According to Coding Dojo's annual Top Programming Languages report, PHP hit an all-time low. Python continues to dominate the top position.

Developers often dispute the merits of SQL as a legitimate programming language, but this misses the point. SQL is a powerful 4GL for accessing data.

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.

In 2018, it was pointed out to Jansen that SQL was Turing complete, and so should be listed as a programming language on the index. Because it was used so much in databases, SQL returned to the ...

traffic_analyzer/Getty Images. If you want a programming job, you better ensure you're proficient in SQL, Python, and Java.That's according to the 2024 IEEE Spectrum Top Programming Languages ...

SQL is neither the fastest nor the most elegant way to talk to databases, but it is the best way we have. Here’s why Today, Structured Query Language is the standard means of manipulating and ...