Which Scripting Languages Are Hot Now

October 17, 2011
By Developer.com Staff

It used to be that serious developers mocked scripting languages as good only for patch-up jobs, but these days scripting languages are a popular option for Web and application developments. However, not all scripting languages are created equal. Which ones offer the best bets? Here's a run-down of scripting language popularity based on programmer surveys, commit logs, search engine traffic and book sales data from O'Reilly:

Hot

JavaScript
Python
Scala
R
PHP

Lukewarm

Ruby

Not Hot

Action Script
Perl

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