5 Programming Languages to Build Your Career in Tech

By FOSSlife Team, 11 January, 2023

Gaining proficiency with a particular programming language is a great way to get started in tech or to take your career to the next level.

Here at FOSSlife, we’ve published many articles to help you grow your tech career with open source. We’ve described the duties and responsibilities related to various job titles, explained common technology concepts, and provided introductions to popular development languages.

Check out the articles below for details on why and how to learn one or more of these languages and keep building with open source.

5 Easy Ways to Learn Rust

The Rust programming language has topped Stack Overflow’s most-loved language category for six consecutive years and, as of version 6.1, the Linux kernel has added support for the language.

This article describes several reasons why you might want to learn Rust and outlines easy ways to get started.

8 Ways to Learn JavaScript Online

JavaScript is one of the world’s most popular programming languages, having topped the list of most commonly used languages for the past nine years, according to a Stack Overflow survey.

It’s also easy to learn and is part of any browser, which makes it a good choice for a first programming language, says Andy Oram. “You don't have to download anything or run a special program. Just write some JavaScript into a file and run it as a web page in your browser.”

To help you start learning JavaScript, this article looks at eight online courses (both free and paid) that provide step-by-step instruction.

Free Ways to Learn Python Today

Python is a general-purpose language that’s widely used to build websites and software, automate tasks, and perform data analysis, and it’s also considered one of the easiest languages to learn.

Data scientists and other data professionals often use Python, and entry-level software developers can also leverage Python skills to improve their job prospects and earn higher salaries.

This article rounds up several ways to start learning Python, including free online courses, tutorials, articles, and more.

Free Ways to Start Learning Go

Go, also known as Golang, is an open source programming language developed at Google. The language, which was written by Robert Griesemer, Rob Pike, and Ken Thompson, is widely used for cloud native development and building cloud infrastructure.

This article briefly describes the language and its uses and includes resources for how to learn more.

Why and How to Learn Lua

Lua was named one of the fastest growing programming languages according to a report from GitHub — growing 34 percent since 2021. Over the years, Lua has become popular in particular for game development.

This article explains why and how to start learning Lua.

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