Programming Language reviews from Reddit

Summary

We analyzed 344 Reddit reviews across 31 subreddits and 56 posts to rank the best Programming Language brands recommended by redditors, including communities like r/learnprogramming, r/commandline, r/excel, r/AskProgramming, r/ProgrammingBuddies. Top-rated brands include Python (4.6/5), Java (4.2/5), JavaScript (3.9/5).

Stats

Reviews344

Subreddits31

Posts56

Brands69

Products27

Top communities

r/learnprogramming162 r/commandline25 r/excel23 r/AskProgramming17 r/ProgrammingBuddies12

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Python

4.6

(132)

"✅ **Python & R** are useful if you're in a data-driven role."

"Python"

"Well python because its python Easy to learn and understand Many uses and can be/is used mostly everywhere."

"I think using a language that isn't syntax or boilerplate heavy at first is beneficial."

"As someone already answered, Python is the easiest way."

"Just use Python, it’s not that scary."

"Python, not python in excel. Simple and easy to understand."

"I much prefer using Python scripts over VBA for splitting and formatting Excel files."

"Python, pandas dataframe"

"Python for anything Machine Learning related"

Java

4.2

(29)

"Java is the evergreen answer."

"Daniel Liang for JAVA, make sure it is the "comprehensive " edition"

"If DSA is your priority then definitely Java."

"Take java, don't think twice."

"Java has a very mature ecosystem for building cloud services."

"Java is my favorite for interviews."

"Java/Kotlin/Python are really good for both."

"I’d recommend Java with Quarkus and GraalVM. It offers fast startup times, very low memory usage, and you can ship and deploy with a single binary!"

"Combing java with java script will make you do a more variety of works and projects."

"Java is amazing for GUIs. Take a look at all of JetBrains IDEs - they're all written with Java GUI frameworks."

JavaScript

3.9

(22)

"I’d say JavaScript because you can use it for both frontend and backend."

"JavaScript is the obvious choice unless you work with data in which case it's Python."

"Learn JavaScript, it is indeed the most versatile."

"I recommend starting with JavaScript because it works across a variety of environments."

"Rust, Go, JS and Python are good too."

"React is a library of js that help with dynamic ui."

"Opt for JavaScript; don't overthink it. Choose serverless to avoid managing your infrastructure."

"Javascript can be rewarding if you like seeing more than just text."

"JS is in everything web dev, and some backends."

"I’d argue JavaScript (or preferably TypeScript) would be the most 'convenient'."

Go

4.4

(16)

"Personally go with Go (Golang), the language grew on me and is amazing to work with."

"I would recommend Go for beginner, it’s absolutely simple to pick up."

"Wow that bubbletea lib (and other charm libs) for Go look extremely nice."

"Charm is amazing i wrote a couple this with it. go is imo the best choice for op and the reason i started with go in 2016."

"If you use Go you get a single statically linked binary + you get to use all the Charm stuff."

"I would say definitely Golang: easy to learn, builds platform specific binaries, great built-in libraries"

"Go is the best for CLI tools in my experience. It also has BubbleTea, which is the best TUI library I've ever used."

"Go is great for this - especially if you want to build it as a cross platform binary"

"Rust, Go, JS and Python are good too."

"I am considering trying in python too."

C#

4.0

(12)

"C# is another OOP language that should be easy to pick up."

"C#/C++."

"VSTO (I use c#) is really good but officially they are not going to be updated going forwards."

"C# is good for test setups."

"I recommend C# and NodeRed (not a language)."

"C# / Java. They aren't as abstract as python, so you will understand how programming languages are working in deep."

"I would recommend one of C#, Java, JavaScript, Python, Lua."

"I would go C# tbh."

"I'd stay start with C#."

"I would learn either C# or Java to start with. Both see incredibly wide industry use and are less crowded than web development."

C

4.0

(11)

"If you want to do kernel work do C, the other languages lack maturity for these purposes."

"Go for C. It will give you a damn solid background about the most basic yet crucial things"

"Just want to have fun ? C"

"I'd do a month or so of an intro C course in a linux vm then whatever you want though as others mentioned, you probably want python."

"C in my opinion best choice."

"I would recommend C. It forces you (or at least me) to be very cautious."

"You'll probably get the most out of learning C in that case."

"C and/or C++, a lot of malware is written in it."

"C then C++ gives you a good foundation."

"Get a thinkpad install Linux and learn vim. Learn C and C++."

C++

4.0

(10)

"C++. It's hardy, well supported, uses less libraries."

"C++ id say is the best if you dont care about taking some time to learn"

"If you want to get into quant: C++"

"As an ML Engineer I agree Python is good choice but if I were 16 y.o. I'd choose the C++"

"C++ while you're still young and have 'better' learning capacity"

"Depends if you want a more simple language like Clickteam or Unreal or a more trad one like C++,Java or Python"

"I suggest using a compiled language such as C++."

"If you want gamedev - c++, rust."

"I would suggest you use C/C++ or any other low level language. Those have access to the system API with libraries like ncurses or directly from system header files."

"But in my opinion, just in my opinion, you should choose C++ to learn first."

Microsoft

3.7

(10)

"You'll be hard pressed to find a language that makes it easier to work with excel files than VBA."

"For Windows, C# and WPF is a good option and generally nicer than JavaFX."

"Power Query (MCode) Power Pivot (DAX)"

"I enjoyed using Office-JS API, but was unable to deploy due to company internal setup."

"C++, vba s just a layer on top it."

"If you're using VBA to manipulate data, you'd be better served learning Power Query (M Code) and Power Pivot (DAX)."

"PowerQuery is better in that it doesn't have all the hoops you have to jump through to get users to run VBA."

"Python and Office Scripts can’t do this since they’re sandboxed."

"Imo, For programming languages in Office... Not yet. Event response is VBA."

"I still dont get this thing around the PQ, every question here ends with POWER QUERY."

Rust

3.9

(9)

"Personally I'd say Rust. Has excellent tooling, has an amazing type system, and allows you to quarantine and manage unsafe code in an extremely powerful way."

"Rust, Go, JS and Python are good too."

"Rust is gaining traction, especially for Substrate-based projects."

"I'd honestly recommend rust, I know people say to learn C, and it's probably a good idea, but it really depends."

"Rust"

"Rust or Python"

"Rust has a framework to easily parse command line arguments, called Clap."

"Rust: Looks promising, but the learning curve is steep, and I’m struggling to find good resources."

"Rust is a nice language but noone ever seems to use it in the right place."

#10

Godot

4.2

(5)

"Godot is perfect for that I think, a bit similar to Python which is a really straightforward language."

"You should look into Godot. It has its own language called GdScript and it’s very beginner friendly."

"Just do godot and learn gdscript it’s close enough to python it’s easy to learn after."

"I would suggest just starting with godot, unity, or unreal engine"

"You should look into learning a game engine like Godot or Unity."

#11

Julia

3.8

(5)

"Not sure if it's the fastest, but you should try Julia!"

"I like Julia. But I love Python also."

"If you work in scientific computing... it's python or julia(new)."

"I've heard a lot of good stuff about Julia and R with regards to data and statistics."

"A buddy of mine swears by Julia but he's a math prof."

#12

Ruby

3.8

(5)

"Ruby lets you create a backend extremely quickly, similarly with Python."

"If you find Python boring try Ruby. It's the most fun language to write in."

"I chose Ruby. I really enjoyed working with Ruby, although I never wrote any complex apps with it."

"Ruby also is a good alternative."

"Ruby."

#13

SQL

4.8

4.0

3.0

(1)

"Get into LabVIEW. You definitely need to debug the famous spaghetti."

#69

ImGui

3.0

(1)

"Give ImGUI (C++) a try."

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