Most Popular Programming Languages of 2014

Does a really good job of showcasing what codeeval's target focus should be for their business, but this doesn't reflect commonly held beliefs as to what languages are seeing the highest volume of activity.

Re: Most Popular Programming Languages of 2014

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Post by topbanana » Mon, Feb 03, 2014, 4:02 PM UTC

I really don't see why C# usage would have jumped by 100% last year. And I don't believe the 900% jump in the previous year.

This probably shows they landed a big Microsoft shop as a customer in 2012 and a smaller one in 2013.

Re: Most Popular Programming Languages of 2014

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Post by girvo » Mon, Feb 03, 2014, 4:06 PM UTC

I find that table super hard to parse :( is that just me?

Re: Most Popular Programming Languages of 2014

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Post by justincormack » Mon, Feb 03, 2014, 4:10 PM UTC

Here is a different set of measures that puts JavaScript first, followed by Java http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2014/01/22/language-rankings-1-14...

Re: Most Popular Programming Languages of 2014

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Post by runjake » Mon, Feb 03, 2014, 4:19 PM UTC

Rather than timely-to-interpret percentages, I'd rather see the change deltas in units or something else that is more easily directly comparable.

Re: Most Popular Programming Languages of 2014

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Post by gregmolnar » Mon, Feb 03, 2014, 4:20 PM UTC

JimmaDaRustla wrote: post #4

Big thing I see here is PHP down 55% YoY. Big statement on such a "long lasting" language.

You rarely hire a PHP developer for his algorithm skills and that's what you can screen with codeeval. By the way I don't think codeeval is a good way of measuring developer skills as some people who is very good with algorithms struggle with simple real world problems and vica versa. But that's another topic :)