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The state of programming languages and frameworks

As a professional software delivery person, I like to keep on top of technology trends and "where the market might be going". Over the last decade and a half, quite a few languages and frameworks have come and gone and very few have had any real staying power. In order to be marketable and knowledgable in things that "people want to know", I generally find the Tiobe index and Google Trends to excellent resources in gauging popularity. In my analysis this year, I've established that relatively speaking, they are in agreement, so I'm going to use google trends (as the charts are easier to embed) to elaborate. Programming Languages Before digging into frameworks, there is the notion of "which language" is most popular? In this regard, java has been dominant and looks to remain so for a long time. While there is a downward trend, every major language has had it's mindshare diminished, I can only imagine because of the explosion of alt