Comments on: Interactive: The Top Programming Languages 2017 – IEEE Spectrum https://www.epanorama.net/blog/2017/07/19/interactive-the-top-programming-languages-2017-ieee-spectrum/ All about electronics and circuit design Thu, 16 Apr 2026 06:23:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.14 By: Tomi Engdahl https://www.epanorama.net/blog/2017/07/19/interactive-the-top-programming-languages-2017-ieee-spectrum/comment-page-1/#comment-1562459 Mon, 11 Sep 2017 15:46:48 +0000 http://www.epanorama.net/newepa/?p=57581#comment-1562459 Java, JavaScript, C#? No, Python is the fastest growing programming language
http://www.zdnet.com/article/java-javascript-c-no-python-is-the-fastest-growing-programming-language/

Python is now the fastest-growing major programming language, according to Stack Overflow.

]]> By: Tomi Engdahl https://www.epanorama.net/blog/2017/07/19/interactive-the-top-programming-languages-2017-ieee-spectrum/comment-page-1/#comment-1555489 Thu, 20 Jul 2017 00:02:32 +0000 http://www.epanorama.net/newepa/?p=57581#comment-1555489 Top Programming Languages 2017: Focus on Jobs
http://spectrum.ieee.org/computing/software/top-programming-languages-2017-focus-on-jobs

]]> By: Tomi Engdahl https://www.epanorama.net/blog/2017/07/19/interactive-the-top-programming-languages-2017-ieee-spectrum/comment-page-1/#comment-1555367 Wed, 19 Jul 2017 07:46:19 +0000 http://www.epanorama.net/newepa/?p=57581#comment-1555367 Universities finally realize that Java is a bad introductory programming language
https://thenextweb.com/dd/2017/04/24/universities-finally-realize-java-bad-introductory-programming-language/#.tnw_rCxo4cg8

Java is popular, certainly, but it’s also extremely clunky and syntactically bloated.

But a new version of the course, CS 106J is based on JavaScript.

According to the University website, “[CS 106J] covers the same material as CS 106A but does so using JavaScript, the most common language for implementing interactive web pages, instead of Java.”

The decision to ditch Java is a laudable one. While there’s a lot to like about it, Java is perhaps the harshest language you can learn as a beginner. In fact, in this respect, it’s straight-up awful.

Because, here’s the thing. Programming is fun – or at least, it should be. It shouldn’t be scary, but rather a fundamentally creative endeavor that can lead to an amazing career.

By teaching Java, you risk associating programming with something tedious and difficult in the minds of beginners, and run the risk of them switching to something less arduous.

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