Which Programming Language and Platform Developers Prefer for the Development? A Study Using Stack Overflow

Abstract

Stack Overflow is the most popular Q&A website which is used by developers and programmers for many developments and programming purposes. Stack Overflow commits occur based on various types of programming languages. But among all the languages which are more reliable and helpful for programmers is a burning question. We researched over Stack Overflow commits and reached in a conclusion. Our main target was to analyze over Stack Overflow commits and to give a result which can raise the confidence level of a programmer. In this research, we will show which language and platform are better for developers and programmers. We used 1139 Stack Overflow related commits, analyzed them and came to an end that in “JavaScript” language programmers involve most and in “Java”, response time is less than other languages. We also found that in “Python”, programmers have a large probability to get an answer. We also analyzed different platforms in Stack Overflow and found that “Web Design” is the most helpful platform among all the platforms. From our research developers and programmers can now understand which platform and language they should choose.