Trends are something everyone tries to keep up with, especially if these relate to software development. We conducted a software development industry analysis to find out what trends are dominating in 2022.
Java and JVM are the programmers’ favorites
Since its development in the mid-’90s, Java has climbed the ranks of the top software development technologies in demand and has been occupying first place in the list of the most popular programming languages for years. The explanation can be pure and simple “Write once, run everywhere”. Thanks to its high security, many large enterprises have adopted Java, and such leading service providers as Google, Microsoft, and Amazon support it for app development. Among such advantages as stability, extremely wide use in Android App Development, automatic memory allocation, and a variety of open-source libraries, Java has one more — a high degree of platform independence due to the JVM feature. Many popular programming languages such as Kotlin, Scala, and Groovy use JVM as their runtime. Though, having no competitors in matters of stability and trust, Java remains on top of software trends in 2020, making developers carefully watch and master every single latest technology in Java programming.
Rust, Java, Kotlin, TypeScript take top positions
We have already mentioned the stable popularity of Java, but there are many more modern software technologies that are acquiring their popularity. For example, Kotlin. Since Google officially named it a “first-class” language for Android development, the amount of ‘Kotlin’ job positions has significantly grown, meaning that anyone who looks for an Android-related position should learn it.
Another language that is attaining popularity is a superset of JavaScript — TypeScript. TypeScript is an object-oriented language, prone to fewer errors, and offers support for JavaScript libraries, that’s why its usage increased from 20.8% to 46.7% in the period from 2016 to 2018.
One of the most preferred languages according to Stack Overflow Developer Survey is Rust — an open-source, memory-safe, and learning-friendly. Rust community is a group of people who care not just about making it a good set of libraries but about making systems programming easy and safe. That’s why its popularity is not surprising.