Top 10 most popular software development technologies

Software development is turning out to be a vital domain where the survival and death of frameworks, programming languages, as well as technologies are short-lived. The market requirements are constantly changing and the demand for skilled developers is increasing. Here are some of the software development technologies that are growing in popularity. 

• AngularJS

AngularJS features a Model-View-ViewModel (MVVM) framework that is based on JavaScript. It is developed by Google and is ideal for developing deeply interactive web apps. It can run on any of the browser environments regardless of the platform.

• Java

Java is used widely for Android application development and enterprise software development. Java is the fundamental part of all android devices and has been the popular programming language for more than two decades now.

• Swift

With the growing popularity of iOS, the demand for Swift is also increasing. Swift is a profitable career for those who are interested in iOS app development. It is considered to be the latest programming language of Apple.

• Ruby on Rails

Ruby on Rails is one of the popular programming languages that is preferred by employers. The software is a web application framework made especially for rapid prototyping. Thus, programmers can test and build different site concepts efficiently.

• Git

Git is a highly popular technology widely used for software development. It is mainly used to store various codes. It is ideal as a version control system and uses SHA-1 cryptographic technique to manage security.

• C++

C++ is an extensive use of the popular C language and is a complex language. It is widely used in tasks like server infrastructure, operating systems, game development, etc. It is a very flexible and efficient programming language.

• C#

C# is also known as C Sharp and is considered to be an object-oriented language based on the C foundation. It is widely used for native Microsoft applications. It is also ideal for developing cross-platform apps.

• Python

It features readable code and therefore, is the favorite programming language of several developers around the world. It is very easy to learn and is well-structured. The giants like Google and NASA use Python.

• PHP

This is a server-side scripting language preferred by a lot of web developers. PHP allows users to develop simple websites. Many large companies like Yahoo, Facebook, and Wikipedia use PHP as their backend tool. It is said that 80% of the sites on the internet use PHP for some or other activities.

• SQL

SQL stands for Standard Query Language and is ideal for manipulating, retrieving, and updating data in the databases. There is a backend database for most of the applications and SQL allows you to collaborate with the data in the databases. There is no basic programming language such as looping in SQL and therefore, it cannot be considered a programming language in terms of technicality. Extensions such as PL/SQL can be used to bring that ability. The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) considers SQL as a standard for an effective relational database management system.