Tracking the most popular programming languages, databases and software development tools in whoishiring discussion threads.
It's a cloud and DevOps world as AWS (Amazon Web Services) and DevOps climb into the top 10 for the first time. Elsewhere in the top 10, much remains the same with JavaScript taking the top spot again.
Compare JavaScript, Python, Ruby and Java
Compare C++, Scala, Clojure and Go
Compare Rails, node.js, PHP and Django
Compare AngularJS, Backbone, Ember and jQuery
Compare Postgresql, MySQL and SQL Server
Compare Mongodb, Cassandra, Riak and CouchDB
Compare Chef, Puppet, Ansible and the DevOps term itself
| Tech | Rank | Last Month | Change | Last Year | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JavaScript | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Python | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Ruby | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| iOS | 4 | 4 | 0 | 7 | +3 |
| Java | 5 | 8 | +3 | 6 | +1 |
| Android | 6 | 6 | 0 | 5 | -1 |
| Rails | 7 | 5 | -2 | 4 | -3 |
| AngularJS | 8 | 7 | -1 | 31 | +23 |
| node.js | 9 | 10 | +1 | 13 | +4 |
| AWS | 10 | 17 | +7 | 26 | +16 |
| DevOps | 11 | 20 | +9 | 46 | +35 |
| CSS | 12 | 11 | -1 | 11 | -1 |
| Backbone | 13 | 26 | +13 | 9 | -4 |
| Postgresql | 14 | 9 | -5 | 29 | +15 |
| passionate | 15 | 12 | -3 | 8 | -7 |
| jQuery | 16 | 32 | +16 | 19 | +3 |
| MySQL | 17 | 22 | +5 | 17 | 0 |
| Machine Learning | 18 | 15 | -3 | 24 | +6 |
| linux | 19 | 13 | -6 | 16 | -3 |
| Full Stack | 20 | 21 | +1 | 14 | -6 |
| Tech | Mentions | Rank | Last Year Mentions | Last Year Rank | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Docker | 11 | 49 | 0 | 171 | +122 |
| Express | 6 | 71 | 0 | 161 | +90 |
| Ansible | 9 | 55 | 1 | 118 | +63 |
| RabbitMQ | 8 | 60 | 1 | 121 | +61 |
| Elasticsearch | 14 | 43 | 2 | 89 | +46 |
| App Engine | 5 | 72 | 1 | 112 | +40 |
| Data Mining | 6 | 64 | 1 | 103 | +39 |
| Clojure | 14 | 42 | 3 | 78 | +36 |
| DevOps | 40 | 11 | 8 | 46 | +35 |
| Distributed Systems | 15 | 40 | 4 | 65 | +25 |