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I am a college student majoring in computer science. I have realised that not everything is taught in a classroom, therefore I don't know which language should I pick up next. I studied C, Java, SQL, HTML. I am currently learning CSS, but what should be next?
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Wayne’s Answer

Hi So24fia. That's a pretty impressive list. You may want to consider Python and JavaScript next. These are some of the in-demand programming languages that are generating the most jobs today.

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Anna’s Answer

C# is also a pretty good language to know, it'll pair well wit your HTML/CSS/SQL experience :)
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Jonathan’s Answer

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You seem to have wide experience in several languages. I would suggest taking a look at C++, as it builds upon C and is widely used in the industry. In addition, I would also advise you to take a look at some scripting languages, such as Javascript or Python. Good luck!
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Shweta’s Answer

I will suggest python next

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Buddhima’s Answer

I'd also suggest building projects to practice what you've learned. Code something to solve a problem that you or someone you know has. This will help you get good at languages.
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Zhuoxi’s Answer

Hi! I'm glad that you studied C and Java for backend; SQL for database; HTML and CSS for frontend. My suggestion will be different depending on whether you want to be backend developer or frontend developer or maybe full-stack. Just for your information, full-stack developer works in both backend and frontend.

Backend: I am suggesting you learn Golang as the next step. Golang now is used by many companies since it is a modern language. Also, many companies are developing their microservices, and K8S is written by Golang.

Frontend: Javascript/Typescript. They are very similar languages. Explain in a simple way, Typescript is the "typed" version of Javascript. They are the most popular tools in Frontend along with React Framework.
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Sherin’s Answer

I'd suggest Python and C++
Thank you comment icon Hey Sherin, can you elaborate on why you suggest these two? That might help this student make their decision Gurpreet Lally, Admin
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Josh’s Answer

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What you should learn next is completely dependent on what you want to get into. If you want to do full stack work, I'd recommend Javascript, typescript, some framework like react or angular. If you want to do anything data related I'd highly recommend both Python and R. Generally though I think Python is a great language thats easy to learn and likely to be useful for you in the future.
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Rebecca’s Answer

Thank you for your question. I am glad that you have learnt so many programming languages. The languages you have learnt are the most popular ones already.
Different programming languages have different purpose, e.g. SQL is on database, C is more on system related, javascripts is more popular for web related, etc. It is really subject to what do you to do programming.
On the other hand, there are other new programming emerges in addition to tradition ones, e.g. Python, Lua, etc. that subject to the platforms. For example, Lua is used for programming on a gaming platform Roblox, etc.
If you can keen to learn more, you can explore what the popular platform and languages. Also, practices makes perfect. You can start learning the programming languages and start the programming. There are something new coming out everyday in Tech. You have to have an open minded and keep yourself up to date.
Good Luck! Hope this helps!
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Ryan’s Answer

I would take a look at what languages are in demand in the field you want to go into, and in your region. From there, I would look into where you see that language going in the next 5 years, and then learn the language and build a project to showcase your abilities in it. In building your own project you will also be motivated to learn some of the intricacies that you might not otherwise learn by following tutorials.
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Ilya’s Answer

Hi So24fia,

This is a great question. I think it really depends on what you want to do for a living. If you want to do data science, then Python is probably your best bet. If you're interested in building the user-facing side of websites - the UI, then I would recommend JavaScript and/or TypeScript. That's the basis of pretty much every front-end framework out there, so that will be very beneficial for you. If you want to build servers for web apps, I would...still recommend JavaScript/TypeScript as those are frequently used on the backend as well. Learning JavaScript gives you a lot of bang for your buck because that language is used in many different areas of software development.

In my opinion, focusing on a particular language is secondary. Really ask yourself what you want to do with your career and what kinds of problems you're interested in solving. You'll often find that for a given domain there is a commonly used language.

A good resource for seeing at a glance what languages are popular/unpopular is the annual StackOverflow programmer survey. Of course, the results may be a little biased, since not everyone in this industry answers surveys, but I think it's good at pointing out general trends. Here's a link to the most recent one: https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2022/overview

Good luck!
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