January 2017 - Tracking the most popular programming languages, databases and software development tools in whoishiring discussion threads.
2017 starts off where we spent most of 2016, with Python the most popular programming language.
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
| Tech | Rank | Last Month | Change | Last Year | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Python | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| JavaScript | 2 | 3 | +1 | 2 | 0 |
| React | 3 | 2 | -1 | 3 | 0 |
| AWS | 4 | 4 | 0 | 9 | +5 |
| node.js | 5 | 5 | 0 | 16 | +11 |
| Full Stack | 6 | 8 | +2 | 6 | 0 |
| Rails | 7 | 10 | +3 | 10 | +3 |
| Machine Learning | 8 | 14 | +6 | 8 | 0 |
| Java | 9 | 6 | -3 | 14 | +5 |
| Postgresql | 10 | 7 | -3 | 12 | +2 |
| Ruby | 11 | 9 | -2 | 11 | 0 |
| DevOps | 12 | 12 | 0 | 15 | +3 |
| Android | 13 | 13 | 0 | 5 | -8 |
| iOS | 14 | 11 | -3 | 4 | -10 |
| Open Source | 15 | 18 | +3 | 22 | +7 |
| Docker | 16 | 16 | 0 | 17 | +1 |
| Redis | 17 | 25 | +8 | 30 | +13 |
| linux | 18 | 20 | +2 | 26 | +8 |
| api | 19 | 17 | -2 | 21 | +2 |
| AngularJS | 20 | 15 | -5 | 7 | -13 |
| Tech | Mentions | Rank | Last Year Mentions | Last Year Rank | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TensorFlow | 5 | 104 | 0 | 233 | +129 |
| Akka | 5 | 102 | 0 | 228 | +126 |
| OpenStack | 5 | 101 | 0 | 207 | +106 |
| Celery | 5 | 99 | 0 | 201 | +102 |
| Embedded Systems | 7 | 79 | 0 | 164 | +85 |
| Vue | 8 | 75 | 0 | 157 | +82 |
| Kubernetes | 18 | 43 | 3 | 94 | +51 |
| Objective-C | 5 | 97 | 1 | 143 | +46 |
| InfluxDB | 5 | 106 | 1 | 150 | +44 |
| Sass | 10 | 68 | 2 | 108 | +40 |
| Tech | Mentions | Rank | Last Year Mentions | Last Year Rank | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lua | 0 | 196 | 5 | 78 | -118 |
| WordPress | 4 | 111 | 7 | 61 | -50 |
| ClojureScript | 3 | 124 | 5 | 77 | -47 |
| R | 6 | 91 | 10 | 48 | -43 |
| Bootstrap | 4 | 114 | 5 | 76 | -38 |
| Scrum | 6 | 94 | 6 | 65 | -29 |
| Rust | 5 | 108 | 5 | 79 | -29 |
| jQuery | 7 | 77 | 10 | 50 | -27 |
| Pandas | 7 | 81 | 8 | 55 | -26 |
| Processing | 14 | 49 | 20 | 24 | -25 |