Python has surpassed Java as the top language used to introduce U.S. students to programming and computer science, according to a recent survey posted by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).

On the topic of talent, Hasemi added: “Python web developers may not be as plentiful as PHP or Java, but notably tend to be a lot less hyperspecialized, especially compared to PHP.

Python maintains its runaway top ranking in the Tiobe index of programming language popularity, while older languages ...

Elsewhere in the TIOBE Index leaderboard, Python retains its vast lead over the rest of the top 10. Delph/Object Pascal fell in popularity month over month from 2.15% in TIOBE’s proprietary ...

Python beats Java to become second-most popular programming language The TIOBE Index ranks the popularity of programming languages based on the number of skilled engineers worldwide, courses, and ...

The Visual Studio Code dev team was apparently on to something when it went all in on Python several years ago: It's poised to upend perennial No. 2 Java in the popular TIOBE Index of programming ...

A big new developer survey shows that Python has finally passed Java in the programming language popularity wars, propelled by its heavy use in machine learning and data science projects. "Python has ...