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Re: [tlug] [SEMI OT (or is that fairly OT)] Work relate questions



On Thu, 07 Dec 2006 15:42:15 +0900, Godwin Stewart <godwin.stewart@example.com> wrote:

On Thu, 7 Dec 2006 10:06:04 +0900, "Josh Glover" <jmglov@example.com>
wrote:

> Which languages are important to know these days for web
> development?

XHTML, CSS, and Javascript are must-haves. Perl is in pretty wide use.
Ruby is popular in Japan and a cool language to boot.

PHP is in far wider use than Perl or Ruby in Europe at least. In fact I work pretty much exclusively in that language. Does it not have any followers at all in Japan?

I hate to say it, but I think PHP is by far one of the most popular languages in Japan. After that is probably Perl then Ruby. Of course, Java and .Net/VB might be higher than PHP. This is coming from experience interviewing candidates and also some older Japanese trade magazines like ASCII and JavaWorld, SoftwareDesign etc... Things might have changed a bit since then, but I am confident that PHP is very popular here in Japan.

Zev


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