We aggregated data from nine rankings to produce the ZDNET Index of Programming Language Popularity. Here's which languages came out on top and what to make of this information.

WhiteHat Security, a Web security company, recently announced the latest edition of the “WhiteHat Security Website Security Statistics Report,” which takes a deeper look into the security of a number ...

As we've discussed, lower-level languages are more efficient on their own, but as you're calculating programming language efficiency, make sure to include energy consumption from the compiler ...

Let me also make clear that, when I talk about the best "web programming languages," I am not focused on markup and stylesheet languages, like HTML and CSS. They are essential to know if you do web ...

Web applications may one day surpass desktop applications in function and usability — if developers have more programming languages to choose from, according to a Google engineer. “You should ...

The range of programming languages is wide, with some languages used in specific contexts, but some more general. For example, Java can implement applications for both the Web and the desktop.

Web applications may one day surpass desktop applications in function and usability—if developers have more programming languages to choose from, according to a Google engineer. “You should ...

There are other rankings out there, including one published by Statista, an aggregator of surveys, which put HTML and SQL in the top three most used programming languages, after JavaScript.

The new language is Curl. Its creators at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology claim that the fledgling technology can speed up the delivery of applications over the web by up to 10 times.

The one standout is Cold Fusion Markup Language, which is part of Adobe’s Cold Fusion Web application development environment. Technologists differ on what exactly is a scripting language.

As 2011 approaches, eWEEK takes a look at the top 18 programming languages for developers going into the new year. This list is filled with the tried and true. In some instances, some observers ...