The survey found that Python is more popular than Java overall. A total of 52% reported using Python this year, compared to 49% who said they used Java. Last year it was 55% to Java and 54% to Python.

There's been an upset in the Octoverse, as Python has unseated JavaScript as the most-used programming language on GitHub.… Python's ascendancy from the number-two slot, which it's held since ...

Until now, VS Code had built-in debugging support for JavaScript, TypeScript, Node.js, and so on, while extensions from the VS Code marketplace enabled support for other languages like Python, Go ...

HubReports, though, has JavaScript, Ruby, Java, Python, and PHP as its top five languages, based on a review of code repositories in GitHub. In this appraisal, C comes in sixth.

Java JavaScript Python Three programming languages have remained the top choices for developers for nearly 30 years, and will for the foreseeable future. Credit: George Dolgikh / Shutterstock ...

A study conducted by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) put Python at the top of the list of favorite languages among such contenders as Java, JavaScript, C++, and Go.