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The synergy of JavaScript and TypeScript TypeScript’s 38% presence as a preferred language alongside JavaScript highlights the industry’s shift toward static typing and developer-friendly tooling.

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JetBrains asked developers to pick up to three languages they consider their primary programming language. In this context, JavaScript comes out on top (39%), followed Java (37%), and Python (31%).

First of all, JavaScript is not Java. It has nothing to do with Java (The language and its associated technologies from Sun Microsystems). To be honest, I'm not even sure why it's called JavaScript.