Staying on top is one of the key factors for business and technological innovation. And with over 600 unique programming languages, deciding on the best programming language for your project may be difficult, and can be the hardest part in the initial development phase.

One of the easiest ways to pick the best programming language to learn for 2018 is by listening to the market.

The market will tell you what the trending programming languages are for the future. We must be aware of the trends and watching the news and the rise of new technology so we can adjust the sails on which programming languages to learn, especially in 2018 with a lot of new things coming up.

This post was not based solely on my opinion. I researched a lot and I came up with these top 5 programming languages to learn in 2018 without any particular order.

1. Javascript

This is one of the most popular programming languages. Javascript takes first place for several years in a row. It is clear from the dynamics that this trend will continue. This is the most cross-platform programming language that allows developing desktop, web and mobile applications. Javascript has many convenient and flexible libraries. Among the most popular is React.js, Angular.js and Vue.js. The last library is just gaining popularity. Vue has good performance and is one of the easiest to learn. Nevertheless, it will be difficult for its to reach such a high level of popularity as other libraries. The market is already divided between React and Angular.

2. Python

Python is one of the easy to learn, robust, extendable, high-level programming language compatible with all major platforms. It is useful across a range of programming tasks from shell automation to web applications. Python is deployable in a wide-range of domains and technical fields including data analytics, finance, scientific, and mathematical algorithms.Its a multi purpose language which can be used in back-end web development, data analysis, artificial intelligence, web scrapping, Internet of Things scientific computing, games, automation and even desktop or mobile apps.

3. C#

The flexibility of C# is also a huge benefit compared to some languages. The variety of applications that can be developed with C#, .NET and Visual Studio is virtually limitless: native windows applications, REST APIS, mobile apps, websites, games and even native Android or iOS apps with some additional frameworks like Xamarin or Mono. Although it is possible to do all of these things with other languages as well, it usually involves piecing together some variety of third-party tools to make it all work, whereas C# developers have a very cohesive Microsoft-supported set of tools for developing any type of application.

4. JAVA

Java is widely used language in all over the World. It’s major focus on server-side applications, different games, and reliable sensitive applications. Projects written in Java have a dishonor because of many reasons like it is slower and consumes more memory/space than other languages like C++. Moreover, Java is not cased touchy language. But Java offers higher cross- functionality and portability as programs written in one platform can run across desktops, mobiles, embedded systems.Itis a mature language, therefore more stable and predictable.

5.Go

Go is also a open source Programming language developed by Google which is freely available. Go is a latest language appeared in 2009. Go developers and that ecosystem can be expanded a lot, especially if you want to create frameworks and things like that. If you're willing to invest some time and learn Go, and become an expert, you're going to be in high demand. There's not going to be as many jobs right now, but I think in 2018, you'll see more of them and you're going to see that there's not enough people to fill those positions.

Summary

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I would recommend everyone to choose your language according to your purpose or use and not just by their popularity. First decide your field of interest whether it be web development or machine learning, IOT or blockchain application development.

Don't forget to comment your views and opinions about your favorite programming language which according to you will be booming in 2018 and also if you want to suggest the topic of discussion for the next post related to technology or programming , feel free to do that.