Microsoft’s multi-language approach is paying off

Microsoft’s multi-language approach is paying off

RedMonk’s latest programming language popularity report says Microsoft’s multi-language approach is paying off, giving the company the “most to crow about” among all vendors.

The report, published this week but reflecting January 2018 data, shows several Microsoft-backed languages high up in the ranking.

Here’s the list of the top 20 languages, judged by the number of StackOverflow tags and number of GitHub projects:

1. JavaScript
2. Java
3. Python
4. PHP
5. C#
6. C++
7. CSS
8. Ruby
9. C
10. Swift
11. Objective-C
12. Shell
13. R
14. TypeScript
15. Scala
16. Go
17. PowerShell
18. Perl
19. Haskell
20. Lua

Noting that PowerShell gained one position, R two and TypeScript three, RedMonk weighed in on the popularity of Microsoft’s programming languages.

“Of all of the vendors represented on this list, Microsoft has by a fair margin the most to crow about,” RedMonk said. “Its ops-oriented language PowerShell continues its steady rise, and R had a bounceback from earlier slight declines. TypeScript, meanwhile, pulled off a contextually impressive three spot jump from #17 to #14. Given that growth in the top 20 comes at a premium, hitting the ranking that a widespread language like R enjoyed in our last rankings is an impressive achievement.

“From a macro perspective, it’s also worth noting that Microsoft is seeing growth across three distinct categories in operations, analytics/data science and application development.It’s a strong indication that Microsoft’s multi-language approach to the broader market is paying dividends.”