1. JavaScript

Level: Beginner to Intermediate

Platform: Cross-platform (Desktop, Mobile, Web)

Benefits:

• Easy to learn and implement
• Used everywhere on the web
• Can run immediately within the client-side browser
• Reduces the demand on the website server

Uses: Widely used; highly applicable

2. Python

Level: It enables a beginner to become productive quickly

Platform: Web, Desktop

Benefits:

• Flexible
• Naturally/Intuitively readable
• Highly regarded official tutorials and documentation
• Scripted as opposed to compiled

Uses: Popular in both technical education and business use

3. Go

Level: Beginner to Intermediate

Platform: Cross-platform, mainly desktop

Benefits:

• Widely considered a “minimalist” language
• Easy to learn
• Transparent code
• Compatible and Fast

Uses:

• Widely used; highly applicable

4. Java

Level: Intermediate

Platform: Web, Mobile, Desktop

Benefits:

• Regarded as a good start for learning to think like a programmer and gain coding skills
• You’ll be able to access/manipulate the most important computer functions.

Uses:

• Widely used, highly applicable

5. Kotlin

Level: Intermediate to advance

Platform: Web, Mobile, Desktop, Server

Benefits:

• Less code-heavy than Java and other languages
• Relatively easy to adopt
• Fully compatible with Java

Uses:

• Widely used; highly applicable

6. PHP

Level: Beginner to Intermediate

Platform: Cross-platform (Desktop, Mobile, Web)

Benefits:

• Open-source
• Easy to develop
• Cost effective
• Flexible with database connectivity

Uses:

• While it’s used by the vast majority of websites

7. Swift

Level: Beginner to Intermediate

Platform: Mobile (Apple iOS app)

Benefits:

• Relatively easy to learn
• Clean syntax
• Less code and Open Source
• Faster than comparable programming languages

Uses:

• Used extensively for creating iOS apps

8. Ruby

Level: Beginner

Platform: Web

Benefits:

• Flexible
• The syntax is considered easy to read and write (no specialized “vocabulary” to get started)
• Enforces good programming style

Uses:

• Least broadly used

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