The TIOBE Index is an indicator of which programming languages are most popular within a given month. According to the TIOBE ...

Even so, as the newest Redmonk Programming Language Rankings suggest, developers are very (very) open to new languages like Go and Swift that help them program for the cloud and mobile, respectively.

Programming language rankings: JavaScript still rules, Python holds off Java The Python programming language appears to have a firm hold as the second most popular language over Java.

Programming language Python is now firmly the second most popular programming language, for the first time knocking Java out of the top two places in RedMonk's language popularity rankings.

U.K.-based technology analyst firm RedMonk just released the latest version of its biannual rankings of programming languages, and once again JavaScript tops the list, followed by Java and PHP ...