followed by 28% who nominate Python as the next target. SEE: Six in-demand programming languages: Getting started (free PDF) Other languages high on the learning priority list include Kotlin ...

Credit: Pavel L Photo and Video / Shutterstock Over the course of 2024, Python has proven again and again why it’s one of the most popular, useful, and promising programming languages out there.

“I CERTAINLY didn’t set out to create a language that was intended for mass consumption,” says Guido van Rossum, a Dutch computer scientist who devised Python, a programming ...