If you are a developer, you want to know which programming languages will rank in the next year or future. Specifically, you are curious about your favorite language. This article will list the top 10 programming languages 2018 that will rank. We select these languages based on popularity and usability.

Top 10 Programming Languages 2018

If you want a quick overview, here is the full list. For more details read the explanation that why these languages are ranking. The underlined text indicates the reason why it’s ranking and so popular.

1. JavaScript
2. Python
3. Java
4. C++
5. C
6. Swift
7. PHP
8. C#
9. Go
10. R

1. JavaScript

JavaScript is the number one programming language that will rank in 2018. It’s a programming language that is run by most modern browsers. It supports object-oriented programming and procedural programming. Knowadays, you can use JavaScript to build mobile app, web app and even desktop applications. ES6 or ES2015 is the latest version of this language. The ES6 features are amazing and blow your mind.

2. Python

Python is one of the most powerful programming languages of all the time. It’s a widely used high-level programming language for general-purpose programming, created by Guido van Rossum. The applications like Youtube, Dropbox and Google is based on this language. If you want to work for Google, This language is what you should focus on.

3. Java

Java’s popularity is because of Android. Android is the most popular mobile OS and open-source. Java is a programming language and computing platform first released by Sun Microsystems in 1995. It’s a general-purpose programming language that is concurrent, class-based, object-oriented and specifically designed to have as few implementation dependencies as possible.

4. C++

Most other top programming languages are based on C++. They have copied the style and structure from C++. For instance, Java, C#, JavaScript and more. C++ is a general-purpose object-oriented programming (OOP) language, developed by Bjarne Stroustrup. You can use this powerful language to build applications that run on CPU, build mobile apps, games, and desktop application.

5. C

C is taught still in most popular universities in the world. It’s not a high-level programming language, but people learn it because it makes learning other languages easier. High-level languages like Java, C++, C# are almost similar. It’s like the older version of C++. This language is used a lot in embedded hardware programming where resources are scarce. Linux kernel is written in C.

6. Swift

Apple is by far one of the top companies in technology. Swift is the primary language for macOS, iOS, watchOS, and tvOS. It’s  is a general-purpose, multi-paradigm, compiled programming language developed by Apple Inc.

7. PHP

Becuase web programming is popular category among other desktops, mobile, and CPU, PHP remains the most popular server side programming language. It’s a general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited to server-side web development, in which case PHP runs on a web server. The application like WordPress, Joomla, Drupal, and Facebook is written in PHP.

8. C#

Microsoft, of course, the biggest company in the technology category. Their primary language is C#. It’s used for developing desktop, mobile, and games in Unity. It’s a multi-paradigm programming language encompassing strong typing, imperative, declarative, functional, generic, object-oriented (class-based), and component-oriented programming disciplines.

9. Go

Go (often referred to as golang) is a free and open source programming language created at Google in 2007 by Robert Griesemer, Rob Pike, and Ken Thompson. It’s compiled and has features such as garbage collection, memory safety, and limited structural typing. Go is good for Stand-alone command-line apps or scripts Network and Web servers. It’s not good for desktop, system-level programming, and  GUI-based apps

10. R

R is a programming language and software environment for statistical analysis, graphics representation, and reporting. R is a very flexible tool for doing a mathematical & statistical analysis. If you are dealing with big data, R is the language you must use. It’s easily extendable via packages. 

Conclusion

There we are. It was the list of top 10 programming languages. If you have any question or suggestion, feel free to share with us in the comment below