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    10 Programming Languages You Should Learn Right Now---------------------------------------------------

    Among thousands, 10 programming languages stand out for their job marketabilityand wide use. If you're looking to boost your career or learn something new, start here.

    Knowing a handful of programming languages is seen by many as a harbor in a jobmarket storm, solid skills that will be marketable as long as the languages are.

    Yet, there is beauty in numbers. While there may be developers who have had riches heaped on them by knowing the right programming language at the right time inthe right place, most longtime coders will tell you that periodically learninga new language is an essential part of being a good and successful Web developer.

    "One of my mentors once told me that a programming language is just a programming language. It doesnt matter if youre a good programmer, its the syntax that matters," Tim Huckaby, CEO of San Diego-based software engineering company CEO Inte

    rknowlogy.com, told eWEEK.

    However, Huckaby said that while his company is "swimming" in work, hes having anearly impossible time finding recruits, even on the entry level, that know specific programming languages.

    "Were hiring like crazy, but were not having an easy time. Were just looking forattitude and aptitude, kids right out of school that know .Net, or even Java, because with that we can train them on .Net," said Huckaby.

    "Dont get fixated on one or two languages. When I started in 1969, FORTRAN, COBOL and S/360 Assembler were the big tickets. Today, Java, C and Visual Basic are.In 10 years time, some new set of languages will be the in thing. At last count,

    I knew/have learned over 24 different languages in over 30 years," Wayne Duqaine, director of Software Development at Grandview Systems, of Sebastopol, Calif.,told eWEEK.

    By picking the brains of Web developers and IT recruiters, eWEEK selected 10 programming languages that are a bonus for developers to add to their resumes. Evenbetter, theyre great jumping-off points, with loads of job opportunities for younger recruits.

    1. PHP# What it is: An open-source, interpretive, server-side, cross-platform, HTML scripting language, especially well-suited for Web development as it can be embedd

    ed into HTML pages.# Why you should learn it: Its particularly widely used. "High-speed scripting with caching, augmented with compiled code plug-ins (such as can be done with Perl and PHP) is where the future is. Building Web apps from scratch using C or COBOL is going the way of the dinosaur," said Duquaine.# Job availabilities: 1,152*

    2. C## What it is: A general-purpose, compiled, object-oriented programming languagedeveloped by Microsoft as part of its .NET initiative, it evolved from C and C++# Why you should learn it: Its an essential part of the .Net framework. "Learning C#, which is just Java with a different name plate, is critical if you heavilyuse Microsoft," said Duquaine.

    # Job availabilities: 5,111

    3. AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML)

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    # What it is: Though technically not a programming language, AJAX uses XHTML orHTML, JavaScript and XML to create interactive Web applications.# Why you should learn it: Ever since Google Maps put AJAX, well, on the map, the requests for AJAX-knowledgeable pros went through the roof. "The demand for AJAX knowledge is huge because its so damned hard to learn," said Huckaby. Of note, Microsoft announced recently plans to release a tool named Atlas that will make AJAX easier to implement. "If Microsofts Atlas tool is successful, it would br

    ing the extreme complexity and annoyance of AJAX to the average worker," said Huckaby.# Job availabilities : 1,106

    4. JavaScript# What it is: Not to be confused with Java, JavaScript is a an object-oriented,scripting programming language that runs in the Web browser on the client side.Its smaller than Java, with a simplified set of commands, easier to code and doesnt have to be compiled.# Why you should learn it: Embedded into HTML, its used in millions of Web pagesto validate forms, create cookies, detect browsers and improve the design. Withits simplicity to learn as well as wide use, its considered a great bang for yo

    ur educational buck.# Job availabilities: 4,406

    5. Perl# What it is: Perl is an open-source, cross-platform, server-side interpretive programming language used extensively to process text through CGI programs.# Why you should learn it: Perls power in processing of piles of text has made it very popular and widely used to write Web server programs for a range of tasks. "Learning some form of scripting language, such as Perl or PHP is critical ifyou are doing Web apps," said Duquaine.# Job availabilities: 4,810

    6. C

    # What it is: A standardized, general-purpose programming language, its one of the most pervasive languages and the basis for several others (such as C++).# Why you should learn it: "Learning C is crucial. Once you learn C, making thejump to Java or C# is fairly easy, because a lot of the syntax is common. Also,a lot of C syntax is used in scripting languages," said Duquaine.# Job availabilities: 6,164, including all derivatives

    7. Ruby and Ruby on Rails# What they are: Ruby is a dynamic, object-oriented, open-source programming language; Ruby on Rails is an open-source Web application framework written in Rubythat closely follows the MVC (Model-View-Controller) architecture.# Why you should learn it: With a focus on simplicity, productivity and lettingthe computers do the work, in a few years, its usage has spread quickly. As a bonus, many find it easy to learn.# Job availabilities : 210 and 54, respectively

    8. Java# What it is: An object-oriented programming language developed by James Goslingand colleagues at Sun Microsystems in the early 1990s.# Why you should learn it: Hailed by many developers as a "beautiful" language,it is central to the non-.Net programming experience. "Learning Java is criticalif you are non-Microsoft," said Duquaine.# Job availabilities: 14,408

    9. Python

    # What it is: An interpreted, dynamically object-oriented, open-source programming language that utilizes automatic memory management.# Why you should learn it: Designed to be a highly readable, minimalist language

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    , many say it has a sense of humor (spam and eggs, rather than foo and bar), Python is used extensively by Google as well as in academia because of its syntactic simplicity.# Job availabilities: 811

    10. VB.Net (Visual Basic .Net)# What it is: An object-oriented language implemented on Microsofts .Net framewo

    rk.# Why you should learn it: Most argue that VB.Net is currently more popular thanever and one of the only "must-learns." "It is currently dominating in adoptionand that is where all the work is," said Huckaby.# Job availabilities: 2,090

    * All numbers on job availability were pulled from nationwide queries on Dice.com, a job site for technology professionals.

    Source:http://www.eweek.com/c/a/IT-Management/10-Programming-Languages-You-Should-Learn-Right-Now/