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May Highlights

Saturday, May 3, 2014

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Python is the winner, its third win in the last six months as it and JavaScript continue to battle it out. The top 5 remains very similar, with Android, iOS and Ruby maintaining a very consistent presence. node.js and Rails reign supreme for server-side web development, with node now a fixture in the top 10 while AngularJS has established itself firmly in the top 10 after a meteoric rise this past 12-18 months.

Mobile balance

Even though Android outsells iOS devices by a comfortable margin, when we look at Android vs iOS in the HN job posts, each platform remains basically equal. This is another indicator that for what iOS lacks in market share, it makes up for with engagement.

Rise of the Full Stack Developer

One of the advantages of looking at job posts as an indicator vs books or open-source repositories is looking at language which encompasses many different technologies. In this case, the term, Full Stack, is in the top 10 for the first time after steadily growing in recent months.

No NoSQL champ yet

While the debate about using various NoSQL solutions continues, the traditional relational databases, Postgresql and MySQL (compared with MongoDB), are still the top picks for data access.

JavaScript Frameworks

The choice of front-end JavaScript framework can often be a contentious one, but AngularJS is emerging as the clear current most popular choice as it pulls away from backbone and Ember fails to make any headway.


Tech Rank Last Month Change Last Year Change
Python 1 2 +1 2 +1
JavaScript 2 1 -1 1 -1
Android 3 5 +2 6 +3
iOS 4 3 -1 5 +1
Ruby 5 4 -1 3 -2
Rails 6 6 0 4 -2
AngularJS 7 9 +2 37 +30
node.js 8 8 0 16 +8
Java 9 7 -2 7 -2
Full Stack 10 24 +14 18 +8
CSS 11 11 0 8 -3
passionate 12 18 +6 14 +2
Postgresql 13 16 +3 33 +20
DevOps 14 23 +9 25 +11
MySQL 15 10 -5 15 0
Machine Learning 16 22 +6 24 +8
linux 17 12 -5 13 -4
PHP 18 14 -4 11 -7
api 19 26 +7 29 +10
Front End 20 29 +9 17 -3
Tech Mentions Rank Last Year Mentions Last Year Rank Change
Apache 5 66 0 181 +115
Ansible 8 53 1 113 +60
statistics 10 48 3 83 +35
AngularJS 43 7 13 37 +30
Scrum 5 65 2 91 +26
Shell 6 61 2 87 +26
R 8 51 4 72 +21
NLP 7 57 3 78 +21
Clojure 11 46 5 66 +20
Postgresql 28 13 19 33 +20
Tech Mentions Rank Last Year Mentions Last Year Rank Change
Riak 0 151 6 58 -93
Spring 3 96 6 59 -37
Erlang 3 91 7 55 -36
Ember 4 71 12 39 -32
memcached 3 88 7 57 -31
TDD 3 93 5 65 -28
Asp 4 79 7 56 -23
jQuery 18 31 35 10 -21
Perl 4 83 6 62 -21
Back End 4 69 8 50 -19

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