The TIOBE index is an established ranking system used as a measure for the popularity of programming languages. According to the TIOBE Company, the firm behind the index, 2015 was Java's year, who outmuscled C for the top spot.
Java was not only the overall winner for 2015, but compared to last year, Java also recorded the biggest ranking change with a 5.94% growth.
Java, who was the dominant programming language at the start of the 2000s, lost face to C in the past few three years. The recent resurgence can be easily attributed to the Android ecosystem, who helped drive Java's popularity up once again after Android-based smartphones started dominating the mobile market.
In a similar programming languages ranking system managed by PYPL, Java also ranked first at the end of 2015, but the PYPL index declared Python as the most popular language during the past year, with a growth of popularity of 1.1%, compared to Java's 0.4%.
On the other side of the spectrum, the TIOBE index declared Objective-C as 2015's biggest loser with -5.88%, while PYPL gave that title to PHP with -0.7%.
Also today, DB-Engine, another ranking service that focuses on database management systems, declared Oracle as the Database of the Year for 2015.
Java was not only the overall winner for 2015, but compared to last year, Java also recorded the biggest ranking change with a 5.94% growth.
Java, who was the dominant programming language at the start of the 2000s, lost face to C in the past few three years. The recent resurgence can be easily attributed to the Android ecosystem, who helped drive Java's popularity up once again after Android-based smartphones started dominating the mobile market.
In a similar programming languages ranking system managed by PYPL, Java also ranked first at the end of 2015, but the PYPL index declared Python as the most popular language during the past year, with a growth of popularity of 1.1%, compared to Java's 0.4%.
On the other side of the spectrum, the TIOBE index declared Objective-C as 2015's biggest loser with -5.88%, while PYPL gave that title to PHP with -0.7%.
Also today, DB-Engine, another ranking service that focuses on database management systems, declared Oracle as the Database of the Year for 2015.
