Mauro Pirrone | Blog

Here’s a link where you can find a list of the most popular programming languages. The index is updated on a monthly basis and these are calculated by search engines such as Google and MSN.

http://www.tiobe.com/index.php/content/paperinfo/tpci/index.html

From the top 20 list, I currently make use of Java, C#, PHP and JavaScript

Java


public class HelloWord {
public static void main(String[] args) {
System.out.println(”Hello, World!”);
}
}


Here are some advantages:

• It’s open source and platform independent
• Endless list of libraries - many of them are free or open source
• Free and well supported tools such as NetBeans and Eclipse
• It’s mature and used in many real life business applications

C# / .NET

class HelloWorld {
static void Main() {
System.Console.WriteLine("Hello, World!");
}
}

Here are some advantages:

• .NET Framework is advanced and well designed
• Faster when compared to Java
• Meta Attributes which are very powerful
• New way to define get/set methods - much more intuitive
• New way for code documentation using XML

PHP


echo 'Hello, World!';
?>


Here are some advantages:

• It’s open source and platform independent
• PHP applications tend to be faster when compared to C# / Java
• Lots and lots of free libraries
• Many open source projects are written with PHP such as Drupal, Joomla!, and Wordpress