Are you thinking of learning a programming language? Which one should you learn? If you want to get a job programming you would be wise to choose a language that is popular now and likely to be popular in the future.

If you have a look at YouTube you will find a video called Top Programming Languages in 2020. Here Mosh Hamedani chooses the following three languages based on Google trends and various studies.

• Python
• Java
• JavaScript

Python

Python is well-suited for machine-learning and AI. Python is a multi-purpose language. Compared to other programming languages, Python is easy to learn. For absolute beginners, the code is easy to learn because it is not as verbose as C# or Java, for example. Python can be used to build web, desktop and mobile applications. However, there are bette languages to use for mobile and desktop applcations.

Java

Java is well-suited for building enterprise applications. Java is very popular and therefore has a large code base. You can use Java to develop Android applications. Java is a programming language first released by Sun Microsystems back in 1995 and has been hugely popular for almost two decades.

JavaScript

Is used for building web applications and cross-platform mobile applications. It can be used to develop web, mobile and desktop applications. JavaScript really shines in web and mobile application development. Using JavaScript and React Native you can build apps for iOS and Andriod using one code base: JavaScript. This reduces costs. However, if you really want to take advantage of all the features of a platform (iOS or Android) then you should use the specific languages for that platform. Apple iOS uses Swift and Android uses Java.