The language has risen in popularity over the last two years, moving from seventh to fifth place on GitHub's list, as C#'s large community of developers continue to add to its capabilities.

JavaScript remains the most used programming language among developers, but Python is the most studied – and Go the one that most coders want to switch to. According to a survey of developers by ...

According to the survey, JavaScript, Java, Python, C++ and C are the best-known programming languages, while Clojure, F# and OCaml propped up the list.

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.

JavaScript is the programming language behind much of the web, and it’s used to build interactive plugins and websites. Oddly enough, though, it has little to do with Java besides the name.