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Mani Sai Prasad
Mani Sai Prasad

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Developer analysis of programming languages used in the United States 2020

Hello, fellow developers here are some analysis of programming languages used in the United States as per 2020 based on the Stackoverflow’s 2020 Annual Developer Survey.

Let's dig into the analysis

  • What are the most common programming languages in the United States?
  • Demanding programming languages in the United States?
  • What are the most popular roles in the United States?

What are the most used programming languages in the United States?

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We can see that languages like JavaScript, HTML/CSS, SQL, and Python are still in the top positions.

We can see that in 2020 python has risen a lot compared to other languages in the survey

Demanding programming languages in the United States?

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We can see that Python has grown tremendously rather then other languages. This is probably happening because it’s a programming language that is very versatile and has been used extensively in data-related areas.

Because now we are seeing more interest in machine learning and data science

What are the most popular roles in the United States?

We can see that Full Stack developer is the most popular role among the United States.

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Back-end developer, Front end developer is the most popular occupation among participants after 2020.

The mobile developer is the popular role among participants in 2019, whereas in 2020 its trend is slowing down.

Conclusion

In this article, we took a look at what were the most popular programming languages, according to Stackoverflow’s 2019 and 2020 Developer Survey data.

We have seen that programming languages like as JavaScript, SQL, and Python still dominates the industry

And we can see that Python has grown tremendously rather then other languages. This is probably happening because it’s a programming language that is very versatile and has been used extensively in data-related areas.

Back-end developer, Full-stack web developer, Front end developer is the most popular role among participants after 2020.

To see more about this analysis, see the link to GitHub repo here

https://github.com/manisaiprasad/Dev-analysis-sof-2020

References

Stackoverflow Developer Survey Data: https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey

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