Python is enjoying increasing popularity. (Photo: Trismegist san / Shutterstock.com)
The Tiobe Index ranks programming languages according to their popularity. For the first time in more than 20 years, Python has ousted the pioneers C and Java from 1st and 2nd places.
The Tiobe indicator is an indicator of the popularity of programming languages. Among other things, the frequency of web searches for the language along with the keyword “programming” is used as a metric. It is intended to serve as a guidance aid for developers – eg when deciding on the correct programming language to create a new software system.
Now, for the first time in more than 20 years, Python has knocked out the previous frontrunners Java and C from the top spot. Python started as a simple scripting language over 30 years ago. It was developed by Guido van Rossum, who is still a member of the oversight body that was founded in 2019. In the meantime, Python has a large number of additional libraries and tools and is increasingly being used in relatively new fields such as data science, machine learning, and data analysis. Its syntax, which has been optimized for its comprehension and readability from the start, also contributes to the growing interest in the programming language. Python is also constantly evolving and has a vibrant community. Just this month, the language has been supplemented with exciting features with the final release of version 3.10. This includes matching known structural patterns from languages such as Haskell or C, which should be particularly useful to data workers.
The Tiobe programming community index is updated once a month. In addition to the number of searches made on Google, according to YouTube itself, the number of qualified developers using the language worldwide is also included in the calculation. Compared to October 2020, Python now takes two places and has moved up from third place in the previous first C and over Java, which had to relinquish the second place to C last year. How the ranking has evolved over the past few years and more detailed information on how to calculate the ranking can be found Linked website.
