1) Just because something is down percent-wise, doesn't mean it's actually in a decline. It's possible the overall numbers grew a lot.
2) This visualization is bad.
Programming Trends on StackOverflow
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#22As a happy Ruby/Rails dev I can't figure why Python has double the marketshare. I guess it's the Google backing and the history of Linux admin usage?
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#23Add to the TIOBE data, and it doesn't look pretty for Microsoft.
http://www.tiobe.com/index.php/content/paperinfo/tpci/index....
I suspect it's because of the failure of Microsoft in the mobile space.
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#24As a happy Ruby/Rails dev I can't figure why Python has double the marketshare. I guess it's the Google backing and the history of Linux admin usage?
Python also has a large amount of Scientific packages and draws a number of people from that field. Not sure how much that helps the marketshare though. I don't think it's strictly a Rails/Django thing.
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#25So, are we seeing a fall of microsoft from the developers' point of view? Are windows phone and asp.net mvc not enough to try to get back the hackers in the platform?
No. SO was founded by two windows developers, and build on a windows stack. They had a podcast detailing the process of development prior to public release of the site, followed primarily by windows developers. The initial audience of the site was, ergo, primarily windows developers. As popularity grew, more developers from the broader community showed up, driving the proportion of windows questions down.
Also as the knowledge base of questions for a tag grows, room for new questions become fewer. Duplicates will be asked but I wonder how many times a person has a problem, does a search, finds an answer and never has to ask their own question on the topic.
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#26As a happy Ruby/Rails dev I can't figure why Python has double the marketshare. I guess it's the Google backing and the history of Linux admin usage?
Python seems to be used in a lot of contexts, not limited to web development. While Ruby is a lovely language it appears to be used primarily with Rails in a web context.
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#27So, are we seeing a fall of microsoft from the developers' point of view? Are windows phone and asp.net mvc not enough to try to get back the hackers in the platform?
No. Stackoverflow goes though these "land grab" phases with languages and frameworks. Because C# was one of the early languages it is very difficult to keep up inertia of new questions.
My personal experience has been that I rarely need to ask new C# or MVC related questions these days. I really have a hard time coming up with something has hasn't been discussed already. I think Stackoverflow eventually hits a saturation point and people begin to consume more than contribute.
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#28As a happy Ruby/Rails dev I can't figure why Python has double the marketshare. I guess it's the Google backing and the history of Linux admin usage?
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#29I am a little surprised how comfortably PHP has remained as one of the top ranked tag. It's not consistent with the trend here on HN.
Re: Programming Trends on StackOverflow
#30Add to the TIOBE data, and it doesn't look pretty for Microsoft. http://www.tiobe.com/index.php/content/paperinfo/tpci/index.... I suspect it's because of the failure of Microsoft in the mobile space.
Percentages are but one part of a trend. The graph is meaningless without total growth over time, and number of tags per user per tech. It could show anything, i.e. C# growth increase (or decline), even though the percentage overall is in decline.