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October Highlights

Friday, October 3, 2014

JavaScript, JavaScript, JavaScript. For the sixth month in 2014, JavaScript takes the top spot. Python is still hanging around in its usual #2 spot. In terms of big movers this month, Rails picked up a big gain to take #3 which, I believe is the highest its ever risen. Also, Java made a big jump to #4 after falling out of the top 10 last month.

Programming Languages

Compare JavaScript, Python, Ruby and Java
Compare C++, Scala, Clojure and Go

Of note with programming languages, Scala tied up with C++ as the fifth most popular language. Combine it with Java (#3 programming lang) and Clojure (#8 programming lang) and the JVM ecosystem is showing some strength.

Server-side Frameworks

Compare Rails, node.js, PHP and Django

It looked like node.js had all the momentum in August, beating Rails for the first time. But, for the past two months, Rails has roared back to take a commanding lead, so looks like the August win for node.js as an anomaly.

JavaScript Frameworks

Compare AngularJS, Backbone, Ember and jQuery

The slide of jQuery continues with both AngularJS and Backbone.js now more popular than it.

SQL Databases

Compare Postgresql, MySQL and SQL Server

NoSQL Databases

Compare Mongodb, Cassandra, Riak and CouchDB

DevOps Tools

Compare Chef, Puppet, Ansible and the DevOps term itself

No changes here with the top DevOps tools. For the third month in a row it went Chef, Ansible and Puppet.


Tech Rank Last Month Change Last Year Change
JavaScript 1 1 0 1 0
Python 2 2 0 2 0
Rails 3 6 +3 4 +1
Java 4 11 +7 7 +3
Ruby 5 3 -2 3 -2
Android 6 5 -1 5 -1
iOS 7 4 -3 6 -1
AngularJS 8 7 -1 10 +2
passionate 9 10 +1 8 -1
CSS 10 8 -2 21 +11
MySQL 11 15 +4 12 +1
Front End 12 28 +16 19 +7
Agile 13 34 +21 28 +15
linux 14 9 -5 20 +6
Full Stack 15 14 -1 29 +14
AWS 16 13 -3 17 +1
node.js 17 12 -5 9 -8
DevOps 18 30 +12 31 +13
passion 19 21 +2 18 -1
Postgresql 20 25 +5 13 -7
Tech Mentions Rank Last Year Mentions Last Year Rank Change
Ansible 10 54 1 135 +81
Docker 12 43 3 89 +46
Maven 5 77 1 118 +41
Haskell 5 70 2 102 +32
Back End 18 36 6 67 +31
Shell 8 62 3 90 +28
Distributed Systems 15 39 7 64 +25
statistics 10 53 5 74 +21
Spring 10 51 6 72 +21
REST 26 23 15 40 +17
Tech Mentions Rank Last Year Mentions Last Year Rank Change
Grunt 1 137 5 78 -59
WordPress 1 117 8 59 -58
Tomcat 3 94 7 63 -31
R 2 105 5 76 -29
nginx 5 76 11 49 -27
Solr 4 80 8 58 -22
Mongodb 17 37 31 16 -21
Sass 8 63 13 43 -20
Data Mining 3 86 6 66 -20
jQuery 21 30 36 11 -19

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