JavaScript and Java scored high as both most liked and most disliked programming languages in JetBrains’ State of the Developer Ecosystem survey. Perl was far and away the most disliked language.

1. Java is easy to learn Every programming language comes with a learning curve, but Java shares many similarities with C, C++ and JavaScript. Anyone with experience in any of those languages will ...

JetBrains asked developers to pick up to three languages they consider their primary programming language. In this context, JavaScript comes out on top (39%), followed Java (37%), and Python (31%).

JavaScript has eclipsed Java as the most-learned language among developers, according to a report released week by technical recruiter HackerRank. Based on an online survey of 71,281 developers ...

Obviously, with the course only being a few weeks old, it’s too early to tell. But one thing is clear. Although Java thrives in the real world, it’s dying as an introductory programming language.

Java is more robust and can be used as the sole programming language for an application, while JavaScript is a lightweight scripting language that adds functionality -- like a Java applet -- onto ...

JavaScript is still by far the most widely used programming language among developers, and Python has cemented its spot in second place ahead of Java, according to a large survey by developer ...

By contrast, JavaScript and Java appeared in 4.8 and 2.6 percent of all discussions on distributed ledger development. Here is the top 10 breakdown of mentions by percentage: ...

Java advantages Here are the top 10 modern advantages of Java, the JVM and the JDK: Java is open source. Java is community driven. Java is fast and high-performance. Java is easy to learn. Java is ...