We aggregated data from nine rankings to produce the ZDNET Index of Programming Language Popularity. Here's which languages came out on top and what to make of this information.

According to the PYPL index, C# had the biggest growth in 2012, rising more than 2.3 percent, by far the biggest growth of any language over the past year, surpassing Java, PHP and C++.

The Tiobe index rating for C# grew nearly 2% in the past 12 months, while the rating for C fell by nearly the same amount. Microsoft’s C# programming language has seen a spike in popularity ...

In fact, the same four languages that top the December 2018 list also lead the December 2019 list in the exact same order: Java, C, Python and C++. It isn't until position No. 5 that we see some ...

There are dozens of coding languages in wide use today, and as an aspiring engineer, or someone who wants to dabble in tech, it can be difficult to know where to start. This week Coding Dojo, a ...