

None these would be a programmer's language, Silge explained, so proficiency in them is harder to find. In the U.S., the most popular development languages with the best paychecks were Erlang, Scala, OCaml, Clojure and Go. This group developers also tended to use Eclipse and IntelliJ for their IDE and Android Studio and Firebase as part their app-dev tooling. And while Java itself was rated as popular, most who took the survey develop Android apps. The surveyed developers didn't feel quite as much love for Java, particularly when compared with JavaScript. "Developers tend to love things that are simple, powerful and well-implemented." Less love for Java

"Niche technologies, like Redis, are loved because they solve the problem they were designed for incredibly well," Silge said. That said, survey respondents also named MongoDB as something they weren't inclined to continue to use. However, MongoDB is the most wanted, indicating that more people have heard about it. Silge, who uses Redis herself, said it is simple, reliable and fast. The most beloved database was Redis, a key-value store. Other popular frameworks target web development and include React, Node.js and. Machine learning was an object interest this year, with Google's TensorFlow and Facebook's PyTorch at or near the top the list for most loved frameworks. Stack Overflow surveyed over 100,000 developers about the most popular development languages. The most popular development languages developers hope to work with include Python and Go. These languages tend to have a lot name, are usually pleasant to use, are associated with high salaries and are useful for solving interesting problems. "Wanted" languages represent what developers are eager to try in the next year. "These are languages that are not only not considered cool, but considered by developers as not pleasant to use," Silge said. Some the least popular languages include Visual Basic 6, COBOL and Visual Basic. In contrast, "dreaded" languages are those that developers hope to not use next year. Almost 80% developers who use Rust want to continue, making it the most loved language, but those numbers do reflect a relatively small user base. Rust and Python are among the most popular development languages. The number developers who want to continue to use their current language reflects their "love" for it.
