GitHub is the home for many software developers across the planet to follow and stay updated with all the new programming languages and trends followed in the world of programming.
The Microsoft-owned company released its annual "State of the Octoverse" report earlier this week that revealed the fastest growing programming languages of 2019.
So now we know the list of the 10 fastest growing programming languages.
10 fastest growing programming languages
Topping the list is Dart, the programming language developed by Google for its mobile, desktop, backend and web applications. Considering Google's efforts to push the Fuchsia operating system, it's quite natural to see a surge in interest in the programming language.
Mold, the most loved programming language in the Stackoverflow survey since 2016, managed to land second on GitHub's list. Developed by Mozilla research, the programming language prioritizes speed, memory security, and parallelism.
Third, we have HCL, a structured configuration language developed by HashiCorp. Its API accepts JSON as input and uses JSON as an interoperability layer instead of reinventing the wheel.
Kotlin, the language that aims to take over Java for Android development secures the fourth position. After the initial learning curve, Android developers tend to prefer Kotlin over Java these days for developing modern apps.
In 2019, no list of programming languages is complete without the presence of JavaScript in one form or another. In fifth place is Typescript, the JS superset developed and maintained by Microsoft.
PowerShell, the shell line commands and the .NET-based scripting language have made it to sixth place on the list. With PowerShell, you can do seamless automation on Windows. PowerShell is available on Linux, macOS, and Windows operating systems.
The object-oriented programming language used by developers at SalesForce, Apex is next on the list. Apex's syntax is similar to Java, making it easy for developers to learn the language without much effort.
Python, a programming language praised by developers for its simplicity while maintaining efficiency. While Python was at the height of its glory last year, it's good to see the language's user base growing steadily.
Surprisingly, Assembly language found its way to this list. For the uninitiated, assembly language is a low-level language that is more specific in nature. The language is generally used to compile source code for high-level languages such as C/C++.
Having knowledge in assembly language can be useful if you need to write compilers for high-level programming languages or if you need to make efficient and optimized IoT projects.
To conclude the list, we have Go/Golang, Google's programming language that allows you to write efficient optimized code, thanks to its collection model.
So, which programming language from the list are you currently learning or working on? Let us know in the comments.