Most Popular Programming Languages, Frameworks, Libraries, And Databases | 2017

Stack Overflow has released its much-anticipated Developer Survey 2017. This year, over 64,000 developers took part in the survey and shared their preferences. The survey revealed that for the fifth time in a row, JavaScript was the most commonly used programming language, followed by SQL and Java. Stack Overflow is the world’s largest online community for programmers where they can learn languages, share code, and help each other. The website also releases its annual developer survey which gives a pretty solid idea of current programming trends, the work lives of developers, their habits and preferences, etc.

Since 2011, Stack Overflow is conducting this survey each year. This year’s survey is the biggest in Stack Overflow’s history with 64,000 developers taking part. Over the course of next few days, I’ll be telling you about some of the major highlights of this survey.

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Most popular programming languages:

For the fifth time in a row, JavaScript has topped the list of the most commonly used programming languages. JavaScript is followed by SQL and Java.
The growth of Python is notable. It has overtaken PHP for the first time in five years. Here’s the list of the most popular programming languages:
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• Python
• Java
• PHP
• JavaScript
• C#
• SQL
• AngularJS
• Swift
• HTML5 & CSS3
• Ruby On Rails

Most popular frameworks, libraries:

In this category, Node.js and AngularJS continue to be the most commonly used technologies:

Most popular databases:

For the first time in its survey, Stack Overflow asked the developers what databases they were using. MySQL and SQL Server turned out to be the biggest databases:

 

Ubuntu 17.04 Zesty Zapus Final Beta Released | Features List

Ubuntu 17.04 Zesty Zapus Final Beta is now available for download. Apart from the flagship Ubuntu Desktop with Unity, Kubuntu Ubuntu GNOME, Lubuntu, Ubuntu Kylin, Ubuntu MATE, Ubuntu Studio, Ubuntu Budgie and Xubuntu have also taken part in this release. The Final Beta is powered by Linux kernel 4.10. The final stable release will ship on April 13, 2016. Canonical has released the final beta of the next release of the world’s most popular open source operating system, i.e., Ubuntu. Codenamed Zesty Zapus, Ubuntu 17.04 stable release is slated to arrive on April 13, 2017. This release will be a short term release and you’ll need to upgrade to a newer version in January 2018.

Here’s the complete release schedule of Ubuntu 17.04 Zesty Zapus:

• 29 December – Alpha 1
• 26 January – Alpha 2
• 16 February – Feature Freeze
• 23 February – First beta
• 9 March – UI Freeze
• 23 March – Final beta
• 30 March – Kernel Freeze
• 9 April – Release Candidate
• 13 April – Stable release

Apart from the flagship Ubuntu Desktop that runs Unity, other flavors like Kubuntu, Ubuntu GNOME, Lubuntu, Ubuntu Kylin, Ubuntu MATE, Ubuntu Studio, Ubuntu Budgie, and Xubuntu have also taken part in the Final Beta release/
Before sharing the download links, let’s tell you about the major features coming to Ubuntu. This is final beta and it gives a pretty good idea of what one should expect in the final release.

New features in Ubuntu 17.04

• Lots of fixes and patches
• New install uses a swap file instead of a swap partition
• gconf no longer installed by default
• Linux kernel 4.10
• Improved hardware compatibility
• Updated default apps like Firefox, Thunderbird, and LibreOffice
• Now 32-bit PowerPC support
• Driverless printing
• Mesa 17 and X.org Server 1.19

WWW Inventor Tells 3 Biggest Threats For The Web, Says We Must Make Changes

According to the inventor of the web, spreading of fake news, decreasing control over personal data, and the rising political advertising are three things needing attention at the moment. No matter the solutions to these things are complex but can be achieved by working together with companies handling such data. Sir Tim Berners-Lee submitted the papers about the world wide web (www) for the first time in 1989. Now, 28 years later, the web has sprouted from a handful names of websites to an ecosystem of more than a billion.

It’s the need of the hour that we must pay attention to what he has to say about the web, especially, about the threats associated with it. Sir Tim Berners-Lee expressed them in the form of a letter written on the occasion of the web’s 28th anniversary. You should give it a read. Below, I’ll be describing the three biggest threats in brief.
Firstly, we are losing control over our personal data which is often given in return to various free service found on the internet. Secondly, we must consider is our current inability of stop the spread of misleading information or “fake news.” Lastly, there is a new industry of political advertising that has surfaced in the recent times. The general public is limited to a few platforms on the web, and it has become to target advertisements for a specific individual(s) based on his likes and interests.
As per their five-year strategy, Sir Tim and the team at the Web Foundation will be investing their efforts to come up with the solution for some of the issues like these.

Say Goodbye To Windows Vista And Ubuntu 12.04, Support Ends In April 2017

It’s time for Microsoft’s Windows Vista and Canonical’s Ubuntu 12.04 LTS to say goodbye to us, as their makers have prepared for their exit. As per the scheduled plans, Windows Vista will stop receiving extended support from Aprill 11 and Ubuntu 12.04 will reach its end of life on April 28. According to an announcement, the five-year life support for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) release ends next month on April 28 and Canonical will stop further support and updates. For the users unable to update their systems immediately, they can leverage the Extended Security Maintenance (ESM) available via Ubuntu Advantage. Alternatively, they can upgrade to newer versions including Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.

In the case of Microsoft Windows Vista, the mainstream support already ended on April 10, 2012. Now, Microsoft is prepared to push the Stop button for Vista’s extended support (already limited) on April 11, 2017, just like we saw in the case on Windows XP in 2014. People can use Windows Vista after April 11 if they’re still using it, but they’ll be left out by Redmond’s security fixes for any newly discovered bugs.
The all-favorite Windows 7 is also running in the extended support cycle till 2020. If you’re still running an older operating system, you might want to switch a newer one like Windows 10