Python is now the fastest-growing major programming language, according to Stack Overflow.

Python isn't the only option for programming machine learning applications: there’s a growing group of developers who use JavaScript to run machine learning models.

Python has become the most popular programming language on GitHub, while the use of Jupyter Notebooks has also soared, according to GitHub’s Octoverse 2024 report.

The Python programming language appears to have a firm hold as the second most popular language over Java.

In May, Kite added JavaScript support, launched a Pro plan with advanced line-of-code completions for Python, and updated its engine to use deep learning, a type of machine learning.

Java, JavaScript/MEAN stack and Python are the coding languages in highest demand. (Photo via Shutterstock). The programming languages that developers use to create software are as varied and ...