What should I focus on to learn programming for 2015?

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Focus on learning more JavaScript.


According to Stack Overflow's 2015 survey of 26,000+ developers, at least half of developers are web developers:


And JavaScript is by far the most popular technology:


Unless you're really concerned about performance at scale, stick with stacks you know and focus on mastering JavaScript. Learn a client-side JavaScript tool like AngularJS or ReactJS. Then you can build modern Single Page Applications and just consume an API written in whichever backend language you've chosen.

Some people may try to dissuade you from mastering JavaScript. Just keep in mind the famous quote from Bjarne Stroustrup, the creator of C++:

There are only two kinds of programming languages: those people always bitch about and those nobody uses.​



And there are definitely a lot of people using JavaScript these days!



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