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Are we bored with JavaScript? Python and Mobile solidify

What's wrong with JavaScript? Having seen it dominate these trends for so long, it's pretty surprising to see this month's results. JavaScript had setbacks in a number of areas. First, it gained no ground to Python as the overall winner, then Node.js fell back behind Rails in the battle of web frameworks. But, most interestingly, in September of last year, JavaScript was mentioned in over 30% of postings, but in this most recent month, that was down to 16%. I doubt it's time to worry too much about JavaScript's fate, but keep an eye on this trend.

Looking at the top tech outside of JS, Python and the mobile stacks are settling in in the top 5. The web stacks follow behind in the top 10. The chatter about Docker has now revealed itself as it makes its first appearance in the top 20. While other buzzwords: Microservices, Big Data and Artificial Intellegince also appear on the top rising trends year over year.

Programming Languages

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Server-side Frameworks

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Rails shows some new life in coming back to the top after a 2 month hiatus. Last month, I predicted that Rails and Node will battle for many months to come, so it's not surprising to see this. With Python so dominant overall, the question may be whether that will push Python for web apps closer to Ruby and JavaScript.

JavaScript Frameworks

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Angular held on again, just edging React as the favorite front-end library for JavaScript apps.

SQL Databases

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NoSQL Databases

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Big Data

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Messaging

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