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These are the programming languages Google uses
Welcome back! When discovering which programming languages to learn, it maybe best to work backwards and find out which languages the top tech companies are using right now. Let’s take a look at Google and which programming languages they actually use!
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Let’s begin!
The Languages
Let me go ahead and just tell you exactly what the languages are without wasting your time, i’ll explain them later. The languages that Google uses in house are: Javascript & Typescript for their front end, their backend is a little bit more complex: C, C++, Java, Python and Node. How do I know Google uses these languages? They’re on Wikipedia:
Now let’s go into detail for all of these languages:
Javascript & Typescript
Interestingly enough, almost all of the most popular websites use Javascript as their front end (with very few exceptions). Javascript is a dynamic object orientated language that essentially focuses on the front end, Typescript is actually a language created by Microsoft which is pretty much an updated version of Javascript. Both of these languages are extremely popular (obviously Javascript more so) and if you’re planning on becoming a programmer at any company, chances are you’ll probably run into Javascript or Typescript.
