to Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code, writes TechCrunch.
The service is based on the popular free and open source desktop code editor Visual Studi... Read more
Nearly 35 years old C++ programming language suddenly becomes more popular
There seems to be a growing interest in the 35 year old C++ programming language. The language has risen to third place in the Tiobe index for April this year, writes ZDNet. Tiobe's index shows how popular a language is among programmers.
C++ was created in 1985 as an extension of the C programming... Read more
GitHub launches new feature to discuss code for publication
GitHub has added a new feature to its pull requests, allowing developers to mark their requests as 'draft'. This allows the developer to indicate to others that his code is still a work-in-progress and needs feedback before it enters the overall project, writes The Next Web.
For example, a developer... Read more
Amazon offers its internal machine learning courses for free
Amazon has yesterday made all machine learning courses that it offers internally to its employees available to everyone free of charge. It involves more than 45 hours of material, spread over thirty different courses. The courses are free for developers, data scientists, data platform developers and... Read more