Will JavaScript be the most used programming language in the 2030 Stack Overflow Developer Survey?

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Each year since 2011, the programming Q&A website Stack Overflow has conducted a survey of its users. Among the questions included, developers are asked to list all programming languages that they regularly use. For the previous eight years, JavaScript has topped this list. While neither the 'most loved' or 'most dreaded', JavaScript is described (in the survey results) as the 'most common': in 2020, 67.7% of all respondents reported having used it.

However, technology develops, and developer tastes evolve. Will Javascript's dominance continue for another decade? This question asks:

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Each year since 2011, the programming Q&A website Stack Overflow has conducted a survey of its users. Among the questions included, developers are asked to list all programming languages that they regularly use. For the previous eight years,...

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