August 2016 - Tracking the most popular programming languages, databases and software development tools in whoishiring discussion threads.
This has been a pretty quiet summer as far as tech trends go, without a fast-rising language or framework. But, Python and React continue to put their mark on 2016 and again are the top technical terms for August.
Compare JavaScript, Python, Ruby and Java
Compare C++, Scala, Clojure and Go
Compare Rails, node.js, PHP and Django
Compare AngularJS, Backbone, Ember and React
Compare Postgresql, MySQL and SQL Server
Compare Mongodb, Elasticsearch, Cassandra and Riak
Compare Storm, Hadoop and Spark
Compare Kafka, RabbitMQ and ActiveMQ
Compare Chef, Puppet, Ansible and the DevOps term itself
Compare Docker, Kubernetes, Mesos and Vagrant
Compare Senior and Junior engineers
| Tech | Rank | Last Month | Change | Last Year | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| onsite | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Senior | 2 | 3 | +1 | 6 | +4 |
| Python | 3 | 2 | -1 | 2 | -1 |
| React | 4 | 4 | 0 | 14 | +10 |
| JavaScript | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | -2 |
| Remote | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | -2 |
| AWS | 7 | 7 | 0 | 10 | +3 |
| Full Stack | 8 | 9 | +1 | 15 | +7 |
| Ruby | 9 | 15 | +6 | 7 | -2 |
| Rails | 10 | 13 | +3 | 13 | +3 |
| DevOps | 11 | 11 | 0 | 16 | +5 |
| Java | 12 | 12 | 0 | 11 | -1 |
| iOS | 13 | 8 | -5 | 5 | -8 |
| node.js | 14 | 10 | -4 | 9 | -5 |
| AngularJS | 15 | 16 | +1 | 12 | -3 |
| Android | 16 | 14 | -2 | 8 | -8 |
| Postgresql | 17 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| Machine Learning | 18 | 19 | +1 | 19 | +1 |
| passionate | 19 | 18 | -1 | 18 | -1 |
| Docker | 20 | 20 | 0 | 29 | +9 |
| Tech | Mentions | Rank | Last Year Mentions | Last Year Rank | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TypeScript | 17 | 54 | 1 | 173 | +119 |
| Azure | 10 | 73 | 1 | 169 | +96 |
| Kubernetes | 16 | 58 | 3 | 125 | +67 |
| ClojureScript | 7 | 85 | 2 | 146 | +61 |
| Elixir | 9 | 77 | 2 | 135 | +58 |
| golang | 27 | 42 | 5 | 100 | +58 |
| Babel | 5 | 93 | 2 | 143 | +50 |
| Solr | 5 | 96 | 2 | 141 | +45 |
| Akka | 7 | 88 | 2 | 133 | +45 |
| Meteor | 6 | 90 | 3 | 126 | +36 |