Issue 6: which mainstream programming language should college students choose

Hello everyone , I'm your old friend, Lao Wang , Today's topic for discussion with you —— Which programming language should college students choose ？

Through this time, I can communicate with the students in the group , It is found that many college students are confused about what programming language they learn , Now Lao Wang takes you to see some suggestions on how to choose the current mainstream programming language , Maybe I can give you some clues .

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Catalog

1、 Technical audition —— Reference programming language wind vane

2、 Technology selection —— Choose your technical base carefully

2.1 Language maturity

2.2  Language practicality

3.3  The future of language development

3、 The essence of Technology —— Make learning programming like a duck to water

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In addition to studying at school C/C++ Outside , Which other mainstream languages should I learn ？ Because there are so many programming languages , It makes it difficult for many people to choose , Especially for students who have not had much practical development experience , It is difficult to have a more intuitive and comprehensive view of the existing language , This also leads to blind adherence to the choice of programming language , I feel like I need to learn , Part of eastern learning , Part of Western learning . But in the end, nothing can be taken .

How should I choose ？ Lao Wang gave the answer one by one from three aspects .

1、 Technical audition —— Reference programming language wind vane

About TIOBE Programming language rankings have always attracted a lot of attention , Because it is the best wind vane for beginners to become programmers .

If you want to test whether your programming language is still popular , Or you want to learn some of the hottest programming languages at the moment , that ,TIOBE The index can provide you with good reference data .

TIOBE Official website

TIOBE The index is a measure of the popularity of current programming languages . The website will be updated once a month . The evaluation criteria are based on the number of global technical engineers 、 Teaching courses and third-party institutional data . For example, Google. 、 Bing Ying 、 Yahoo 、 Wikipedia 、 Amazon 、YouTube And Baidu and other popular search engine data will be used as a reference .

Of course , The ranking just reflects the popularity of a programming language , It doesn't say whether a programming language is good or not . But for beginners, they often choose programming language to learn , Will choose the most popular programming language in the market , After all, this also means that the demand is large and the future development prospects are good .

This list can be used to see if your programming skills are up to date , You can also develop new systems 、 Or as a basis for selecting a programming language .

Be careful ：TIOBE The first place in the index does not mean the best programming language in the world . Here is just a list of the current mainstream languages , It may help you point out the direction of your study .

Let's look at the picture below 2022 year 2 month TIOBE Index ranking .

I remember there was a programming language problem on the Internet before . It's easy to say that you want two programmers to have infighting ： Just ask them one question —— Which programming language is the best ？

Then the merits of technical language will always be the focus of dispute and discussion , Programmers are red in the face , Just to prove that your programming language is omnipotent . 

2、 Technology selection —— Choose your technical base carefully

What are the big data jobs   and How college students with zero foundation should learn big data   In these two articles , Lao Wang also mentioned the direction of technology application in school and the process of College Students' learning programming steps .

Lao Wang personally believes that , In the fine selection of which programming language to learn, you can refer to the following 3 In terms of ：

2.1 Language maturity

The development of language itself should be mature , Easy to understand and master . If the entry threshold is too high or the language itself is not very mature , It's easy to be eliminated in the end . The language itself has been very mature in various industries , There are also relatively complete community and technical documents .

2.2  Language practicality

Language adaptability should be high , Only in this way can it be needed by the industry for a long time . If you choose a cold language , It may not be used for many years , Sometimes it is difficult to find information to solve problems .

3.3  The future of language development

The development prospect is the current popularity . For example, the current big data 、 Artificial intelligence 、 machine learning . Of course, artificial intelligence and machine learning are also big data in nature , Just another concept . In this way, beginners who want to learn can find rich learning tutorials , There are also some very professional learning communities and platforms , It's easier to get the guidance from the experts .

3、 The essence of Technology —— Make learning programming like a duck to water

Whatever the programming language , Once you master two or three programming languages , Learning other languages will be very fast , The principles are interlinked in nature . therefore , After choosing an introductory programming language , It is suggested that we should go deep into the essence of its principles on the basis of learning more , In this way, you can learn other languages like a duck to water , immediate . As the saying goes —— All change is the same .